Marin Theatre Company has announced it will close out its 2023/24 season with Torch Song.
The comic drama by Harvey Ferstein will be directed by Evren Odcikin and runs May 9 through June 2, 2024.
Per the announcement about the play:
Torch Song focuses on Arnold Beckoff, a lovelorn Jewish drag queen armed with the pithy wit of a Fran Leibovitz, who is looking for love in New York City. By turns hilarious and touching, this rollicking work finds Arnold stumbling through modern life, wallowing in cynical despair at ever finding a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit.
Torch Song took Broadway by storm when it opened there in June 1982, running for three years and paving the way for mainstream television shows such as “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” “Will & Grace,” “Modern Family,” “Transparent,” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
TORCH SONG
Marin Theatre Company
WHAT: Marin Theatre Company (MTC) closes out its 2023/24 season with Torch Song, the seminal comic drama by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Evren Odcikin. An adaptation of Fierstein’s 1982 play Torch Song Trilogy, this newly revised two-act Torch Song, called “Spectacular” by The New York Times, focuses on Arnold Beckoff, a lovelorn Jewish drag queen armed with the pithy wit of a Fran Leibovitz, who is looking for love in New York City. By turns hilarious and touching, this rollicking work finds Arnold stumbling through modern life, wallowing in cynical despair at ever finding a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit. An unexpected visit from his disapproving mother from Miami reminds Arnold that what he really needs is respect.
WHEN: May 9 – June 2, 2024
Previews: May 9 – May 12, 2024 (7:30pm Thurs, May 9 – Sat, May 11; 4:00pm, Sun, May 12)
Press Opening: 7:30pm, Tuesday, May 14
Closes: June 2, 2024SHOWS: Wednesdays-Fridays: 7:30pm
Saturdays: 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sundays: 2:00pm
Thursday, May 30 – 1:00pmWHERE: Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
TICKETS: $39.50 – $65.50 + fees
INFO: Information and tickets are available at MarinTheatre.org or by calling 415-388-5208
Cast include Dean Linnard, Nancy Carlin, Patrick Andrew Jones, Kina Kantor, Edric Young and Joe Ayers.
Turkish-American Evren Odcikin has directed and written for Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), Northern Stage, Crowded Fire Theater, Golden Thread, and Magic Theatre among many others.
Tickets are now available from $39.50 to $65.50 (plus fees).