SENSITIVE GUYS (LIVE on ZOOM)

by MJ Kaufman

Directed by Cat Ramirez

September 9-11, 2021 (7:30 pm & Sat Mat @ 2 pm)

Stage Manager: Zach Holzberg

Our first show of the year, by Kilroy List playwright MJ Kaufman, is a satirical and incisive way to enter into difficult conversations about topics of advocacy and allyship. SENSITIVE GUYS, is a play for the moment, particularly as it creates avenues of discussion surrounding topics that need to be addressed on college campuses.
 

SENSITIVE GUYS takes place in the supposedly safe spaces of a small liberal arts college where the student-led Men’s Peer Education Group and Womxn’s Survivor Support Group work together on an ambitious plan — to eradicate all sexual violence everywhere within five years. They are pretty sure they can do it, no problem... until an incident threatens to throw their ideals into question. Five female and gender non-conforming performers inhabit both male and female roles in this social satire about complicity and what it really might take to face the patriarchal forces that persist, even in the most unexpected places.

"Stimulating, often laugh-out-loud play... A fascinating exploration of gender" - Philadelphia Inquirer 

"****"  "MJ Kaufman's brilliant satire highlights the insidious language and systematic silencing coded into people and institutions." - Audrey Journal

Be advised: This play is a humorous and constructive piece that discusses rape culture as well as issues and incidents of sexual assault. Please contact the box office at [email protected] with any questions.

POST SHOW DISCUSSION -- UNPACKING SENSITIVE GUYS: 
RSVP for the zoom HERE
 

Please join cast/creative members and Levone Cannady, a representative from Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) after the performance to discuss and unpack thoughts and ideas surrounding the production.

Lavone is Project Coordinator for the Healthy Masculinity Initiative at WOAR and the 2021 Vision of Hope Award winner for his work developing the Healthy Masculinity Initiative project. He will offer his insight and help facilitate conversation during what are sure to be lively and pertinent discussions.

You can join the zoom even if you are not attending the production that day, simply register and join in the conversation after the show. Sensitive Guys runs about 90 minutes.

Located on the northern edge of the Avenue of the Arts, Temple Theaters, the production program of the Department of Theater, has established itself as one of the finest nationally-ranked theater training programs in the nation. Temple University’s Department of Theater offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in acting, design, directing, musical theater, playwriting and theater education. As part of Center for Performing and Cinematic Arts, the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts offers hallmark programs in theater, film and media arts that engage students with nationally and internationally recognized faculty and fuse the high-quality training with rigorous scholarship and artistry.