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MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA
Jan 27 – Feb 20 2022
by Christian St. Croix – NOW STREAMING
How to see this show online:
- Tickets are offered at 4 price levels, starting at $15.
- You will receive a link and access code upon purchase.
- We’ll even send a gift of popcorn to your mailing address!
- The show will be online until Midnight on March 23rd, 2022.
When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. United by their love of classic American monster movies, the two have developed a warm and caring familial chemistry – but their relationship fractures when Remy discovers Pup and his friends have been bullying a gay teen at his school. Monsters of the American Cinema is a haunting and humorous tale about fathers and sons, ghosts and monsters.
Content note: Mature language and content; discussions of racism and violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. The play explores the grief of losing a parent and lover to drug use and overdose.
When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. United by their love of classic American monster movies, the two have developed a warm and caring familial chemistry – but their relationship fractures when Remy discovers Pup and his friends have been bullying a gay teen at his school. Monsters of the American Cinema is a haunting and humorous tale about fathers and sons, ghosts and monsters.
Winner, 2019 San Diego International Fringe Festival Award – Artists’ Pick
Winner, 2019 San Diego International Fringe Festival Award – Cultural Exchange
