January 27, 2010
January 25, 2010
Making Porn in Florida
It's been a while since my play, Making Porn, has been produced but it sounds like this production in Ft. Lauderdale in Florida is not a disaster. But does it make me miss the theater? Hmmm. Not much. Producing theater is mostly headache-inducing but nice reviews can make the trip a little less painful. If you're in Florida, go check it out. The producers are very nice guys!
Fleshed out: 'Making Porn' at Fort Lauderdale's Empire Stage theater well-acted and directed
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Playwright Ronnie Larsen on his 1995 comedy-drama Making Porn:
The first preview was sold-out.
The reviews were horrible.
More sold-out shows.
Everytime a bad review came out our ticket advance grew.
Hopefully this good review won't kill ticket sales at the new 48-seat Empire Stage theater in Fort Lauderdale, where a current production of Making Porn runs Thursdays to Sundays through Feb. 7.
Making Porn first played South Florida in 1998 at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road. 1980s gay porn icon Ryan Idol starred as Jack Hawk, a straight out-of-work actor who quietly takes a job in a gay porn film and reluctantly becomes a star.
Casting Idol in the star role caused a minor sensation on South Beach and the month-long run at the 400-seat Colony regularly sold out. (Making Porn contains much male frontal nudity and several simulated sex scenes.)
As gay-porn fans know, however, their Idol never was the world's greatest actor.
The current Empire Stage production is well acted, and well directed.
New York-based actor David R. Gordon stars as Jack, a part he first played during Making Porn's national tour in the late '90s. Gordon – a legitimate actor, the show's producer and also new owner of Empire Stage theater – knows the material well and appears quite comfortable with the adult situations that arise onstage.
Julia Clearwood, a mainstay at Fort Lauderdale's old Sol Theatre Project (where Empire Stage is now located), plays Jack's wife, Linda, who at first becomes sick to her stomach upon learning her husband makes a living having video sex with other men.
Gordon and Clearwood work well together and are quite believable in their scenes together.
Actors Keith Dougherty and Michael Lopez (also the production's director) are Making Porn veterans. Both appeared in the show's 1998 South Beach production with Ryan Idol. They play their parts as boyfriends/porn filmmakers with energy and conviction; neither walks through his role.
The two cast surprises are Ryan McFadden, who plays a 20-year-old porn hopeful, and Angel Perez, who co-stars as longtime porn star Ray Tanner.
McFadden starts off a bit goofy but soon shows an endearing comic flair.
Perez has the hardest job of all, not having his acting talents obscured by performing the most explicit scenes in the play. Let's just say it's a close shave, but Perez manages to pull it off. His Ray Tanner (a role often played by real-life porn stars) is human and – just one more double entendre, please – fleshed out.
Making Porn is not for everyone. Some will find it too explicit, others not explicit enough. But for the sold-out audience on Saturday night, Ronnie Larsen's play was just right.
January 15, 2010
Who doesn't love The Onion?
Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian
LOUISVILLE, KY—At first glance, high school senior Lucas Faber, 18, seems like any ordinary gay teen. He's a member of his school's swing choir, enjoys shopping at the mall, and has sex with other males his age. But lately, a growing worry has begun to plague this young gay man. A gnawing feeling that, deep down, he may be a fundamentalist, right-wing Christian.
"I don't know what's happening to me," Faber admitted to reporters Monday. "It's like I get these weird urges sometimes, and suddenly I'm tempted to go behind my friends' backs and attend a megachurch service, or censor books in the school library in some way. Even just the thought of organizing a CD-burning turns me on."
Added Faber, "I feel so confused."
The openly gay teen, who came out to his parents at age 14 and has had a steady boyfriend for the past seven months, said he first began to suspect he might be different last year, when he started feeling an odd stirring within himself every time he passed a church. The more conservative the church, Faber claimed, the stronger his desire was to enter it.
"It's like I don't even know who I am anymore," the frightened teenager said. "Keeping this secret obsession with radical right-wing dogma hidden away from my parents, teachers, and schoolmates is tearing me apart."
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Faber's sock drawer is home to a number of illicit magazines he has secretly accepted from street preachers.
According to Faber, his first experience with evangelical Christianity was not all that different from other gays his age.
"Sure, I looked at the Book of Leviticus once or twice—everybody has," Faber said. "We all experiment a little bit with that stuff when we're growing up. But I was just a kid. I didn't think it meant anything."
Faber's instinct was to deny these early emotions. But recently, the Louisville teen admitted, the feelings have grown stronger, making him wonder more and more what life as a born-again right-wing fundamentalist would be like.
"The other week, I was this close to picketing in front of an abortion clinic," the mortified teenager said, his eyes welling up with tears. "I know it's wrong, but I wanted so badly to do it anyway. I even made one of those signs with photos of dead fetuses and hid it in my closet. I felt so ashamed, yet, at the same time, it was all strangely titillating."
Faber's parents, although concerned, said they're convinced their otherwise typical gay son is merely going through a conservative Christian phase.
"I caught him watching The 700 Club once when he thought he was alone in the house, and last week, I found some paperbacks from the Left Behind series hidden in his sock drawer," his mother, Eileen Faber, said. "I'm sure he'll grow out of it, but even if he doesn't, I will love and accept my son no matter what."
Faber's father was far less tolerant in his comments.
"No son of mine is going to try to get intelligent design into school textbooks," Geoffrey Faber said. "And I absolutely refuse to pay his tuition if he decides to go to one of those colleges like Oral Roberts University where they're just going to fill his head with a lot of crazy conservative ideas."
