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PO BOX 1925
Provincetown, MA 02657
ph: 508 487 4218
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Special Events

Join us for the                         Edgy and the Sublime           winter of events in
THE LOBBY at                         The  Provincetown  Theatre 

  • Sundays at 2pm
    Salon Music for Mid Winter hosted by John Thomas      take a look!

  • Tom Wilson Weinberg's
    Sixty Years With Bruhs&Gean
    APRIL 24 - 27 7:30pm      more

    “BRUHS and GEAN” is a lively one-hour musical that traces the remarkable relationship of Bruhs Mero and Gean Harwood, two gay icons of the Twentieth Century who met in New York in 1929 and remained together until Bruhs’s death in 1995. Bruhs (pronounced Bruce) and Gean (pronounced Gene) were just 18 and 20 when they met. With courage, determination and humor they weathered the often-repressive social climate of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. When social and sexual liberation dawned in the 1960s, Bruhs and Gean were firmly entrenched in their closeted existence, becoming increasingly isolated even post-Stonewall. The musical is funny and touching.

    An earlier version, commissioned by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, was performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and was featured on In The Life (PBS).  The lives of Bruhs and Gean were chronicled in Harwood’s book, The Oldest Gay Couple in America, published by Birch Lane in 1997.

    At this time, with same-sex marriage in the nation’s headlines, the story of Bruhs and Gean shatters the age-old stereotype of unstable, short-lived gay relationships.  Their devotion to each other through good times and bad is an inspiration to straight and gay people alike.  Further, a primary message of the musical is that people can change at any age, become enlightened and come out, as Bruhs and Gean did after decades of hiding.

     

  • The Words of Rachel Corrie
    Created and Directed by Deborah Peabody
    Saturday April 5  7:30pm

    On the 16th of March 2003, 23 year old American human rights worker Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer.  She was trying to prevent the Israeli army from destroying the home of a doctor and his family in the Gaza strip, Palestine.  more

  • HARWICH JUNIOR THEATRE

    COUNTER PRODUCTIONS is proud to sponsor after school presentations of the Touring Program of Harwich Junior Theatre  For Details Go To Support. 

  • The BITTER POET Meets Provincetown



    The Bitter Poet with Howlin' Vic 

    Thank you to all who made this presentation such a success!  Performance poetry from the edge.  This is an open call for area poet/performance artists to join NYC’s Bitter Poet and Howlin' Vic in an evening of performance art poetry - a sort of slam but you do need to contact us to let us know you're coming!  Performance dates are January 25, 26th, 7pm at the Provincetown Theatre, 238 Bradford  7:o0 pm.  Discussion about the art following performance.  Suggested dontation $8.00  Adult Content  

  • Tom Wilson Weinberg's
    SIXTY YEARS WITH BRUHS&GEAN

    “BRUHS and GEAN” is a lively one-hour musical that traces the remarkable relationship of Bruhs Mero and Gean Harwood, two gay icons of the Twentieth Century who met in New York in 1929 and remained together until Bruhs’s death in 1995. Bruhs (pronounced Bruce) and Gean (pronounced Gene) were just 18 and 20 when they met. With courage, determination and humor they weathered the often-repressive social climate of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. When social and sexual liberation dawned in the 1960s, Bruhs and Gean were firmly entrenched in their closeted existence, becoming increasingly isolated even post-Stonewall. The musical is funny and touching.

    An earlier version, commissioned by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, was performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and was featured on In The Life (PBS).  The lives of Bruhs and Gean were chronicled in Harwood’s book, The Oldest Gay Couple in America, published by Birch Lane in 1997.

    At this time, with same-sex marriage in the nation’s headlines, the story of Bruhs and Gean shatters the age-old stereotype of unstable, short-lived gay relationships.  Their devotion to each other through good times and bad is an inspiration to straight and gay people alike.  Further, a primary message of the musical is that people can change at any age, become enlightened and come out, as Bruhs and Gean did after decades of hiding.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO            THE LOBBY?  EMAIL PROPOSALS TO susan@counter-productions.org

PO BOX 1925
Provincetown, MA 02657
ph: 508 487 4218
fax: 508 487 2698