Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the company of the devised theatre piece The F*ggots and Their Fr*ends Between R*volutions, a new theatrical adaptation of the 1977 book The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions by writer Larry Mitchell and illustrator Ned Asta. Described as “an imaginative adventure filled with laughter, dancing, puppets, gay sex, possibly illegal activity, and a run time of 90 minutes” by the company, the show runs July 25 through August 4 at the Bramble Arts Loft, located at 5545 N. Clark in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. For more information and tickets, click here.
![Three people stand on a round platform dancing, with one on the left standing behind and embracing the one in front of them. On the floor before the platform, there is a person on the left laying face up looking at them, and another on the right kneeling and looking at them. The photo is bathed in a purple light.](https://i0.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DSC_3396_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
The ensemble of ‘The F*ggots and Their Fr*ends Between R*evolutions’ (Photo: Ren Picco-Freeman for Chicago Reader)
Described by the Chicago Reader as “a poetic, vividly rendered adaptation” of the 1977 underground “queer fairytale-cum-manifesto” by Calamus Books founder Larry Mitchell, the production is devised by its ensemble of performers and production folks.
Among them are Columbia College alums Hugo Beckett ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, and Sierra Kruse ’22, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, as well as Liz Johnson ’19, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Cinema & Television Arts with a Minor in Writing for Television.