Battle of the Ruhr Pocket

The Essential Services Project continues with a new show live in New York City! SYNOPSIS: John recreates The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket onstage complete with the capture of the Bridge at Remagen, the deceit of General Von Zangen, and the Race for Berlin. As he inhabits the incidents of this famous World War II battle, John restages his going toe-to-toe with various insane queer artists in a single tumultuous year. John Fisher has performed numerous shows at The Tank and around NYC: Actor’s Temple, LGBTQ Center, Pangea, Actors’ Playhouse, etc. He is the recipient of the Best Actor Award from the United Solo Festival as well as a GLAAD Media Award, an NEA Project Grant and numerous other awards, grants and fellowships. John is Artistic Director of Theatre Rhinoceros, the longest-running queer theatre on the planet, and has taught at Yale and UC Berkeley. www.JohnLathamFisher.com Daniel Tobias is a graduate of Julliard and the winner of a LAMBDA literary award for fiction. He is a compos