Proud Mary Theatre Company Presents BOY

The award-winning Proud Mary Theatre Company, our South Carolina's only LGBTQ+ theatre company, presents the state community theatre premiere of BOY by Anna Ziegler August 9-18 at three different locations across the Upstate.

BOY, inspired by a true story, is about a well-intentioned doctor in the 1960s who convinces the parents of a male infant to raise their son as a girl after a botched circumcision. Two decades later, the repercussions of that choice continue to unfold. among the tricky terrain of finding love and the confusion of sexual identity.

BOY will premiere August 9-11 in the newly-remodeled Blackbox Theatre at the West Main Artists Co-Operative in Spartanburg. The troupe will present two shows Tuesday and Wednesday, August 13-14 at 8 p.m. in Greenville at Coffee Underground, then make their Anderson debut at The Market Theatre Company Friday through Sunday, August 16-18.

The titular Boy, Adam, is played by Greenville transgender actor Noah Fitzer, who recently starred as Christian Bechdel in Proud Mary's musical production of "Fun Home."

The doctor is played by Spartanburg's Ben Dawkins (a regular player at Spartanburg Little Theatre). Elizabeth Colson and Tyler Smith play parents Trudy and Doug, and Valerie Saporito is Adam's girlfriend, Jenny. BOY is directed by Robert Fuson and stage managed by Cary Doyle.

BOY in Spartanburg

Friday-Saturday, August 9-10 @ 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 11 @ 3 p.m.

West Main Artists Co-Operative, 578 West Main St.

BOY in Greenville

Tuesday-Wednesday, August 13-14 @ 8 p.m.

Coffee Underground, 1 E. Coffee St.

BOY in Anderson

Friday-Saturday, August 16-17 @ 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 18 @ 3 p.m.

The Market Theatre Company, 110 Federal St.

Tickets are $12 Students, $15 General. More info at http://www.proudmarytheatre.com/tickets.