Gentlemen Prefer Bottoms Dan Rodaire
About This Show
Leo Lorelei and Shawn Dorothy are aspiring socialites (read: homosexual clowns) stuck on a gay cruise ship party, where Leo is preparing for marriage to a wealthy oil baron. Gentlemen Prefer Bottoms is a queer take on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, featuring song, dance, spectacle, banter and perhaps some poppers.
About the Artists
Dan Rodaire’s past work at Dixon Place includes Becky Elie Got Married (writer, Bingo Series 2014) and Rhythmic Animal Perfection (writer/performer, Dixon Place Lounge). He has also worked in a variety of capacities for Ars Nova, the North American Cultural Laboratory, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, and the New Museum. As a comedian, Dan has been featured on subredditlive, Kweendom, and QueerCOM 2015 at the PIT. Directing credits include The House of Yes and Desdemona (a play about a handkerchief). BA English Literature and BA Theatre, UMBC.
Sean Pollock is a recent graduate of Ithaca College, and an alum of the National Theatre Institute at the O’Neill. Sean is the founder and former Artistic Director of the Macabre Theatre Ensemble, a theatre company dedicated to creating horror, horror-comedy, science fiction and experimental work in Ithaca, NY. He currently serves at the Literary Manager for Playlight Theatre Company. His play AFLIC will be performed in Fresh Fruits Festival and his play The Y2K Play will be featured in Midtown International Theatre Festival and The Tank After Dark Festival.
Jonathan Matthews studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts under Gus Solomons, Jr., Phyllis Lamhut, and Deborah Jowitt. Abroad, he traveled to Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Toscana Dance HUB, and Springboard Danse Montreal. He accompanies at Tisch and has composed for Giada Ferrone, Patrick Corbin, and Rashaun Mitchell. He moves with ChristinaNoel & The Creature, Darrah Carr, Dance Entropy, Inc., and This is Not a Theatre Company and reviews for Eye On Dance, The Dance Enthusiast, and The Journal of Dance Education. A Perri Institute for Mind and Body-licensed yoga teacher, Jonathan seeks interdisciplinary study through physical practice.
Saturday, July 16 at 10:00pm
General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door
Students/Seniors/idNYC
$12
75 minutes
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Credits
Directed by
Sean Pollock
Choreographed by
Jonathan Matthews
Featuring
Dan Rodaire, Matty Mahoski, Jeremy Dalton, and Jose Rivera Jr
Music Direction by
Kyle Branzel
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