There is a lot to love about The Drowsy Chaperone. By acknowledging the stock characters, the contrived plot, and the lowbrow humor intended as filler upfront, the show gives the audience license to sit back and unapologetically enjoy the spectacle in front of us. The Man In Chair’s running commentary skewering The Drowsy Chaperone’s (intentionally built-in) flaws is necessary because a throwback show as it played straight today wouldn’t fly. As the Man In Chair listens to the record and provides commentary, he brings this screwball, Jazz Age comedy about the wedding day of oil tycoon Robert Martin (Logan Rice) and Broadway star Janet Van de Graaff (Rezia Landers) and the misadventures they and their attendees get into to life. To cheer himself up, he plays the cast recording of his favorite musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. He’s a fourth-wall-breaking theater fan and, in his words, is feeling blue. It starts with Man In Chair (Adam Milana Castrillón). ![]() Cold, rainy, and windy as it was outside, everything was red hot on stage. It was a dark and stormy night, but I ventured forth to the Lyceum Theater to see The Drowsy Chaperone. More info on those other events here.(photo credit: vanguard uni) Written by Daniella Litvak In addition to the show day, there will be a queer comics reading at Silver Sprocket Friday February 16 from 7-9pm, and a showing of the documentary No Straight Lines at the at the Hormel LGBTQIA Center Reading Room in the SF Public Library’s Main Branch on Saturday February 17 from 2-4:30pm. Artist alley from 12pm-5pm! This is the first of a new annual queer comics event hosted and organized by publisher Silver Sprocket. PRIDE IN PANELS, San Francisco Main Public Library. Students under the age of 18 will need one adult chaperone (or one adult with each group of up to eight students). Held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on Embarcadero on Sunday, February 18, 2024. The event is free but registration is required (attendance will be capped at 150 people). From 9am-12pm, teen writers can hear from speakers working in the game-writing, comics, and publishing industries on how to become a working writer. I have two back-to-back free events in San Francisco on Sunday February 18, 2024!įREE TEEN WRITERS SUMMIT, San Francisco Writers Conference. Instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble maia kobabe comics book launch Both of our books will be for sale and we’ll both do signings afterwards. We’re going to talk about the emotions that go into writing an intimate memoir and the threat of creative burnout afterwards. March 13, 6-7:30pm, Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera- I will helping my friend Tessa Hulls celebrate the release of her debut comic memoir, Feeding Ghosts! This is a heavy book, and the process of working on it stretched Tessa’s mental health to the breaking point. ![]() I haven’t made my slide show yet, but I am planning on speaking directly about the experience of being a banned book author. We will each give a short presentation on the censorship of queer art and literature, then have a conversation with each other, followed by a reception. ![]() March 7, 7-8:30pm, CCA’s Blattner Hall, 75 Arkansas St, San Francisco- I will be speaking with Richard Meyer, an Art History Professor from Stanford and author of Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art. ![]() I donated a signed copy of Gender Queer as well as some limited edition prints and zines :) I am going to try and attend at least the first hour of this event. The raffle itself will take place in a vintage shop called Strange Constellation, a Black owned store which hosts a lot of cool events. March 1, 5-8pm, 300 South A Street, Santa Rosa- Art Raffle for a local Palestinian family helping their loved ones in Gaza, as well as open studios, art, and crafts.
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