Pup Play: a new play by kat baus and Andy Boyd
Eric and Ace are a pretty normal couple. Except Ace is transgender, and they’re Eric’s human puppy, and Eric’s Irish-Catholic family doesn’t know about any of this. But Eric’s little sister isn’t doing well, so they go home to help take care of her—and maybe say goodbye. Pup Play is a play about figuring things out: what we owe each other, who counts as family, and how to be honest about who and what we love.
Graveside Variety presents a staged reading of this new work in development, followed by a post-performance discussion with the creative team. Suggested age for attendance is 18+ for sexual content. Pups in the audience are welcome to attend in SFW gear.
Full bios:
kat baus (she/her) is a Newburgh-based theatre artist and queer community organizer from New Orleans, LA. She holds a BA in English and Drama from Harvard University and has written and directed work at Dixon Place, Drama League, Secret Theatre, The Brick, The Tank, Voice Theatre, the Orange County Play Festival, and more. She also collaborates with Hudson Valley drag collective Haus of Extreme and serves as an event planner for the Hudson Valley/NYC kink community, and thanks the many pups and handlers who generously helped develop Pup Play. Info & inquiries: linktr.ee/katbaus
Andy Boyd (he/him) is a playwright based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. His plays have been produced by Otherworld Theatre, Theater in Asylum, Naked Theatre Company, and IRT Theater. His play The Trade Federation is published by NoPassport Press. His chapbook of short play Lil’ Sweetums is published by Bottlecap Press. His theatre Friend of Friend’s piece Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone, an acoustic hyperpop folk opera about the Publick Universal Friend, is playing Brooklyn’s Brick Theater October 12th-28th.
Bug Johnson (he/they) (who also goes by Louie) is a trans actor, playwright, devisor, and drag artist based in New York. Bug was recently a finalist in The Secret Theatre’s “Act One, One Act Festival” and had his work “hello my name is autism” published in the PGE’s “Faces of America” anthology. Bug continues to learn as much as possible receiving training from Emmy Winner Rain Valdez (ActNOW), Chris Renfro, Ellie Desautels, The William Esper Studio, The Actors Studio, The People’s Improv Theatre, MakeTrouble, and more. Check out (and book) Bug! Bugjohnson.com
Jesse Carrey-Chan (he/him) is a performer, choreographer, director, producer, and floral designer based in New Paltz, NY. His mission is to expand consciousness through storytelling. Jesse is the co-creator, executive producer, and director of Those Before Us, an audio-immersive XR dance experience inspired by the history of Governors Island, which premiered in August 2019. Jesse was involved in Mycotoo’s immersive installation of Netflix’s The Irishman and has traveled the country as a lead actor in The Macallan Manor, an invite-only immersive experience by Macallan. Other performing credits include: Attack of the Elvis Impersonators (Off Broadway), Dirty Dancing (Broadway National Tour), The Producers (Papermill Playhouse), Gift of the Magi (Arkansas Repertory Theater), and Pop: Who Shot Andy Warhol (City Theater). BFA Carnegie Mellon (Musical Theater) www.jessecarrey.com
Carli Rhoades (she/her) is a queer actor, storyteller, and puppeteer with a BFA from CCM Acting in Cincinnati, OH, and she is returning to the stage this fall after a hiatus beginning in 2020. Highlights of her career include The Crucible, The Heidi Chronicles, Macbeth, and five original shows with her shadow puppetry company, Hit the Lights! Theatre. She is a new resident of Newburgh, NY, coming by way of Brooklyn.
Deborah Mangrum-Price (she/her) has worked in many aspects of theater and independent film as a performer, writer, director and in the art department. She holds a degree in Art History from U.C. Berkeley and trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. She has lived in various locations around the world including, Brooklyn, San Francisco, London and Taipei. Deborah has recently joined the ranks of creatives living in the Hudson www.deborahmangrumprice.com
