Remember when it WAS fun to be gay? Back in the day, before we all became Jack & Karen wannabees... The Gay Comedy Jam celebrated a weekend of just that... fun... well ok with a bit of commentary too.
Three performers, four days, ten shows!
Matthew Crehan Higgins (Buffalo, NY), Michael Burke (New York City), & Nick Tarr (Phoenix, AZ) performed from March 16-19.
sponsored by
Special thanks to John Zakibe, Mike White, Zach Jett, Clayton Robbins & Fuse, Freddies Bar, Spencer's Grill, Culpepper's West End, Cheap Trx, Grandma's Bar
CUCUMBER DREAMS
starring
MICHAEL CROSS BURKE, New York
Ever wondered what you can REALLY do with a cucumber? You'll find out a lot more than you bargained for! Educational, too! Find out more about sex, gay monkeys... and a really interesting... date.
In Cucumber Dreams, award-winning queer performance artist Michael Burke aggressively explores, queer identity, conspiracy theories, sexual fantasy,
promiscuity, dating, homosexuality in the animal kingdom and vegetables. This humorous and sexy solo performance piece features multi-layered storytelling expressed through spoken text, dance, sound score, and visual imagery.
Highlights include Michael juxtaposing a detailed account of his worst date ever with a movement vocabulary derived from the gestural language of Bonobo Chimpanzees (these crazy homo chimps share 98% of a human’s DNA.)
Michael uses a huge pile of cucumbers- metaphorically and as a healthy snack- to tie everything together. Cucumber Dreams promises to have a sense of humor and provide homoerotic fun for everyone!!!
“I LOVED CUCUMBER DREAMS! Michael Burke's honesty and naughty Tin Tin meets Candide queer narratives are a joy. Cucumber Dreams has a sweet humor and an unflinching honesty about the complexities and em-bare-ass-ments of life! A thorough pleasure. " -Tim Miller, performance artist
“Michael Burke has a stand-up’s timing and a dancer’s grace.” -Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia City Paper
“Burke’s solo performance pieces are timeless, funny and inspiring. Did I mention how he looks in those little shorts! He’s eye candy with heart!” - Jade Esteban Estrada
"Burke is a rising performance art star!" - Jed Ryan, PM Magazine
“Most rewarding is Burke’s light-footed tread through the subversive material, culminating in a curious imagining of a gay jungle paradise- as opposed to the
dysfunctional urban one.” -Juliet Fletcher, Philadelphia City Paper
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THE CASUAL SEX DIARY
starring
MATT CREHAN HIGGINS, Buffalo
Oh, you do TOO keep one! The Casual Sex Diary follows a young man's journey from prudent gay teenager to sex positive adult, taking him from his first time to the first time he did not know the other man's name and beyond. With candid humor and unabashed candour, The Casual Sex Diary is the story of people who touch one's life... briefly.
Matthew Crehan Higgins is the playwright behind Confessions, the most honored offering at the 2004 Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival, taking four awards including Best Original Script and Best of the Festival. 
His most recent work, Making Gay History, an adaptation of bestselling author Eric Marcus's book premiered in January 2005. For three year's he served Buffalo United Artists as managing member and playwright-in-residence. He can juggle while eating an apple.
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HOT JAMMIN' COMEDY
with standup comic NICK TARR, Phoenix
What if all movies were gay? What if the Church Lady were a stripper? This and other fun stuff from the mouth of an experienced comic.
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Meanwhile, Back At The Raunch (Riverfront Times, March 2006)
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Michael Burke: You can't take a cucumber through airport security
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Matthew Crehan Higgins: You might just have a chance...
