E (and T) Go to the Pride Parade

by Mollie Gordon

It's the day of the Pride March, and longtime partners E and T are preparing for the big event. As they bicker and reminisce, E and T find themselves swept up in a world of surrealist art, transformation, and most importantly - love.

It's the day of the Pride March, and longtime partners E and T are preparing for the big event. As they bicker and reminisce, E and T find themselves swept up in a world of surrealist art, transformation, and most importantly - love.

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E (and T) Go to the Pride Parade

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  • Shaun Leisher: E (and T) Go to the Pride Parade by Mollie Gordon
    “

    Stories like this are just not being told on our stages today. There are not rich, funny roles like this for queer women in the 70s/80s. Gordon has taken two figures from LGTBT+ history and has written a hilarious and inspiring look at what it means to get older with the person you love. The fact that women like this had to hide themselves and who they loved for the vast majorities of their lives will always break my heart. The moments of magic were a stroke of genius. I loved the use of Jerry Herman.

    Stories like this are just not being told on our stages today. There are not rich, funny roles like this for queer women in the 70s/80s. Gordon has taken two figures from LGTBT+ history and has written a hilarious and inspiring look at what it means to get older with the person you love. The fact that women like this had to hide themselves and who they loved for the vast majorities of their lives will always break my heart. The moments of magic were a stroke of genius. I loved the use of Jerry Herman.

    ”
  • Lee R. Lawing: E (and T) Go to the Pride Parade by Mollie Gordon
    “

    Gordon strikes the perfect combination of honoring all those who came before us with a magical journey through time and space. I love our history so much and am always amazed by those who came before us when it was not an easy time to do so and they were there just like Gertrude and Alice, like E and T and the millions who will come after them to celebrate that thing we call Pride, or in Gordon's word ,Queer Paradise where queer love is enough to sustain you through all this time and all those yet to come.

    Gordon strikes the perfect combination of honoring all those who came before us with a magical journey through time and space. I love our history so much and am always amazed by those who came before us when it was not an easy time to do so and they were there just like Gertrude and Alice, like E and T and the millions who will come after them to celebrate that thing we call Pride, or in Gordon's word ,Queer Paradise where queer love is enough to sustain you through all this time and all those yet to come.

    ”
E/Gertrude/Unicorn/Orpheus, 70s/80s, wife of T, holding down the fort
T/Alice/Leprechaun/Eurydice, 70s/80s, wife of E, exhausted
FIGURE 1, any age, a figment of an artistic imagination
FIGURE 2, any age, a figment of a different artistic imagination, or the same

**E and T should be played by older queer actors, ideally in their 70s/80s. Trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming performers can and should play all four roles. Actors of color can and should play all four roles. Although Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer were two white cisgender women, this play is not a historical retelling of their lives. Therefore, all people are invited to inhabit these characters.