HOT Festival is Here & Queer, at Dixon Place Through July 25

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Born lo these many years ago as a performance-space-cum-salon in the real life living room of fabulously supportive founder Ellie Covan, essential NYC performance space Dixon Place (161A Chrystie St.) is the place to be now through July 25. That’s when the 34th annual HOT Festival is presenting “theater, dance, music, hybrid performance, literature, music, and homoeroticism for the whole family.” 

That quote’s no mere boast, as the following excerpts from the calendar of events will attest to. Reading this after a particular performance of interest has come and gone? Just click here, close your eyes (or put on a blindfold if you’re into that), plant a finger somewhere on this screen, and go to the show you land on. We can’t guarantee it will be your cup of tea, but there’s a damn good chance you’ll experience some stimulation of the cortex—and maybe even emerge from the Chrystie Street confines of Dixon Place a little less bothered, but a lot more… HOT. (Tickets: $30 in advance; $35 at the door; $10 All-Skate Tickets available! First come, first served; Two per person.)

Saturday, July 11, 7:30pm | Dykes at Dixon: The Male Gayze | “From the cowboy to the construction worker, from the heartthrob to the human disaster,” promise the curators, “we’re celebrating, interrogating, objectifying, and generally making a mess of masculinity all night long.” And who’s on board to do those deeds? Expect “drag kings, drag things, lesbians, bisexuals, and at least one person who learned everything they know about men from television.”  | Tickets & Info HERE. 

Monday, July 13, 7:30pm | Flit | Los Angeles, 1955: just minutes after the police raid an illegal gay bar, homosexual patron Flit (Sonny Bergamini) nervously anticipates his trip down to the local police station, where he expects to be booked on charges of indecency. His arresting officer (Graham Burdick) seems to have other plans in mind, revealing the “profound truth that joins them together, cop and criminal alike.” This staged reading encourages the audience to avail themselves of some booze in the cocktail lounge before and after the show–and during it, as well. (“You can bring your drinks into the theater,” notes the show’s promo post card.) Tickets & Info HERE.

Thursday, July 16, 7:30pm |Yet You’re A Virgin (And So Am I) | Madeline Steck and Kaden Bütts’ “love letter to gay/lesbian siolidarity” finds the comedy duo playing a pair of co-dependent best friends forced by circumstances to answer the question, “What happens when you’re in college and are still gay, miserable, and annoying?” Tickets & Info HERE.

Saturday, July 18, 7:30pm | Dice Goblins | Katie Friedemann, creator of the available-on-YouTube miniseries Sadsack, is the mind behind this tale of queer nerds on a Dungeons & Dragons adventure. “Ready for danger and intrigue” though they may be, the gang gets waylaid by the fearsome spell cast by real world problems (Addiction! A shrinking job market! Uptight office environs for the employed!). “As the party discovers that dice rolls can’t solve their problems,” says the show’s promo material, “the paths they choose may rupture their bond forever.” Tickets & Info HERE.

Tuesday, July 21, 7:30pm, Queer I //// The Gays’ Gaze is an evening of queer film shorts. Tickets & Info HERE. 

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