ANITA
BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS
By Brian Christopher
Williams
Directed by
Richard Israel
An energy
crisis, an unpopular war and the fight for equal rights for gay Americans.
Sound familiar? Opening on August 28th will be the west coast premiere
of Brian Christopher Williams' Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins. It's
1977, and 15 year-old Horace Poore is trying to make sense of the tumultuous
events surrounding him -- and the tumultuous events within him, as his
sexual awakening is hastened by images of Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz
and former pageant queen/orange juice promoter/anti-gay crusader Anita
Bryant. Nudging him along his journey to self-awareness are his idiosyncratic
parents, his draft dodging brother, and his dreamy gym teacher. This lyric
comedy is an unconventional look at a young man's coming-of-age set against
the cultural flashpoint of the early 1970s.
Opens August
28th
Runs Fridays
and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at
3:00 pm
Limited 6-week
engagement through October 4th