Every Guy

This staged reading is part of Third Eye Theatre's 2nd Annual Portland Pride Play Festival. Attendance is pay-what-you-will.

In Every Guy by Rhett Goldman, Jasper is going to kill himself ... but not right now. This explicit, two-person, coming-of-age, semi-verbatim dramedy explores the sexual experiences of a young, southern gay guy and his relationship with his childhood best friend, who develops schizophrenia. Narrated in clear-eyed, borderline-uninterested language, short bouts of omniscience and future-telling reveal the protagonist's private values and inner life. In an age where sexual truth-telling is ubiquitous, Every Guy still manages to startle, capturing adolescence and early adulthood in all its confusion, self-hatred, and excitement. Every Guy is directed by Gina Lou.