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Jul 26, 2020 · The Gaze: No Homo: With Galen J. Williams, Eugene Byrd, Sharon Lawrence, Yvette Cason. This is a series of twelve short-form episodes produced through artistic protest in support of Black Lives. In support of All Black Lives -- in these streets, in the entertainment industry and in the decolonized future we are demanding to see.
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1. S1.E1 ∙ Welcome to Evergreen. Sun, Jul 26, 2020. Jerome tries to win Miranda's attention and approval during her Facebook Live address. (Prologue) Rate. Watch options. S1.E2 ∙ All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk. Thu, Jul 30, 2020. Jerome is Amy Cooper'd. FaceTimes Kendrell looking for a brotha, an ally. He doesn't get one. Rate. Watch options.
In between BLM protests and existential quarantine queries, Larry Powell adapted his play The Gaze...No Homo (2020/2021 Eugene O'Neill NPC Finalist) into a New Media Series. This is a series of twelve short-form episodes produced through artistic protest in support of Black Lives.
THE GAZE is a 12 part media series that examines the process of building culturally specific and queer works of color in historically white spaces. It tackles hard topics like racism head on.
- First Iterations
- Adapting For 2020
- Making Space and Moving Forward
Next came several readings of No Homoat friends’ homes, first in Los Angeles, then in New York. The overwhelming response included several questions about what happened next for Jerome, the play’s central character. “I was fed by it, and kept going, and found myself having this big long play: three plays in one,” Powell said. “Galen was one of the ...
Once all three plays were drafted, Powell held a professional reading at Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles, directed by Zhailon Levingston and produced by Angelica Robinson. He began conversations with a few theatres about staging the play, and was even accepted to the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference as a finalist. When the pande...
Powell felt comfortable working with Williams remotely, especially because of their time spent together on The Brothers Size. Their relationship allowed efficiency but also connection across the Zoom screen. Because the premise of The Gaze itself discusses a toxic creation process, Powell worked hard to build the antithesis behind the screen: a com...
In Season 1: “...No Homo” we are introduced to Jerome as he meets the play and the White American Theatre festival that forever change the trajectory of his career and life in the arts.
The Gaze…No Homo: Playwright Larry Powell turns his play into a 12-part series about a Black queer actor arriving for rehearsals at a very white American theater festival, 8 p.m. Nov. 20 (three episodes). The series continues on Nov. 27, Dec. 4 and 11. Free. Presented by the Fountain Theatre located in Los Angeles. Full Article. LA DAILY NEWS.
