A new punk-rock disco musical, Weapons of Mass Seduction, offers a preview concert at House of Yes on Wednesday, June 10 ahead of a development run set for June 18–21 at Culture Lab LIC. The Pride season production is directed by Nathalie Marrable.
Created and written by Matt Bond, the musical blends choreography, camp humor and political satire. Set in a chaotic near future, Weapons of Mass Seduction follows hyper-Trumpian 48th President Karen Blare as she becomes embroiled in a culture war with “woke Canada,” while simultaneously battling scandalous revelations connected to the notorious “Fapstern Files.” Desperate to distract the public and maintain her grip on power, Blare revives the real-life U.S. Air Force’s infamous “gay bomb” initiative — a bizarre military proposal explored between 1994 and 2002 that theorized the creation of an aerosol weapon capable of turning enemy soldiers gay.
The resulting mission, “Project Sparkle Hammer,” depends on the brilliance of Dr. Victor Vexx, a genderfluid chemical weapons scientist who has been preserved in cryo-stasis since 1967 after allegedly triggering the Summer of Love. As CIA operatives, military loyalists, and political opportunists scramble to weaponize Vexx’s genius, loyalties fracture, identities collide, and a battle over sexuality, power, and freedom erupts into full-scale musical mayhem.
Leading the cast as Dr. Victor Vexx is Jalen Bunch, alongside Pearl Emerson as President Karen Blare, Ryan Kennedy as Private Ryan Seacrest, and James Wei-Yuan Wong as Prime Minister Chapeau/Dr. Graham.
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