"The hottest play in Palm Springs...
A must-see"
--Diane Anderson-Minshall, THE ADVOCATE
A must-see"
--Diane Anderson-Minshall, THE ADVOCATE
WE'RE BACK!!
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ELECTRICITY
by Terry Ray
Four Decades, Two Men, One Highly-Charged Love Story...
ELECTRICITY - the deliciously hilarious, heartbreaking and
romantic love story between Brad and Gary has delighted audiences across the country. It continues its record breaking run in Palm Springs
to rave reviews and word of mouth. Playwright Terry Ray's riveting story unfolds over 4 decades and Brad & Gary's epic journey will stick with you long after the evening is over. Is the person that you can't get out of your head truly the person you're meant to be with?
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Flawless romantic performances in a gay comedy gem... A resplendent mix of hilarity and tender emotions... Comic timing that sparkles... A gay love story that endears, delights, and will surely endure as an important play about being gay in our turbulent times."
--John Townsend, LAVENDER MAGAZINE |
"Sexually charged...
The thrill of voyeurism thrives... A riveting delight to watch... Truly enveloping and hypnotic experience" --Genna Rivieccio, THE PRIDE |
TICKETS TO LIVE STREAMING PERFORMANCE OF
ELECTRICITY
The closing of theaters across the nation is the only thing that has stopped the record-breaking run of the smash hit LGBT comedy / drama ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY has received universally rave reviews and become the longest running play in Palm Springs before it was headed to its Off-Broadway dates.
With theatre currently not a possibility, playwright / actor Terry Ray and actor Mel England are moving in together for 2 weeks to make certain that they can safely perform the intimate scenes required to live stream the teleplay ELECTRICITY beginning July 16th in an exciting new way that allows audiences around the world to be part of Brad & Gary's journey.
Performances will run Thursday nights for three weeks After each show the actors will answer any of the audience's questions in real time during a live A&Q. Your support helps keep theatre alive during this critical time.
Join us and feel the ELECTRICITY!
ELECTRICITY
The closing of theaters across the nation is the only thing that has stopped the record-breaking run of the smash hit LGBT comedy / drama ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY has received universally rave reviews and become the longest running play in Palm Springs before it was headed to its Off-Broadway dates.
With theatre currently not a possibility, playwright / actor Terry Ray and actor Mel England are moving in together for 2 weeks to make certain that they can safely perform the intimate scenes required to live stream the teleplay ELECTRICITY beginning July 16th in an exciting new way that allows audiences around the world to be part of Brad & Gary's journey.
Performances will run Thursday nights for three weeks After each show the actors will answer any of the audience's questions in real time during a live A&Q. Your support helps keep theatre alive during this critical time.
Join us and feel the ELECTRICITY!
IMPORTANT LIVE STREAMING UPDATE!
We are sad to report that, in spite of our best efforts, one of our Electricity Live Streaming crew members has reported being potentially exposed to the Covid-19 virus. While we believe that his risk of exposure was low, and we have practiced all proper safety guidelines during rehearsal, requiring our crew members to uphold the strictest social distancing policy, along with the cast quarantining together, we are taking an important pause to make sure that we are all safe and healthy moving forward.
As conditions in California have deteriorated since we began planning these live performances, we have jointly decided to postpone to ensure that everyone on our team tests negative and that conditions in California are going the right direction before announcing new dates.
Thank you for your support! Rehearsals were going so well! We are very excited to present the live streaming of ELECTRICITY in the near future and we hope you will join us then when we are able to safely tell this story!
As conditions in California have deteriorated since we began planning these live performances, we have jointly decided to postpone to ensure that everyone on our team tests negative and that conditions in California are going the right direction before announcing new dates.
Thank you for your support! Rehearsals were going so well! We are very excited to present the live streaming of ELECTRICITY in the near future and we hope you will join us then when we are able to safely tell this story!
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF LIVE STREAMING DATES!
Photo by Theodore D. Robinson: robinsonarts.com
Written by
TERRY RAY
Starring
TERRY RAY
MEL ENGLAND
Produced by
MICHAEL DARNER
Directed by
STEVEN ROSENBAUM
SYNOPSIS: With laughter and heartbreaking honesty, ELECTRICITY explores the relationship between two gay men who meet as freshmen in high school in 1969, the year of the monumental Stonewall uprising. In 1983, at their 10th high school reunion, sex, drugs and booze make up the life of formerly closeted Brad Burke, while ex-seminary student Gary Henderson is still so closeted that he hides his sexuality behind an invented wife. After reuniting at the party they decide to share a motel room. Soon there's a monumental clash of worlds that sparks an "electricity" between them that lures them back to that same motel room after each 10-year reunion from 1983 to 2013.
ELECTRICITY is a deliciously funny, sexy and surprisingly emotional journey that also shines a spotlight on the tremendous changes in the lives of LGBTQ+ over the 50 years since Stonewall by witnessing the changes in Brad and Gary. It navigates a world where gay life was hidden in bars and sex clubs to one where equality might just be a reality--if Gary and Brad can only believe that they deserve it.
