The Gold Room
HERE Arts Center October 14, 2022-November 5, 2022
In The Gold Room, two middle-aged men meet for a chance sexual encounter, only to find themselves entangled in a haunting role-play. Perkins's play drives its audience through a wondrously dark and explosive minefield of scenes. The Gold Room is an acerbic, mind-bending fall into the genesis of queer identity.
Written by Jacob Perkins
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With Scott Parkinson, Robert Stanton and John William Watkins
Produced by Gus Heagerty, Sam Max, Anne Troup
Sets by Emona Stoykova
Lights by greer x
Sound by Taul Katz
Costumes by Caitlin Ward
Intimacy Direction by Sam Max
Photography by Maria Baranova
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With Scott Parkinson, Robert Stanton and John William Watkins
Produced by Gus Heagerty, Sam Max, Anne Troup
Sets by Emona Stoykova
Lights by greer x
Sound by Taul Katz
Costumes by Caitlin Ward
Intimacy Direction by Sam Max
Photography by Maria Baranova
Under the director Gus Heagerty’s careful eye, the performances are miracles of detail, with Stanton’s searching sincerity and Parkinson’s drawling, tamped intensity generating bursts of lightning throughout.” - Helen Shaw, The New Yorker
Director Gus Heagerty, the production has an elegant polish that suggests a more assured purpose than “The Gold Room” conveys over its hourlong running time. " Naveen Kumar, The New York Times
Director Gus Heagerty, the production has an elegant polish that suggests a more assured purpose than “The Gold Room” conveys over its hourlong running time. " Naveen Kumar, The New York Times
