Male Matriarch– the autobiographical story of its star and creator Amir Levi – challenges postmodern gay identity through his cultural desire to create a nuclear family based on traditional values. Strongly influenced by the love stories of his mother and grandmother, Amir shares his Builla’s rhythm, his mother’s taste in curly-haired men, and thinks he’s destined to be the next matriarch of his Mexican Jewish American family. When his first relationship crumbles, dashing his boyhood dreams, he quickly finds that the fairy tale courtships of his beloved matriarchs seem nowhere to be found.
Amir Levi has been an active artist with Alive Theatre and its affiliates for the past 3 years. Acting in both Long Beach Poppin' Play Festivals and as one of the Four Clowns in the extremely successful show created by Alive Theatre's founding Artistic Director and just getting off their North American tour.
Presented by Alive Theatre and Inventing Room Productions as part of the Long Beach Playhouse’s NEW Collaborative Series, the show will be directed by Shauna Horn with choreography by Megan Sipe and original music by Jesse Soursourian. Following a run at the New York International Fringe Festival in August, Male Matriarch is making its West Coast debut at the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theatre in Long Beach, CA.
When:(Running time approx: 65 minutes)
*Tuesday, March 6 & Wednesday, March 7 @ 8pm
*PLUS! Tuesday, March 6: an AFTER SHOW TALKBACK with special guest, Porter Gilberg from The Center, The Gay and Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach
How Much:
$20 General / $15 Students and Seniors
$10 groups of 10 or more
Visit www.lbplayhouse.org or call 562-494-1014 for more info, tickets and specials!