Wonderful show! Thanks for your courage and vulnerability! Wonderful to hear the stories of queerness from earlier times… I had never heard of world war two stories. It is so important to hear these voices and to make the queer community more inclusive of all stages of life. Thank you!
Really fantastic. Best show I’ve seen in a long time. It will stay with me a long time. I wasn’t part of either scene but felt like you were telling my story at the same time. Superbly acted , each character was completely believable. It brought up lots of emotions but mostly pride and joy.
Oh! How we loved the show! So creative, thoughtful, engaging, and fun. He weaves the two stories together while offering a personal perspective on queer history. Wonderful performance.
David took us on a very rewarding journey into a personal history of gay culture that was both emotionally and spiritually moving. The sense of humor surfacing throughout the monolog was both endearing and thought provoking. A truly wonderful theatrical experience.
Incredible show. From the moment the lights went up I was absolutely transfixed. Each monologue was a masterful character study, and so well acted. I felt as if I was the only one in the room. It’s so beautiful to hear these stories told from such a place of hope, despite the many horrors endured. As a young queer man this show gave me more hope for the future than I’ve felt in a while. Bravo!!
Some exceptional writing. I had some genuine laughs. As someone who attended the radical fairy gathering in Wolf Creek, Oregon in 1976, I also found it poignant. I think that if the slip was there all along, under the leather and jeans, the point would be more powerful and might also have spared my blushes and averted gaze.
Flawless, powerful performance of a poignantly written play.
A vivid, moving memoir of gay man’s life living through wars, AIDS, coming out, finding community and love.
Both funny and teary.
So many one line zingers that I’m still linger with me:
–during the AIDS era, everyone could be a vector, and safer sex practices let us love everyone, even if they were a vector.
— gay mens names names names from the AIDS quilt.
— faerie rituals and frolicking
— and, can ones decades of a full gay life be reduced to a pronoun?!
Thanks for a magnificent performance Oh! Highly recommend!
An absolutely captivating performance brimming with nuances and beautiful moments. Equal parts heart felt and funny, this show was deeply entertaining and the simplicity of the set allowed all my attention to be on the performer who gave a genuine and natural performance. The writing was equally as wonderful. This is a show and performance that has stuck in my mind since seeing it.
I loved your final show! I’m no theatre expert, but in my 70+ years I can’t recall a more remarkable and interesting performance. It blew my little straight mind, and opened up a host of questions I’ll be pondering for a long time to come.
Both pieces were poignant and beautifully acted, but the authenticity of the presumably autobiographical Oh! made it the more powerful for me.
I hope you’ll keep working in this vein and that I’ll get the chance to attend a future performance.
I wasn’t sure what to expect and I was so happy to have attended this show. As a gay man, I am aware that we don’t celebrate our history enough. We also tend to dismiss older queer people who we have much to learn from. These two plays address these points.
From the first scene to the last, David John Phillips was engaging, brutally honest and the performance didn’t seem scripted. He’s a very talented actor who held the attention of the audience. I’d highly recommend both plays and I was surprised to learn that they weren’t written to be performed together.
Wonderful show! Thanks for your courage and vulnerability! Wonderful to hear the stories of queerness from earlier times… I had never heard of world war two stories. It is so important to hear these voices and to make the queer community more inclusive of all stages of life. Thank you!
Really fantastic. Best show I’ve seen in a long time. It will stay with me a long time. I wasn’t part of either scene but felt like you were telling my story at the same time. Superbly acted , each character was completely believable. It brought up lots of emotions but mostly pride and joy.
Oh! How we loved the show! So creative, thoughtful, engaging, and fun. He weaves the two stories together while offering a personal perspective on queer history. Wonderful performance.
David took us on a very rewarding journey into a personal history of gay culture that was both emotionally and spiritually moving. The sense of humor surfacing throughout the monolog was both endearing and thought provoking. A truly wonderful theatrical experience.
Incredible show. From the moment the lights went up I was absolutely transfixed. Each monologue was a masterful character study, and so well acted. I felt as if I was the only one in the room. It’s so beautiful to hear these stories told from such a place of hope, despite the many horrors endured. As a young queer man this show gave me more hope for the future than I’ve felt in a while. Bravo!!
Some exceptional writing. I had some genuine laughs. As someone who attended the radical fairy gathering in Wolf Creek, Oregon in 1976, I also found it poignant. I think that if the slip was there all along, under the leather and jeans, the point would be more powerful and might also have spared my blushes and averted gaze.
A wonderful show. The two characters wonderfully, distinctly portrayed. Charming queens, with poignant perspectives. Highly recommend!
Flawless, powerful performance of a poignantly written play.
A vivid, moving memoir of gay man’s life living through wars, AIDS, coming out, finding community and love.
Both funny and teary.
So many one line zingers that I’m still linger with me:
–during the AIDS era, everyone could be a vector, and safer sex practices let us love everyone, even if they were a vector.
— gay mens names names names from the AIDS quilt.
— faerie rituals and frolicking
— and, can ones decades of a full gay life be reduced to a pronoun?!
Thanks for a magnificent performance Oh! Highly recommend!
A raw and magnificent expression of self, from a time when it was dangerous to do so. A must see performance from a must see performer!
An absolutely captivating performance brimming with nuances and beautiful moments. Equal parts heart felt and funny, this show was deeply entertaining and the simplicity of the set allowed all my attention to be on the performer who gave a genuine and natural performance. The writing was equally as wonderful. This is a show and performance that has stuck in my mind since seeing it.
I loved your final show! I’m no theatre expert, but in my 70+ years I can’t recall a more remarkable and interesting performance. It blew my little straight mind, and opened up a host of questions I’ll be pondering for a long time to come.
Both pieces were poignant and beautifully acted, but the authenticity of the presumably autobiographical Oh! made it the more powerful for me.
I hope you’ll keep working in this vein and that I’ll get the chance to attend a future performance.
I wasn’t sure what to expect and I was so happy to have attended this show. As a gay man, I am aware that we don’t celebrate our history enough. We also tend to dismiss older queer people who we have much to learn from. These two plays address these points.
From the first scene to the last, David John Phillips was engaging, brutally honest and the performance didn’t seem scripted. He’s a very talented actor who held the attention of the audience. I’d highly recommend both plays and I was surprised to learn that they weren’t written to be performed together.
A thoroughly engaging set of monologues performed very convincingly by David Jones Phillips.