A new monthly queer variety show, Assorted Fruit, hosted by Justin Elizabeth Sayre, debuts on Sunday, February 20 at 9:30 PM at Joe’s Pub. The show aims at being an all-queer, all-fun night of the best in gay talent from across New York and beyond. Dusty Childers is director; special guests for February include Jon-Michael Reese and Charlene Incarnate. The second installment is scheduled at Joe’s Pub for Sunday, March 13 at 9:30 PM.
Sayre is a writer and performer and a fixture of the downtown cabaret scene in New York, including the long-running monthly show, “The Meeting of The International Order of Sodomites.” As a playwright, Sayre’s work has appeared at Dixon Place, The Wild Project, The Celebration Theatre, Dynasty Typewriter, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre. Their 12-part-epic camp-horror-soap-opera, “Ravenswood Manor,” is currently being developed with Sony Television. Sayre has also written a series of YA novels released by Penguin Books.
Childers is a theatre artist, storyteller and educator who has worked as a director, producer, dramaturg, costumer and stylist. He has collaborated with Taylor Mac, Justin Vivian Bond, Machine Dazzle, Silas Howard, Big Dipper, Dan Fishback and Amber Martin, among others. His work has graced the likes of The Guggenheim, St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Whitney, BAM, Parsons, The Public Theater, International Center of Photography, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Abrons Art Center, and many more. He starred in the animated short film “The Shawl,” which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, won a special jury award at SXSW, and ran at the Metrograph Theater in New York City.
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Joe’s Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), New York, NY
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