When Steven Dietz wrote Lonely Planet in 1993, the world was in the 12th year of the AIDS crisis, we didn’t have an effective drug regimen, and we were still mired in the belief that it was a “gay” disease. However, don’t confuse Lonely Planet with earlier works on the subject like Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart or Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. Dietz has written a very quiet, personal... Read more
Keen Company presents the 25th Anniversary revival of Steven Dietz's Lonely Planet.
Performances take place at the Clurman Theatre in Theatre Row.
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About Lonely Planet:
Lonely Planet is the story of friendship in a time of crisis. Set in a small map store on the oldest street in an American city, Lonely Planet is an intimate portrait of two friends at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Shop owner Jody becomes increasingly fearful of the world outside and the dangers it poses, refusing to leave his shop. Meanwhile Carl, his spirited friend, begins filling the store with a variety of mysterious chairs. Lonely Planet examines how we all navigate troubled times.
Lonely Planet CAST AND CREATIVE
By:
Steven Dietz
Producer:
Keen Company
Director:
Jonathan Silverstein
Lighting:
Paul Hudson
Sound:
Bart Fasbender
Design:
Anshuman Bhatia
Costume:
Jennifer Paar
Cast list:
Arnie Burton (as Jody) and Matt McGrath (as Carl)
Theatre Row
Address:
410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and Dyer Avenue), New York, NY 10036
Nearest subway station:
42nd Street - Port Authority Bus Terminal Station