Each year Spotlighters Theatre reviews submissions received for the BPF playwriting competition and selects one for a full-scale production.
This year it has chosen FAG-Gods by playwright John Bavoso. FAG-GODS asks the question “What happens when Zeus is kicked out of Mt Olympus and ends up in Athens …. Georgia, in a drag bar????”
Directed and choreographed by BPF Chair Tomoth David Copney, FAG-GODS is a hilariously campy romp by a very talented and colorful cast. It is based on what would happen when:
After being ousted from Mt. Olympus by his children/fellow deities for being a PR nightmare, a modern-day Zeus finds a kindred spirit in Sissy Fuss, the burnt-out proprietress of a Greek mythology-obsessed drag club in Athens, Georgia.
While they’re hiding away from the world, Zeus’s children begin inserting themselves in the affairs of the kings and queens floundering in the wake of their fearless leader’s departure.
The cast consists of:
Meet the cast up close and personal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTsDcWlkxM
Be sure to check out the action at Spotlighters, 817 St. Paul Street in Baltimore. Performances are April 12 – April 28, Friday & Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm.
Tickets may be purchased at: https://www.spotlighters.org/
