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The Homosexuals

  • Philip Dawkins
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Drama, Contemporary
  • 6M, 1F
  • ISBN: ps2696

Moving backwards from 2010, this play traces ten years in the life of Evan, a gay man who fled small-town Iowa for Chicago at the dawn of the new millennium.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Strong Language, Intense Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Nominee! 2011 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work
Moving backwards from 2010, this play traces ten years in the life of Evan, a gay man who fled small-town Iowa for Chicago at the dawn of the new millennium.

Evan's close-knit group of friends and lovers help him navigate issues of romance, illness, and self-acceptance in a world where changing attitudes towards gays mean changing identities within the gay community.

A love letter to friendship, to acceptance, and to the families we choose, rather than the ones we inherit.

REVIEWS:

"Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins is striving for no less than an era-defining work... The Homosexuals ends up a bit like the lives of the characters it depicts -- filled with hope, mixed with cynicism, and ultimately acknowledging that the effort itself is perhaps paramount to the full realization of one's ambitions."

Steven Oxman, Variety

"Philip Dawkins' new play The Homosexuals occasionally evokes echoes of... Terrence McNally's masterful Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), among other works. Yet Dawkin's displays a wry sense of humor, a gift for subtle poignancy, and a sense of social history that reveal a distinct dramatic voice of his own. The Homosexuals is a smart and entertaining glimpse at urban gay life in the 2000-2010 decade."

Les Spindle, Edge (Los Angeles)

"Philip Dawkins, in his 2011 comedy-drama, The Homosexuals, attempts an all-encompassing overview of gay life in the first decade of the 21st century. That he succeeds so well is a tribute to his keenly observed characters, making them fallible but lovable, individual but universal."

 Roy C. Dick, News Observer

"Dawkins shows great promise as a playwright as evidenced in the play. The dialogue, legitimately hilarious, is filled with insightful jokes about loneliness, dating, and gay sensibilities."

Jonas Schwartz, Theatre Mania

  • Casting: 6M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Non-Traditional casting

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Moving backwards from 2010, this play traces ten years in the life of Evan, a gay man who fled small-town Iowa for Chicago at the dawn of the new millennium. Evan's close-knit group of friends and lovers help him navigate issues of romance, illness, and self-acceptance in a world where changing attitudes towards gays mean changing identities within the gay community. A love letter to friendship, to acceptance, and to the families we choose, rather than the ones we inherit.

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