ELECTRICITY received rave reviews for it's 11 week extended premiere in Los Angeles, it's appearance at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017, it's run at Evolution Theatre Company in Columbus, it's tour to Camp Bar Cabaret in St. Paul / Minneapolis where Lavender Magazine named it Best Out Of Town Production alongside HAMILTON (it also won Best Actor). It played to wildly enthusiastic audiences in New York City as part of the Gay Pride / World Pride / Stonewall 50th Anniversary festivities. With a nearly three-year run at INNdulge as well as a second venue at Oscar's ELECTRICITY became the longest running play in Palm Springs. The smash hit was run was only halted by the Covid-19 shutdowns, but... we'll be back!
ELECTRICITY is a deliciously funny, sexy and surprisingly emotional journey that also shines a spotlight on the tremendous changes in the lives of LGBTQ+ over the 50 years since Stonewall by witnessing the changes in Brad and Gary. It navigates a world where gay life was hidden in bars and sex clubs to one where equality might just be a reality--if Gary and Brad can only believe that they deserve it.
ELECTRICITY received rave reviews for it's 11 week extended premiere in Los Angeles, it's appearance at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017, it's run at Evolution Theatre Company in Columbus, it's tour to Camp Bar Cabaret in St. Paul / Minneapolis where Lavender Magazine named it Best Out Of Town Production alongside HAMILTON (it also won Best Actor). It played to wildly enthusiastic audiences in New York City as part of the Gay Pride / World Pride / Stonewall 50th Anniversary festivities. With a nearly three-year run at INNdulge as well as a second venue at Oscar's ELECTRICITY became the longest running play in Palm Springs. The smash hit was run was only halted by the Covid-19 shutdowns, but... we'll be back!
"Funny... Dramatic... Touching...
Inspired... Clever... Entertainingly Intimate..."
--Will Dean, THE DESERT OUTLOOK
"ELECTRICITY is shockingly good...
The show is expertly executed...
Witty, bitchy, at times gritty and moving, the show hits all the right notes, delivering the perfect combination of sweet, sexy, uproarious, and at times, sad. But like any memorable love story, it all ends up going right to the heart."
--Winston Gieseke, PALM SPRINGS LIFE
Inspired... Clever... Entertainingly Intimate..."
--Will Dean, THE DESERT OUTLOOK
"ELECTRICITY is shockingly good...
The show is expertly executed...
Witty, bitchy, at times gritty and moving, the show hits all the right notes, delivering the perfect combination of sweet, sexy, uproarious, and at times, sad. But like any memorable love story, it all ends up going right to the heart."
--Winston Gieseke, PALM SPRINGS LIFE
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Top left photo by Theodore D. Robinson: robinsonarts.com, Others by Mike Pingel |
"A rich character-driven delight...
Playful and poignant, the "Electricity" has a charge that extends not just between the characters but well into the audience."
--Margaret Quamme, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In this moving comedy/drama, Terry Ray brilliantly focuses his unfiltered dramatic lens on the pain and triumph of love in our lives. The nudity is hot without being gratuitous and the tears are genuine without being manipulative.
With every performance, Mel and Terry rewrite all of our stories, finding the essence of hope and joy that HIV/AIDS can never steal from us.
---Alan Downs, author of THE VELVET RAGE
"It's an utter joy getting to spend a couple hours
with these two characters"
--Richard Sanford, COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND
with these two characters"
--Richard Sanford, COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND
Photo by Theodore D. Robinson: robinsonarts.com
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"Ray and England are superb as these star-crossed lovers. Ray's metamorphosis from a closeted man/boy to a full-fledged man of understanding is delicious to watch... Ray's play is solid and superbly written... It's some damn fine writing... I enjoyed every second and found myself completely lost in their love story." --Kay Kudukis, BROADWAY WORLD "Very compelling...the most memorable part of my trip ...a must-see for any visitor to Palm Springs" --Ed Walsh, THE BAY AREA REPORTER |
ELECTRICITY is Off-Broadway Bound!!
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We are very excited that producers and investors are coming together for an Off-Broadway run of ELECTRICITY!
If you would like to know more about how you can be part of bringing this important story about our gay journey to a wide audience please send an email to info@electricitytheplay.com 
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"Electricity" is a fun-time super-gay sex-romp that is riveting, intense, and also a laugh riot. Actors Terry Ray (playwright) and Mel England in an
in-and-out-up-and-down love affair are flawless and right on target.
-- Robert Heide, playwright and author of "Robert Heide 25 Plays"
in-and-out-up-and-down love affair are flawless and right on target.
-- Robert Heide, playwright and author of "Robert Heide 25 Plays"
"ELECTRICITY is a riveting exploration of life...
Ray & England's chemistry is the kind seen in the best of romantic comedies like some of my absolute favorite romantic comedy films--- SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK or SOME LIKE IT HOT or HIS GIRL FRIDAY
or THE BIG SICK come to mind..."
--Becki Iverson, COMPENDIUM, Minneapolis
Ray & England's chemistry is the kind seen in the best of romantic comedies like some of my absolute favorite romantic comedy films--- SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK or SOME LIKE IT HOT or HIS GIRL FRIDAY
or THE BIG SICK come to mind..."
--Becki Iverson, COMPENDIUM, Minneapolis