New York City’s oldest and longest producing LGBTQIA+ theater company TOSOS (Artistic Director Mark Finley) has announced The 2024 Chesley/Chambers Reading Series, celebrating queer voices as part of the company’s 50th Anniversary Season. Inspired works by notable playwrights Lanford Wilson, Danielle Frimer, and John Patterson will activate the free reading series of five plays to be read at The Flea Theater, 20 Thomas Street in NYC’s TriBeCa neighborhood.

Written in 1970 by legendary queer playwright Lanford Wilson. At seventeen, Alan visits the California home of his father and his father’s former mistress turned wife. His father’s life now centers around his two young sons, a tiresome job at an aircraft plant, and two teenage girls who are boarded with the family by the state. Will Alan get the love and support of a father he so desperately wants and needs?

The Cast: Jamie Heinlein (TOSOS’s Pride House, and Penny Penniworth); Jake Mendes (Off-Broadway: Bunnicula, Pinkalicious!); Dawson Sciacca; Raquel Sciacca; Hannah Snow; Tom Souhrada (Broadway & National Tours: Mary Poppins; Kinky Boots,; Evita; My Fair Lady; The King & I; and The Boy Friend, directed by Julie Andrews); and Sean-Edward Varner.