A Generous Lover / Boy in a Dress: Two Plays

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Two solo plays by celebrated performance artist Lauren John Joseph, author of the Polari and LAMBDA-nominated novel Everything Must Go (ITNA Press). A Generous Lover is the true and very queer tale of one souls journey through the wasteland of mental illness to deliver their lost love. Brimming with psychedelic proletarian prose and trenchant wit, it recounts the pandemonium of navigating mental health services on behalf of a loved one, whilst being transfeminine, and occasionally mistaken for a patient. Drawing on epic poetry, classical mythology, and queer modernist literature, A Generous Lover fuses psychology, euphonic prose and song, to create an intimate and beguiling world. Boy in a Dress follows the life story thus far of a fallen Catholic, transgender ex-fashion model from the wrong side of the tracks. In this autobiographical, raucously political, and accidentally profound piece, Lauren John Joseph brings together an outrageous but heartfelt slew of true-life tales of Catholicism and drag, public sexuality and body dysmorphia.

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Lauren John Joseph is a British-born, American-educated artist and writer. They have written four ensemble pieces, five solo plays, and one libretto. They have presented performances at the Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper, Bristol Old Vic, Barbican, Art Basel Hong Kong, Schaubhne, SF MoMA, Dixon Place, Martin-Gropius Bau, Fancy Him (Tokyo), La Java, and Museu de Arte Contempornea de Niteri. They have also contributed to catalogues, zines, and anthologies internationally for over a decade. Their first foray into prose fiction, Everything Must Go (ITNA) was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and a LAMBDA Literary Award.