Ex-Gay Bar

As part of ArtsWestchester’ s Voices for Change innovative, ArtsWestchester is proud to present a staged reading of David Simpatico’s new play about conversion therapy.  “Ex-Gay Bar” is a two-act comedy/drama performed by six actors. The play explores the unregulated, multi-billion dollar gay conversion therapy/torture industry. Each actor portrays multiple parts as the story bounces between a sports bar for the ex-gay crowd, and a brutal gay conversion prison camp in Central America. Simpatico’s work deals with urgent, life-and-death issues, clothed in comedy. His use humor as a safety net for the audience helps to explore the dark underbelly of life. Humor sustains us and enables us to venture into the darkness. Humor can also be a slap across the face, to wake up the audience to issues they have been ignoring. This reading is directed by Michael Schiralli.