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Peterson,
along with his team at p2son productions, present original
plays and performance pieces with social, religious and
educational themes. |
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Peterson, along
with his team at p2son productions, present original plays
and performance pieces with social justice, religious and
educational themes. Similar to "Doin' Time in the Homo
No Mo Halfway House--How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement,"
he fills his other works with comedy and multiple characters
with thought provoking insights. Below is an overview of
some of the current works offered. |
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Transfigurations:
Transgressing Gender in the Bible — Coming in 2008! |
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Digging deep into the Bible, performance artist Peterson Toscano explores the stories and lives of Transgender, Genderqueer and Gender Different people in the Bible and trans people in the world today.
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The Re-Education
of George W. Bush |
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Through a series of lively lessons,
educator and theatrical performance activist, Peterson Toscano
playfully instructs President Bush and his cabinet on history,
the economy, privilege, environmentalism, the Bible and humanity.
Bitingly funny and painfully insightful, Peterson takes no
prisoners as he speaks to the George W. Bush in all of us. |
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Queer 101 |
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We're here; we're queer, but what
the heck does it mean? The creator of "Doin' Time in
the Homo No Mo Halfway House--How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement!"
presents a bold new theater piece -- Queer 101. Find out what
happens to Chad after he graduates from the Homo No Mo Halfway
House and has to cover the Queer 101 class. He takes his class
on a colorful tour as he introduces individuals who shaped
queer history and his own.
Morphing into a cast of characters, while drawing on the inspiration
of poets Audre Lorde, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman and Federico
Garcia Lorca, performance artist Peterson Toscano, playfully
explores what it means to be queer in the 21st Century.Through
this one-man performance piece, Toscano delves into the passion
and confusion of internet dating, plumbs the depths of queer
history, and humorously exposes the conflicts and contradictions
within the queer community today. From the world’s oldest
queer story to the gay ABC’s, this piece is filled with
non-stop comedy with a generous sprinkling of compelling insights.
Regarded for his skillful on-stage transformations, Toscano
introduces his audience to characters who tell original stories
in unique voices. Edgy, funny, insightful, "Queer 101"
seeks to open minds and hearts to a wild new queer world.
Length: 45 Minutes
Audience: High School and College Students and public PRIDE
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Talkin’
Trash in the Homo No Mo Halfway House |
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Performing excerpts from his “ex-gay”
satire, Peterson Toscano then stops the action to an inserts
a lively and informative talk about the methods and theories
behind gay reparative therapy and how “ex-gay”
practitioners use language to coerce and oppress the LGBTQ
community. 45/60/75 minutes. |
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How the Indians
Discovered Columbus |
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This original interactive monolog
celebrates the ancient Tainos of the Caribbean and a 21st
Century man who makes a positive change in spite of himself.
Peterson Toscano recounts the tale of Eliot Robinson’s
unexpected trip to a time and place where he is called upon
to speak truth in the face of a powerful oppressor, Christopher
Columbus and his fighting men. Entertaining, enlightening
and educational, ‘How the Indians Discovered Columbus'
reminds us that in our world a little voice and the weapon
of our humanity can make a huge difference. |
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Footprints,
An Inspirational Comedy |
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"One night
a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach
with the Lord..." Yeah, well, that's how the story
starts out, but through the years it's been watered down
to the point where some greeting card designer pasted a
sunset over a misty beach, printed the poem, and BAM! -
"Footprints in the Sand."
What most people don't know is that a man really had this
dream. (Or was it a woman?) There is a raging controversy
over the real dreamer, but four individuals claim responsibility
and each tell their unorthodox version of the encounter
in Peterson Toscano's play, Footprints, An Inspirational
Comedy.
When you watch Footprints, An Inspirational Comedy, you
will definitely be entertained as Peterson Toscano transforms
himself into all four characters during the 50-minute performance.
You will laugh. You will muse about life, and you will NEVER
read "Footprints in the Sand" the same way again.
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Legion! |
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Based on the dramatic New Testament
story of a man possessed by thousands of demons that Jesus
casts into a herd of pigs, Peterson Toscano presents a
stirring interactive monolog that explores the circumstances
and choices that drive a small boy to escape to the dreaded
tombs to grow up to become the most feared person in town
who ultimately encounters Jesus and a new life.
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The Golden Apple &
the Golden Urn |
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As Nosretep, the Egyptian
guardian of history, Peterson Toscano introduces his audience
to the players and dramatic events of the Trojan War. From
the moment that Iris, the goddess of discord, tosses in
the Golden Apple inscribed with the words "For the
Fairest" to the colossal conflict that erupts over
the world's most beautiful woman, Nosretep recreates Homer's
"Iliad" in an engaging manner filled with contemporary
insight and humor.
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