Gallery Players has been producing affordable theatre in Brooklyn for over 15 years. The annual Black Box Festival of new plays is in its second week. In line with the format of most short play festivals, this week includes four plays and follows a theme, entitled "The Sex Box"...
The next piece, Michael Bettencourt's Sporting Goods, is a brave form of performance art about hidden desire. It takes place in a wrestling arena, where we see a match between two men who are on the brink of either killing or kissing each other. As they push and writhe, their words are poetry. Adam Blanshay and Nathan Freeman are confident in their skin. Their tension is palpable, but again, they seem to get lost in the pretty words at times and forget each other....
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