New York City
In No! I Be Seal, writer-performer Dante Fuoco embodies a younger version of himself: a baby queer at the dawn of puberty, fabulous and cloying and a lonely-hearted mess. Family video underpins — and overwhelms — his quest for diva stardom in a reality that is quickly fraying. A 911 call, Y2K-era anthems, “baseball trauma,” and exultant jazz hands are but a few steps on this (s)hero’s journey.