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HOT Festival 2026

Late Onset

About This Show

A rambunctious, heartfelt solo play about becoming diabetic on a Shakespeare tour. This lyrical, vulnerable confession seamlessly interweaves childhood memories, queer history, and passages of Shakespeare, in an authentic night of storytelling with no fourth wall. It’s a hopeful story about letting go of the life we’re desperately chasing, and sitting still long enough to savor the life we already have.

Off-Broadway: “My Man Kono” (Pan Asian Rep), “Memorial” (NYT Critic’s Pick), “Reverse Transcription” (PTP-Atlantic), “Pygmalion” (Bedlam), “Rutherford and Sons” (Mint) “The Three Sisters” with Maggie Gyllenhaal, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Bebe Neuwirth, “Ivanov” with Ethan Hawke (CSC). Regional: Broadway’s “Slave Play” (Mark Taper Forum), “Immortal Longings” (Zach Theatre – world premiere by Terrence McNally), Bedlam’s “Sense and Sensibility” (American Repertory Theatre, Folger Theater – Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble), “Pericles” (Berkeley Rep), “A Christmas Carol” (Geva), and many others. TV pilot: “For Years to Come” (SeriesFest, Outfest – streaming now on Short Frame). Upcoming: short film “Something to Surprise Me”.

July 9 2026 at 7:30 PM

Tickets:

$30 in advance
$35 at the door
$10 All-Skate Tickets available! First come, first served. (Two per person)

Performed on the Mainstage

Credits

James Patrick Nelson

Poster design by James Patrick Nelson, Photo by Eli Percy