Waco Boy Club, 2025
Director, Presented by National Queer Theater and Arts Project of Cherry Grove
written by Mack Lawrence
Photos by Christina Calisi
In a garage in Waco, TX, three friends tete-a-tete with ghosts, gender, and guilty pleasures. Over Ouija board confessionals and chicken salad sandwiches, Waco Boy Club follows the looping and longing dialogue of Strider, Cosmo, and Phantom, three best friends doing their best to love each other well. Across a somewhat nonlinear journey, it is a play with a deep well of magical realism, meditating on unrequited love, our human need for community, and the importance of safety and silliness when you're trans and living in the South.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Work-in-Progress showings presented by National Queer Theater and Arts Project of Cherry Grove, Fire Island, 2025; Breaking and Entering Theatre Collective’s Summer Rooftop Series, Brooklyn, 2024 ; Developmental reading, The Drama League Studio, New York, 2024
Performed on Fire Island (2025) by Sagan Chen, Agata Cudzilo, Max Raymond, and Ema Zivkovic
Performed in Brooklyn (2024) by Tyler Bey, Jess Barbagallo, Sagan Chen, and Tanya/Tamás Marquardt.
Performed in New York (2024) by Tyler Bey, Raychel Ceciro, Agata Cudzilo, and Amber McNew