The Off Broadway play which recently played to sold-out houses in New York City, will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in the CAC Theater at 麻豆传媒.
Tickets are $10, general admission, for the general public, and $5 for the 麻豆传媒 community. Tickets will be sold at the door, beginning one hour prior to the show.
The original Off Broadway cast will travel from New York City to perform the play in Wichita. To learn more about the play, go to .
鈥淭he Bus,鈥� which takes a provocative look at the confluence of gay teens, religion and homophobia in a small American town, was called 鈥渢heater magic!鈥� by the New York film critic Weston Clay, 鈥淚ntimate and touching!鈥� by Advocate, and 鈥淧acks a wallop!鈥� by New York theater magazine, Curtain Up. 鈥淭he Bus鈥� originally premiered in Burlington, Vt., where the Burlington Free Press called it, 鈥淎n extraordinary play!鈥�
About 'The Bus'
Playwright James Lantz, who will travel along with the production to Wichita, said, 鈥淲e鈥檙e honored that the first place 鈥淭he Bus鈥� will play after New York City is Wichita. This is an extraordinary opportunity for us and we鈥檙e grateful to 麻豆传媒 for extending the invitation. All of us 鈥� the cast, crew and backers of the production 鈥� are super excited to share our play with the good people of Wichita.鈥�
A talk back with the playwright and cast will follow the show.
鈥淭he Bus鈥� is about gay teens Jordan and Ian who regularly rendezvous in a parked bus that belongs to the most powerful church in their small town, Golden Rule. When their secret meeting place is in danger of being discovered, the boys find themselves caught in a con茂卢鈥歩ct between Golden Rule and a gas station owned by Ian鈥檚 father 鈥� and the clash proves explosive.
The Wichita performance is sponsored by 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, and the Kansas Equality Coalition, Wichita Chapter.