Left Out Festival
“The selection of works at the LeftOut Festival, a celebration of gay performance art, portrays many facets of gay life, from social awkwardness and desperation, to academic exigencies, to whimsical good humor.”
— The Village Voice (read full article)
“...an entirely charming and delightful solo play about the hazards and benefits of sharing a body...Miss Magnolia Beaumont goes to Provincetown suggests great things for this fledgling LeftOut festival.”
— NYTheatre.com (read full article)
Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetowndebuted at last year's LeftOut Festival and was extended twice. Miss Beaumont returned to Stage Left Studio for the first three Mondays in May! For more info, visit www.missmagnoliabeaumont.com
“Using a casual conversational style punctuated by humor and sadness, Toni unselfconsciously comes unhinged in front of her audience, in a performance alive with honesty and spunk.”
— Go Magazine
Shame Lips, starring The Lovely and Talented Miss Toni Silver, returned to Stage Left Studio on Arpil 30th!
“...it's Blocker's delight in performing that keeps the audience enthralled, whether he's Donna navigating the warped world she finds herself bemused and frustrated by or chain-smoking local gossip Fran Bedwell. What a delight to watch even villainous characters imbued with so much life and charm.”
— Backstage.com (read full article)
Southern Gothic Novel returned to Stage Left Studio for an extended run in 2009, with Cheryl King as director, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award
“Sprinkled with spunky humor. Not just humor, but hope. ”
— Edgenewyork.com (read full article)
Art's Heart, written and performed by Anthony Johnson, made it's New York debut in last years LeftOut Festival.
“Bait is a funny play. It's buoyant, it's well directed (by Laura Josepher), it's intelligent...it contains a kernel of real wisdom because at the heart of its comedy there is the recognition of the damage that causes hope.”
— NYTheatre.com (read full article)
David Sisco's Bait sold out all it's performances in last years LeftOut Festival and extended well into the summer.
Left Out Festival History
The Left Out Festival premiered in 2008 at Stage Left Studio. The beneficiaries were Bailey House and GMHC.
2008 Highlights
The festival opened with The Gayla, a party at Evolve Bar with performances by Victoria and Switch 'n' Play. April 16 featured monologues written by Richard Ballon, Frank Blocker, and others, performed by Frank Blocker, Charnele Crick, Josef Wille, Russell Jordan, Robin Goldfin, Rhea McCallum, Miller Lide, Michelle Ramoni, The Lovely and Talented Miss Toni Silver, and Lisa Stephenson. The festival closed with a Spoken Word and Music Night, featuring Samantha Barrow, Mahina Movement, Erin Markey, Athena and Company, and Pandora Scooter.
These solo shows had one performance each week.
Click here to read about Left Out 2010 and 2011
2009 Highlights
Roughhouse by Topher Cusumano
Roughhouse is an insightful exploration of violence as a sexually erotic trait of masculinity. It was unsettling, it was raw, and yes, to be honest, it was arousing, and consequently my own arousal became the unsettling thing. And I was thrilled, thrilled to be seeing provocative performance art by a gay man. To be honest, it's been awhile. (read full article)
Ben Lerman and his Ukulele
Lerman is such an easy-going, genial presence that one doesn't realize until later that he's a real talent as a musician and lyricist. There's an ease to his touch that belies the difficulty of holding an audience for an hour. (read full article)
In Heat by Lisa Haas, starring Sally Sockwell
Haas has written a fine and daring piece of theatre. And Sally Sockwell is a comedic genius. She discovers the heart of her character, and from there delivers the humor, thus avoiding diminution in simple self-parody. It's a bewitching performance I will not soon forget.
(read full article)
Othernatural by Laramie Dean
When Laramie Dean was a young boy he flew, only once, and landed on the highest branch of a tall tree. In that moment of magical realism he tells us he had a powerful epiphany: he was a monster. (read full article)
Dreams of Martha Stewart
Pamela Parker's "Dreams of Martha Stewart" featured Gina Bonati, as a woman searching for herself, and Marthat Stewart, on a bus ride filled with amazing characters. Directed by Frank Blocker.
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