For many gay people, going into a nursing home full of possibly hostile strangers means having to go back into the closet. Old Cowboy Chuck did the opposite, living a closeted life--veteran, husband, father--and only coming out, pride flag waving, about the time he moved into the facility. There he is forced to endure the prejudices he'd avoided out in the world. He will get no sympathy from an uncaring administrator, but he will from anyone reading Wyndham's perfectly voiced monologue.

OLD COWBOY CHUCK: A MONOLOGUE FOR A GAY SENIOR is a powerful monologue written with such skill and compassion. Asher Wyndham crafts a complex character not often seen in theatre and shows both his struggles and his pride. I'm left thinking of Old Cowboy Chuck long after the final page.

A powerful testimony about abuse and homophobia that never ceases and the painful experience that should have never existed. Well done.