May 2025

May 1 - 17 (Thu - Sat) - Boys in the Band (PACA, 1505 State St, Erie, PA 16501) In his Upper East Side apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-avowed "thirty-two-year-old, pockmarked, Jew fairy," complete with surprise gift: "Cowboy," a street hustler. As the evening wears on fueled by drugs and alcohol bitter, unresolved resentments among the guests come to light when a game of "Truth" goes terribly wrong. This groundbreaking play premiered Off-Broadway in 1968 and ran for 1,001 performances. It was subsequently made into a feature film with the original cast, directed by Academy Award-winner William Friedkin. In 2018, The Boys in the Band made its Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre in an unprecedented production featuring a cast of entirely out-and-proud gay actors. This new edition contains both the original two-act script and the one-act Broadway version, as well as an introduction by celebrated playwright Tony Kushner. Email: paca1505@gmail.com. Browse to https://www.paca1505.org/.