And it’ll feature an amazing new performance by trans actor and comedian D’Lo.
If you’re in NYC over July, we recommend heading down to the 26th Annual HOT! Festival, the NYC annual celebration of LGBTQ culture.
Headlining the festival is D’Lo’s solo work TO T, OR NOT TO T, which will play six performances only – July 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, and 22nd at 7:30 PM – at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street).
TO T, OR NOT TO T is the newest solo performance by transgender actor and comedian D’Lo; it is an hilariously intimate reflection on taking t(estosterone) and his experiences transitioning. Taking on over 15 characters while fusing spoken word, stand-up comedy, theatre, film, and music production and drawing on his journey as a transgender Sri Lankan-American, D’Lo unpacks issues of access, denial, and guilt that come with passing as a cisgender, straight, male person of color. With TO T, OR NOT TO T, D’Lo confronts his quest to embody a beautiful masculinity while simultaneously upholding his feminist politics.
The HOT! Festival, which is the world’s longest-running festival of its kind, is a performance destination for emerging LGBTQ talent in theatre, music, dance, puppetry and visual arts. A benchmark for other queer festivals around the globe, HOT! Festival continues its celebration this year July 5th to August 4th. Tickets to TO T, OR NOT TO T are $22 in advance, $25 at the door, and $15 for students and seniors. For tickets and further information please visit http://dixonplace.org/performa