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Current Work
On July 6, the Boston Playwrights' Theatre will transform into a surreal and electrifying atmosphere of kidnappings, spells and a self-destructive love affair.
"My Yolanda Love" is Jess Martin's most recent full length play and winner of the 2005 Artist Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Produced by Queer Soup, "My Yolanda Love" will take the audience on an emotional journey through a young woman's struggle to represent her mother's polarizing lifestyle, while risking everything for a love affair she is destined to have…or is she?
“There’s a cowgirl presence in this play that rebels against the expectations that these four women abide by. It’s this trespassing which bends comedy to its own end while going into the very real depth of someone trying to recover from a broken heart,” said playwright Jess Martin.
Set in a pink motel room off Route 66, "My Yolanda Love" explores the struggles of a former beauty queen and aspiring poet, Mitsy. Far from her Texas home, Mitsy finds herself in a downward spiral of passion and scheming as she and her childhood friends confront her professor and lover in this bizarre pink comedy.
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History
Queer Soup is the result of a production collaboration between the Brian + Mal Show and J. Rene Productions. In the summer of 2002, these two companies joined theatrical forces to present a sold-out performance of Instant Queer Soup at the Boston Center for the Arts. With a successful collaboration in the making, the companies merged to form Queer Soup in response to audiences' demand for local queer comedy on the Boston stage. Our comedy is queer, and so are we, but you don't have to be in order to love our shows. We perform to bring people together!
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Honors
2005 Artist Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2004 Curve Magazine Sapphic Award |
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Artist Location
Arlington, MA
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Type of artist
Performer
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General Themes
Comedy/Humor/Satire, Feminism/Gender Issues, Sexuality, Activism/Social Justice |
Keywords
gay, queer, lesbian, transgender, theater, GLBT, LGBT, camp, comedy, satire, FTM, new work, original, genderqueer, Boston, free lemonade |
| Last updated on August 2nd, 2010 |
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