BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS

7/9/19 – 7/28/19

WRITTEN BY DREW DROEGE
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL URIE
LOCATION MILTON THEATRE
PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ZACHARY LAKS
STARRING JEFF HILLER

It’s the night before Josh and Brennan’s picture-perfect Palm Springs wedding, and their old friend Gerry arrives car-cranky and a few beers in, furious that the invitation demands that he “refrain from wearing bright colors or bold patterns.” Gerry stews poolside with his ex and the ex’s twentysomething boyfriend in this hyper-verbal and tragicomic one-man show that asks some essential questions about contemporary gay life: Why do people settle for assimilation instead of liberation? Where’s khaki in the rainbow? Is there any cocaine left?

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Part of Studio Theatre's SHOWROOM festival, a curated performance series in the summertime spirit—with spirits.

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Cast

Production Team

SET DESIGNER

Dara Wishingrad

Dara Wishingrad is the theatre and film production designer for John Leguizamo, Michael Urie, Leslie Lee and Charles Strouse, Deb Margolin, Jeffrey B. Moss, Negro Ensemble Company, Kristin Hanggi, the cell theatre, Tina Andrews, Stanley Bennett Clay, Wayne Cilento, Boaz Yakin, Franc. Reyes, Peter Askin, Nia Vardalos, Frank Whaley, Charles Busch, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Super Bowl, The Ryder Cup, and others. Trained in fine art and dance, Dara performed with her mentor, Dianne McIntyre, as well as the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and David Esbjornson, and toured her original performance art in the US and Canada. 

PROP MASTER

Alexander Wylie

SET AND PROP DESIGN ASSISTANT

Roni Sipp

SET AND PROP DESIGN ASSISTANT

Daniel Echevarria

CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR

Richie Hebrank/Northside

FABRICATIONS SCENIC CHARGE

Emily Gaunt/Painters Forum

SCENIC ARTIST

Shana Siegel

SCENIC ART ASSISTANT

Noah Jordan

Press

Excessively fun and funny...
DC Metro Theater Arts
Hiller’s Gerry is an attention-grabber who turns hyperbolic gestures and facial expressions into high art.
The Washington Post
Bursting with funny lines and cutting asides...
Broadway World
Fast, furious and funny...
Maryland Theatre Guide
Hilarious, witty, and bitingly anti-romantic...
DC Theatre Scene

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