The Gay Heritage Project
By Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn and Andrew Kushnir
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About this ebook
This isn’t your ordinary history project. In what has become an important piece of contemporary queer theatre, three of Canada’s most gifted performers—Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn, and Andrew Kushnir—go on a search way past Google in order to find the history of gay people.
The trio start their quest by looking back at their own lineages and move along to the library, the Yellow Brick Road, Ukraine, a game show, and a court. They discover handfuls of forgotten heroes and stories, but also visit some well-known names, compiling everything into one extraordinary history lesson that shines new light on contemporary gay culture.
Equal parts personal curiosity, answers to the past, and information for the future, The Gay Heritage Project is a hilarious, thought-provoking meta tale that inspires, comforts, challenges, and empowers.
Damien Atkins
Actor and playwright Damien Atkins was born in Australia, grew up in Alberta, and now makes his home in Toronto. He is the author of the solo shows miss chatelaine, Real Live Girl, and We Are Not Alone, and the plays Good Mother, Lucy, The Mill Part Four: Ash, The Gay Heritage Project (with Andrew Kushnir and Paul Dunn), and an adaptation of C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian. He has been produced all across Canada and the US, including at both the Stratford and Shaw Festivals. Damien has been playwright-in-residence at Canadian Stage, Crow's Theatre, Factory Theatre, and Necessary Angel. He has received ten Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for acting and writing, winning four.
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