A compelling ensemble piece that examines an important cross section of folks within the queer community. In highlighting these particular people, Wilson illuminates how intra-community dynamics are informed by gentrification/economic privilege, white-cis-male privilege, addiction and desire, and generational changes. This is definitely not a play of easy answers or the proposition of a future utopia. There is something so beautiful and symbolic, however, in Jonathan and Mary Christ's final conversation--it feels like both a missed connection and the possible seed for growth or rethinking...
A compelling ensemble piece that examines an important cross section of folks within the queer community. In highlighting these particular people, Wilson illuminates how intra-community dynamics are informed by gentrification/economic privilege, white-cis-male privilege, addiction and desire, and generational changes. This is definitely not a play of easy answers or the proposition of a future utopia. There is something so beautiful and symbolic, however, in Jonathan and Mary Christ's final conversation--it feels like both a missed connection and the possible seed for growth or rethinking community.