Locusts Have No King

Two gay couples (Lucus/Matthew and Jonathan/Marcus) get together for a dinner party. They work together. They live in the same building. They are closeted. But when one ponders his resignation the others fear exposure of their hidden relationships. They cannot allow this to happen. They won't allow this to happen. All hell breaks loose... literally.
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Locusts Have No King

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  • Nick Malakhow:
    22 Apr. 2020
    Whoa! This goes from zero to "End of Days" slowly and surely throughout the taut and tense continuous action. I loved how unique and vividly rendered each character was, and their relationships to one another, faith, and queerness were all truly fascinating. I also appreciated how the theatrical world Christopher sets up works as a self-contained, directly-told story...and that I also saw within it a larger metaphor for issues of shame, compromise, repression, and the tension between truth and intra-group social expectations that is characteristic of the life of queer men. The bonkers finale feels quite earned!
  • Scott Sickles:
    11 Sep. 2019
    This play is fucking nuts!!! It's also bold, frank, heady, passionate, philosophical, explicit, sexy, and irreverent. Right off the bat, we know this is not just another dinner party play. YOU'LL SEE WHY!!! You will also learn the difference between chastity and celibacy and what each of those things really mean. But while theological loopholes are freedom for some, they are a metaphysical torture chamber for others. Jiménez creates a grounded, realistic universe which he then weaponizes with fear, terror, horror, spiritual dissonance, and an unholy magic to create something entirely unexpected. Like I said... fucking nuts!
  • Laura Neill:
    12 Dec. 2018
    This deliciously terrifying play has a rock-solid emotional core that hits hard. The otherworldly moments build to a finale that is both shocking and absolutely inevitable. Beautifully crafted. I hope to see it onstage soon!

Development History

  • Reading
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    INTAR Theatre - Bright Untamed Latinx Queer Reading Series
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    2012
  • Reading
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    Personal Space Theatrics - Salvaged Space Reading Series
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    2012

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