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
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Photos by Maria Baranova
Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8
Access Theater May 23, 2019-June 15, 2019
A queer ghost story about constructing identities out of the places, people, and objects we wish we could possess.
Written by Agnes Borinsky
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With: Janice Amaya, LA Head, Jacob Perkins, Nicole Spiezio, Susannah Stahlmann
Produced by i am a slow tide & Gus Heagerty
Lead Producer Emma Orme
Associate Producer Peter McNally
Sets by Sam Max
Lights by greer x
Sound by Peter Mills Weiss
Costumes by Ivy Karlsgod
Choreography by LA Head and Jesse Kovarsky
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With: Janice Amaya, LA Head, Jacob Perkins, Nicole Spiezio, Susannah Stahlmann
Produced by i am a slow tide & Gus Heagerty
Lead Producer Emma Orme
Associate Producer Peter McNally
Sets by Sam Max
Lights by greer x
Sound by Peter Mills Weiss
Costumes by Ivy Karlsgod
Choreography by LA Head and Jesse Kovarsky
“︎︎︎︎The production is simultaneously joyful and devastated…Chronicle creates an atmosphere of indeterminacy and sudden apparition where unmatched possibilities can and do fit.” -
Critic’s Pick, Helen Shaw, TimeOut NY
Critic’s Pick, Helen Shaw, TimeOut NY
All Photos by Maria Baranova
Faust 3...
Judson Memorial Church, June 11, 2017-June 26, 2017
A satire of the Trump fiasco performed by an ensemble of four clowns
Produced and Written by Paul David Young
With: Ayun Halliday, Aidan O'Shea, Regina Strayhorn and Ben Watts
Directed by Gus Heagerty
Sets and Props by Jarrod Beck
Lights by Kia Rodgers
Costumes by Scout Isensee
Video by Melissa Friedling
Photography by Paul David Young
With: Ayun Halliday, Aidan O'Shea, Regina Strayhorn and Ben Watts
Directed by Gus Heagerty
Sets and Props by Jarrod Beck
Lights by Kia Rodgers
Costumes by Scout Isensee
Video by Melissa Friedling
Photography by Paul David Young
“Between its uncompromising, blistering rage and its condemnatory rhetorical stance, the play has many echoes of Biblical prophecy.” - John Sherer, Hyperallergic
Blue Sky
Isolated airports, midnight landings, secret assignations...how much do we know about what our governments are involved in? And do we want to know - or is it easier to turn a blind eye? Blue Sky is a gripping political thriller about justice, journalism and what might be happening in the English countryside in the dead of night.
U.S. Premiere
Written by Clare Bayley
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With John
Sets by Elizabeth Newton
Costumes by Kima Bafour
Lights & Video by Derek Toomes
Sound by Patrick Calhoun
Produced by Burning Coal Theater
Written by Clare Bayley
Directed by Gus Heagerty
With John
Sets by Elizabeth Newton
Costumes by Kima Bafour
Lights & Video by Derek Toomes
Sound by Patrick Calhoun
Produced by Burning Coal Theater
Photos by The Right Image
“Me showing up late to your thing” (2022)
Archive of Videos created by Gus Heagerty, satirizing the performance of identity. All videos can be found on Instagram @gus.heagerty
Archive of Videos created by Gus Heagerty, satirizing the performance of identity. All videos can be found on Instagram @gus.heagerty