What is one to do when he knows the world is watching his Black ass? Come find out on June 20th, 2024 at NXTHVN (169 Henry Street, New Haven, CT. 06511) during a public reading of The Mister, Mister Variety Show, a new experimental sketch-comedy play written and directed by Eric Hart Jr.
Exploring themes of performance, identity, and agency in the most absurd of ways, The Mister, Mister Variety Show, follows a creator's internal and external battles with putting on a show that is not quite ready. Threaded with the outspoken rhymes of the show’s drag queen emcee, Eric(a) Love, the creator finds himself forced to give a show… a real show. Through sketches, music, poetry, and a hell of a lot of laughs, this new stage play offers commentary on what it means to know that all the world’s a stage … allegedly.
This reading of The Mister, Mister Variety Show will be co-directed by Eric Hart Jr. and Garrett Allen, and feature original music by Kris Malinin. Performers for the reading TBA.
A feedback session with the playwright and director will follow the reading.
