THE BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES

Set in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village, THE BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES celebrates the era when "the love that dares not speak its name" began breaking the old rules. Fueled by booze and furtive sex, the play follows the lives and loves of Laura, Beth and Beebo as they navigate uncharted territories of desire. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, went separate ways after graduation: Beth married and had children, Laura moved to New York. Both pine for each other, but before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in the web of Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the bars with a soft spot for young lesbians fresh off the bus.
About the Company: Hourglass Group
Hourglass Group (Elyse Singer, Artistic Director) has been producing new plays and neglected vintage American comedies since 1999. In addition to producing the highly acclaimed TROUBLE IN PARADISE last season (which earned an Obie Award for actress Nina Hellman), other credits include the first revivals of Mae West’s plays SEX and THE PLEASURE MAN (starring Charles Busch), Ruth Margraff’s Red Frogs at P.S. 122 and Deborah Swisher’s Hundreds of Sisters & One BIG Brother. In addition to BEEBO, Hourglass Group’s 2007-08 season will also feature Ruth Margraff’s gypsy opera WELLSPRING and the premiere of Elyse Singer’s award-winning multidisciplinary work about Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil, FREQUENCY HOPPING, at 3LD Art & Technology Center.