| JOE’S PUB presents "ASSORTED FRUIT" - A New Monthly Variety Show hosted by JUSTIN ELIZABETH SAYRE - starting 2/20 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:50 am EST 02/17/22 | |
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| JOE'S PUB presents "ASSORTED FRUIT" A New Monthly Queer Variety Show hosted by JUSTIN ELIZABETH SAYRE Debuts SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2o Joe's Pub will present "Assorted Fruit" with host Justin Elizabeth - a new monthly, queer variety show from the people that brought you The Meeting* - on Sunday, February 20 at 9:30 PM. An all-queer, all-fun night of the best in gay talent from across New York and all over the world, the show willoffer lots of new faces and some of your favorites. Join Justin and Dusty Childers, the show's "fabulousity director," on a journey into the weird and wonderful world of "Assorted Fruit." Special guests for February will include Jon-Michael Reese and Charlene Incarnate. "I wanted to try something new and adventurous," says Sayre. "This show lets me break out of the mold and explore more voices and point of views. I still think queer people are making the best art out there, and I wanted to create a forum to work with and showcase gay creators of all stripes." "In my own funny way, I've always loved gay slurs," Sayre continues. "They're mostly so silly, but my favorite has always been a fruit. What's so queer about fruit? Well, it's vital and packed with goodness. I think fruit could be the new way to name the queer community. I'm a fruit. Are you a fruit too?" With "Assorted Fruit," Sayre continues a busy season of projects. Their new solo work To Build a Soul debuted at New York's La MaMa Theatre in December 2021. 2022 continues in May with the publication of Sayre's new book From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium from Chronicle Books, and in June the 10th annual presentation of the "Night of a Thousand Judys" Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center. A new piece will be performed at the Edinburgh International Festival later this year. The second installment is scheduled at Joe's Pub for Sunday, March 13 at 9:30 PM. JUSTIN ELIZABETH SAYRE is a writer and performer who Michael Musto called, "Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg." Sayre is a fixture of the downtown cabaret scene in New York, first with their long-running monthly show, "The Meeting of The International Order of Sodomites" (Bistro Award and two MAC Award nominations), and now with a series of new shows at Joe's Pub. As a playwright, Sayre's work has appeared at Dixon Place, The Wild Project, The Celebration Theatre, Dynasty Typewriter, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre. His 12-part-epic camp-horror-soap-opera Ravenswood Manor, which was called "a sharply written and well-acted exemplar of the horror-comedy genre" by the Los Angeles Times, is currently being developed with Sony Television. Sayre has written a series of YA Novels - Husky, Pretty, and Mean - released by Penguin Books. Sayre's debut comedy album, The Gay Agenda, was named as The Comedy Bureau's "Best of 2016." They have also written for television, working with Michael Patrick King on his hit CBS comedy, "2 Broke Girls" and most recently on Fox's "The Cool Kids." Sayre also appeared on HBO's "The Comeback" with Lisa Kudrow. @justinelizabethsayre DUSTY CHILDERS is a theatre artist, storyteller and educator who has worked as a director, producer, dramaturgist, costumer, and stylist. He has collaborated with Taylor Mac, Justin Vivian Bond, Machine Dazzle, Silas Howard, Big Dipper, Dan Fishback, Amber Martin, among many others. Dusty's body and body of work have graced the likes of The Guggenheim, St. Ann's Warehouse, The Whitney, BAM, Parsons, The Public Theater, Pratt, International Center of Photography, Signature Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Town Hall, Joe's Pub, Abrons Art Center, Dixon Place, Irving Plaza, The Bushwig festival, Judson Memorial Church, MIX Queer Experimental Film Festival, The Delancey, Governors Ball, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Soho Playhouse and beyond. He starred in the animated short film "The Shawl" which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, won a special jury award at SXSW, and ran at the Metrograph Theater in New York City. @duddylynn JON-MICHAEL REESE is an award-winning queer actor/musician and writer based in Brooklyn. He's performed roles in various plays and musicals across the country from Matt in The Fantasticks to James Baldwin in Jimmy and Lorraine. His cabaret By Myself: Judy and Jon-Michael, Together Again! was recently seen at Club Cumming and last summer's NY PopsUp Festival. CHARLENE INCARNATE is a trans drag performer and event producer living in Brooklyn, and has held space in queer nightlife and performance art communities for eight years. In 2015 Incarnate moved into a converted art gallery on Atlantic Avenue and named it Casa Diva. Incarnate and Casa Diva are featured prominently in HBO's 2019 Documentary Wig, which follows her as she prepares for the revival of the legendary Wigstock Festival, which Lady Bunny and Neil Patrick Harris. At Wigstock, Incarnate was the sole representative of the next-generation annual drag festival Bushwig, which she has performed in since 2013 and co-produced since she was crowned "Miss Bushwig" in 2017, going on to produce satellite festivals in New Orleans, Berlin, and Mexico City. Incarnate is known as a voice of the queer underground, writing about trans issues, sex worker rights, and drag community dynamics in Out Magazine and BuzzFeed. She was included in 2019's Out 100 and has been presented by BOFFO and Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR). She has been curated by New York Live Arts pride festivals, Brooklyn Museum "First Saturdays," The Park Avenue Armory's "100 Women," and most recently by Justin Vivian Bond for NYPopsUP on the steps of the Public Theater in July of 2021. |
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