He added, "I just want my normal gay son back."
January 11, 2010
LAUNCH PARTY! NEW LOCATION! NEW DECADE! NEW PARTY!
LAUNCH PARTY! NEW LOCATION! NEW DECADE! NEW PARTY!
Sally, Ronnie, Niki, Blair and UnitedSexAddicts.com Present
The Official USA Party in Ocean Beach • Saturday Night!
Saturday, January, 16th, 9PM-2AM
This is really BIG NEWS for all you SoCal sex addicts.
We have finally found a great new location for our monthly parties. Thanks to MakeupMonica for the great lead. It's not a hotel. It's a lovely, private home in San Diego with PLENTY of free parking!!!
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
We have found a beautiful home in Ocean Beach/Pt. Loma area and the owner is hoping our first party is a success and we can do the first Saturday of each month.
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
Anyone who attended our Saturday night parties in Oceanside and misses that vibe should be happy to know that the vibe is back. It's a big house but cozy. Plenty of room to play but not too big to get lost in. Its beautifully decorated, very sensual and romantic and extremely clean.
There's PLENTY of parking and a great outdoor area in the back for you smokers. There's a huge screen tv in one room for porn, a lovely living room for socializing and a giant kitchen for eating all the fine food Sally always supplies, lol!
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
Lots of room to move around in but still cozy. We are even using one room as a webcam room so anyone who plays in that one room will be on cam for all our USA members who can't make it to the party. Masks will be provided of course. The party will not be on webcam but we will have a webcam room. Understand?
We are incredibly excited. In a way. it feels like a miniature version of Club Sex Addict and a return to Oceanside.
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
If this works out it could be awesome for all of us! We hope you will all come out and support us for our big launch party on Saturday night at 9PM.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RESPECT THE HOME!!! CONDOMS MUST BE PUT IN GARBAGE CANS! ANYONE CAUGHT THROWING CONDOMS ON THE FLOOR WILL BE FORCED TO SIT IN THE CORNER FOR 10 MINUTES!
And remember, no alcohol, drugs or any illegal activity of any kind.
Girls can arrive to get dressed up between 7PM and 9PM. The part starts promptly at 9PM. Not 10:30! Get there at 9 so we can get the party started! It ends promptly at 2PM.
Niki will be at the door welcoming you all and Sally and/or Ronnie will be introducing everyone and making sure everyone feels welcome and is having a great time!
Donations for non-militarty men is $25.00
NO DONATION for Trannies, t-gurls, CD's, crossdressers, transvestites, transexuals, drag queens...or guys with long hair named Jesse. (that's a private joke!)
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
ALSO
*It's a new year and we have a new policy. If you join the USA Website for a year for 90.00 we will give you your first party for free or if you pay $90.00 at the party you get in free and Sally will upgrade you on the website when she gets home. Also, if you attend a party and you e-mail Sally the next day she will upgrade you for 30 free days. But you have to e-mail her and remind her the next day or so. She won't be making lists at the party.So that's how it's gonna be. If you have questions please write me directly and ask.
FOR THE ADDRESS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO: SoMuchInformation@gmail.com
WE ARE BACK! READ WHAT HAPPENED!
Hey all you sex addicts! Did you miss us? We missed you!
The site is back up and running. We are very sorry for the blackout. We are making the site 100% free for the next 24 hours so everyone can log in, check e-mails and get caught up!
We would love to tell you the problem was due to a complicated technical problem but the simple truth is, we ran out of money!
The monthly server is about 400. Some months subscriptiions cover it and some months it's very tight. December was a very tight month and I had an extremely urgent personal crisis. So it's just been mucho craziness but the site is back up and running thanks to a very good friend and her website, Tribe.net.
Yes, we were rescued today by another website Tribe.net. They paid our server bill so please EVERYONE, go sign up for Tribe.net. And please send a special thank you note to Carolyn at info@tribe.net
Carolyn is actually my high school girlfriend and gave me my first blowjob from a girl over 20 years ago. And now, here she is today, paying for the site, so you can all get laid! The world works in mysterious ways! LOL
Anyway, yes, Sally is not rich! Yes, times are tough for everyone. And no, UnitedSexAddicts.com is not supported by a corporation. It's just Sally, Niki and Blair trying to hold it all together as best we can and keep the site running and the parties happening. Sometimes things work great and other times not so good. Hopefully, we won't be down again for a long time but we seriously need all the support you can give.
In order to cut costs on the server we are eliminating a service we've had that allowed us to call in 24 hours and get unlimited tech support. We haven't used it in a few months but it was a nice security blanket. The server bill will be 150 cheaper per month but if something seriously goes wrong it may be more complicated and expensive to fix. So there you go. More information than you needed or wanted but we just want you to see behind the curtain and understand that running this site is not easy and your support really makes a huge impact.
More e-mails are coming soon to you about a big party on the 16th this Saturday night in Ocean Beach San Diego. We are also expanding some services on the site we will tell you about soon.
And if any of our paid subscribers would like a pro-rated refund for the days of the blackout please contact me directly and I will send you your money. It's about 30 cents a day to be a paid member and we were down for about 5 days.
Ok. That's all for now! Thanks again to Carolyn and everyone at Tribe.net for saving us and getting us back online! it's been a very rough week.
See you all Saturday! Happy New Year!
Love,
Sally & Ronnie and Niki and Blair
January 05, 2010
Making Porn in Florida
Tickets are on sale now for my play Making Porn in Ft. Lauderdale. I hope it goes well. The producers are very nice!
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