Three Dollar Bill

Inverse Theater Company presents Three Dollar Bill, written by Kirk Wood Bromley and directed by Howard Thoresen. The program consists of three short plays on being queer and conservative. This curious cultural convergence, so baffling to many, nonetheless exists. 25% of all “out” homosexuals voted for George W. Bush in 2004. Organizations such as Log Cabin Republicans and the Human Rights Fund are home to many gay conservatives. Finally, Mary Cheney’s
role as “campaign manager” for her father in 2004, as well as her activities as a gay spokesperson for Coors Brewing Company, highlight how being openly gay and actively republican is not an “uncommon abomination.” The three plays are:

“What Are You Thinking, Mary Cheney?” – Alone in her alpine lodge,
surrounded by her secure electric perimeter, the lesbian daughter of
“the evil puppet master” is finally pushed to come out of the closet and
into the sound bite. In a smooth tirade of self-justification, she
explains her controversial “lifestyle choice” to the captive liberal
activists in her mind. But will her empowered paranoia inevitably prove
that you can either sleep with the enemy or sleep with your lover, but
never both?

“Civilization and its Disco Tents” – A real-time “gay conversion
therapy” session between an ex-gay therapist and a supposedly gay, but
wanting to be straight, patient “turns queer” when the therapist
discovers that the patient is actually straight and wants to be gay. Yet
this revelation only arouses deeper mysteries: Who is the patient and
who is the therapist? Who is gay, ex-gay, and straight? And what is the
difference between sexual conversion and sexual perversion? The gay
conversion industry is in for a serious “lapse dance.”

“The Welcome Mask” – This is your standard “coming out” family drama.
Son comes home with a vagina on his face. Father gets angry because this
proves that Son is an Eskimo. Daughter, jumping to her brother’s
defense, puts a penis on her face. Father grows angrier because this
proves she’s a movie producer or a crooked travel agent or even worse.
Feeling left out, Mother puts a botched sex-change operation on her
face, though no one quite knows what this makes her. As Son, Daughter,
and Mother shoot down “the slippery slope” right there in the living
room, Father finally restores order to the family by putting something
on his face. The question is, what is it?

Schedule: Thursdays through Sundays, December 1st through December 18th and Tuesday through Friday, December 20th through December 23rd. All performances will be at 8PM.