Sue (Caitlin Lee Reid) and Jerry (Jax Jackson) search for love in LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON (photo by KL Thomas)
LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON: A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT DYKE DRAMA
Kraine Theater
85 East Fourth St. between Second & Third Aves.
Wednesday – Saturday through June 29, $18
866-811-4111
www.lesbianthemusical.com
When Sue suddenly loses her girlfriend to her ex-girlfriend, she starts reevaluating her needs, while her friends tell her that she should jump right back in the saddle and go crazy. Relationships soon get so tangled, it all makes Alice’s famous Chart on The L Word look like amateur hour. Set in the Lower East Side in the 1990s, Lesbian Love Octagon: A Musical Comedy About Dyke Drama features such numbers as “Ordinary Day at the Wimmin’s Bookstore,” “Butch on the Inside,” “Pet Tranny,” “Clarity,” and “Vibration Salvation,” which offers a positive outlook on life: “When a girl’s in a slump / ’cause she just got dumped / nothing feels better / than a new toy, and some leather.” The two-hour show is directed by Kim Kressal, who also designed the costumes and teamed up with Felicia Blum on the choreography; music direction is by Will Larche. The cast includes Caitlin Lee Reid as Sue, Kelly Lockwood Larson as Scout, Lindsay Naas as Wendy, Kristian Espiritu as Darla, Jax Jackson as Jerry, Jenny Atwood as Anya, Taniesha Duggan as Chris, and Ti Grieco as Jess in addition to Jaimie Kelton, Lauren Sapienza, Bernadette Marsham, Tracie Franklin, Abby Chase, and Blum. Each night features a special guest as “lesbian performance artist”; among those ready to take on the role, which was recently played by award-winning Broadway star Jan Maxwell, are Maggie Keenan-Bolger, Kaki King, Ariel Scarcella, and Yetta Kurland.
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Lesbian Love Octagon continues through June 29 at the Kraine Theater on the Lower East Side, and twi-ny has three pairs of tickets to give away for free. Just send your name, daytime phone number, and all-time-favorite lesbian-related movie, TV show, or play to contest@twi-ny.com by Friday, June 21, at 12 noon to be eligible. All entrants must be twenty-one years of age or older; three winners will be selected at random. All responses will be kept confidential.