Choir Boy
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Shotgun Players at The Ashby Stage | 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
Event Details
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Previews Sept 24-27 8pm; Opening Night Sat Sept 28 8pm, Sun Sept 29 5pm *masks required, Oct 3-20 Thur 7pm, Fri-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm; Oct 6 Haptic Tour and Audio-Described Performance
Nominated for four Tony-Awards including Best Play, and winner of two including best vocal arrangements, ‘Choir Boy’ is a coming-of-age story with compelling music. Pharus attends the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys and is the lead singer for their renowned choir. He is not only open about his queer identity, he also questions long-held traditions. With contemporary arrangements of traditional African American spirituals and step choreography, Choir Boy is a brilliant, moving, and uplifting play from Academy Award-winning playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney. This is not a coming-out story. It’s a story about the power of self-love.
“In his stirring and stylishly told drama, Tarell Alvin McCraney cannily explores race and sexuality and the graces and gravity of history.” – NY Daily News
Featuring Wesley Barker, Chachi Delgado, Brandon DiPaola, Miles Meckling, Fred Pitts, Malcolm Rodgers, William Schmidt, and Omar Stewart.
Presented by Shotgun Players
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Cost: $8*
