Choir Boy Tickets

Name: Choir Boy
Start: 2024-09-29
End: 2024-10-20
Location: Shotgun Players at The Ashby Stage

Explore race, sexuality, and self-acceptance in this heartfelt play.

A group of five men dressed in blue blazers, striped ties, and khaki pants perform a synchronized dance routine. Text above reads "Shotgun Players Presents" and below in large letters, "Choir Boy.

About Choir Boy

Pharus attends the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys and is the lead singer for their renowned choir. He is not only open about his queer identity, he also questions long-held traditions. With contemporary arrangements of traditional African American spirituals and dance, "Choir Boy" is a brilliant, moving, and uplifting play from Academy Award-winning playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney. This is not a coming-out story. It's a story about the power of self-love.

“In his stirring and stylishly told drama, Tarell Alvin McCraney cannily explores race and sexuality and the graces and gravity of history.” - NY Daily News

Know before you go

Violence by an intimate partner (a character is punched in the face). Frequent use of the n-word by Black characters Conversation about genitals Homophobic language, including slurs. This production uses water-based haze.