Gay card
Gay Card at Event Arts Center
Chicago Reader - Recommended
"Musically, Korell’s score is in line with a lot of the New American Musical tradition, a style that’s easy to listen to and hard to think of . Twinkly, percussive, uplifting—the songs here often evoke composers like Matthew Sklar, Jason Robert Brown, and Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. There is a softness to it that at times sounds evangelical, but it creates the opportunity for some really attractive vocal ballad work by Murk, as well as by Rachel Carreras as the house RA."
Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended
"First, this production is nothing if not energetic, effervescent and totally over-the-top. Esthetic Director Jay Espano, along with musical director Robert Ollis, have kept the play running on all cylinders and at breakneck speed. When not rapidly changing into one of Shawn Quinlan’s many colorful and often titillating costumes, the ten-member cast is filling the stage with their wild antics and loud singing."
Buzz Center Stage - Recommended
"Performances overall were outstanding. Ben Ballme Photo by Liz Lauren According to PrideArts Esthetic Director Jay Españo, the musical with which the theatre opens its season, Gay Card, which Españo also directs, is &#;just a simple story of a gay man trying to find where he belongs.&#; It&#;s an entertaining story told by an exuberant cast who all seem to love entity part of it—at least one of whom is a major star-in-waiting—but it is weakened by two major elements, both of which can be attributed to the show&#;s creators, Ryan Korell and Jonathan Keebler. First, at two hours and ten minutes, it is at least half an hour too long. (Seriously, this illustrate would be much improved if it were slice to a minute one-act. Though it does include a &#;natural&#; point at which to break—Christmas vacation—there is no reason for it to be two acts long except to sell refreshments at intermission.) Second, the central premise of the show&#;s first hour involves students in a diversity-themed dorm called, bluntly, Diversity House, who simply refuse to acknowledge that a new freshman is gay because he d An homage to the rom-coms of the 90s, but form it spicy. —Triangle Arts and Entertainment Whether you're a lez, gay, bear, cub, otter, wolf, lion, bull, pup, gorilla, leatherman, chub, chaser, jock, musclehead, hipster, alterna-queer, pomo, gay-lister, diva, queen, princess, twink, twunk, fairy, Mary, Nancy, nelly, club kid, circuit boy, adorable boy, gay-sian, yester-gay, fruit, size queen, drama queen, drag queen, drag king, femme, butch, fetch, gold star lesbian, lone celebrity lesbian, lipstick lesbian, chapstick female homosexual, hasbian, tomboy, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, pansexual, assexual, intersex, queer, questioning, 2-spirited, or an ally, you are family. Show your support. And always, be proud. #getyourgaycard This site was written and designed by Christopher Rouleau and developed by Chris Roberts. Copyright © Gay Card is a lot of fun but needs some work
Logan reflection his life would be awesome after coming out (that is, until his college peers deem him not-awesome-enough-to-be-gay and revoke his homosexual card). Is an anonymous internet blog personality the key to showing him how to belong? Join Logan on a hilarious quest to figure out if he’s a twink, an otter, a gaymer—or just an awkward lad nobody wants. The road is hilariously rough. Whoops--he almost explodes his lifelong friendship with Melanie. Whoops--the confident, mysterious blog writer's snarky exterior might just be a cover for vulnerable, human stuff
Also, the blog sings. It's basically a Greek chorus but with riffing.
“This show is for everyone, regardless of sexuality, who has ever had to find themselves… The message is ultimately one of aspire and a continuing promise of self-discovery.”
It was created in great fun and not meant to exclude or offend anyone.