Event

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

Directed by Trevor Belt

Featuring
Tom Barry
Jacob Randall
Kendall Ryan
Noah Whitmore
and
Laura Jacobs

During a college sexual encounter, the girl in Nick's bed wants to know... why his abdomen is covered in scars. Does Nick tell the truth, or does he do what he does so wellÂÂweave an elaborate tale? The question launches him into a memory. An outsider at age fourteen, Nick discovers the intoxicating pleasures of inventing fake personalities in the chat rooms of the World Wide Web. Adam's online profile, and the words "I want to fall in love," pique his curiosity. Nick invents Rachel, the girl of Adam's dreams, and his curiosity becomes obsession. As Adam mounts the pressure to meet his Internet love in the real world, Nick creates ever more elaborate deceptions to fuel Adam's desire. When the boys finally meet in the real world, the consequences are catastrophic. A tale of deception, DARK PLAY deeply examines the life long affects of abuse, fluid personality, and sexual license in the Internet age.

BASED ON TRUE EVENTS

"Perhaps no play since Equus has so searingly explored the violently malleable world of pubescent male sexuality." ÂÂDenver Post.