URBANITE READING SERIES
BOY
By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Brendan Ragan
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April 15-16, 2018 @ 8PM
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The Urbanite Reading Series features staged readings of newer works we're considering giving full productions. All readings will include talkbacks following the reading, where your feedback is crucial.
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Inspired by a true story, BOY explores the complicated terrain of trying to find love in a new body, and the inextricable bonds between doctor and patient. In the 1960s, a well-intentioned doctor convinces the parents of a male infant to raise their son as a girl after a terrible accident. Two decades later, the repercussions of that choice continue to unfold
Content Disclaimer: Contains adult language and themes
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CAST
Chase Alford
Adam Turner
Harry Lipstein*
Dr. Wendell Barnes
Cheyenne Alford
Jenny
Amanda Schlacter
Trudy
Tom Foley
Doug
“With uncommon empathy and startling insight, BOY gets to the conflict between medicine and science.”
-Theatermania
“Ziegler’s intelligent script lays out this complex story with precision and grace.”
-Huffington Post
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“Anna Ziegler’s captivating new play…is already a chief contender for the most insightful, gut-wrenching, and beautiful play of 2016…Dazzingly, deliciously alive from start to finish…"
-Talkin' Broadway
*Denotes member of Actors' Equity