'Gay Camp' Plays One-Night-Only at Crown and Anchor

It's gay; it's camp; it's "Gay Camp!"

After a sold-out run and rave reviews at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in New York City, the hit show "Gay Camp" will make a splash on the Ptown stage for a one-night-only performance at the Crown and Anchor's Paramount Theater on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at 8:30 p.m.

Gay Camp - penned by co-authors Philip Mutz and Susan-Kate Heaney - is a quick-change farce that follows the stories of several young campers at a gay reform camp. They have been sent away by their parents to be 'fixed.' Instead, they learn how to love - themselves and one another.

Combining fast-paced writing, video, show tunes, dancing, sketch, improv, audience interaction, and razor-sharp comedic performances by three actors playing more than a dozen zany characters, "Gay Camp" is fast, funny, and doesn't pull punches as it takes on anti-gay sentiment in America.

Start with a deliciously evil counselor facing off against a loud-and-proud young camper, throw in a few electrified fences, gorgeous go-go boys, disco balls, Cher ballads, gay Twister, Michele Bachmann surprises, slow-motion fantasies, Straight vs. Gay lessons, whips, handcuffs, flannel, and more innuendos than you can shake a dildo at, and you've got "Gay Camp."

Featured in this past September's OUT Magazine, "Gay Camp" has been playing to sold-out houses and receiving rave reviews since its inception.

Re-joining in the fun will be composer/musician Bradford Proctor ("Bunked: The Musical"), serving as "Gay Camp's" onstage accompanist and unassuming narrator. Phillip Fazio (Arizona premiere of "Grey Gardens," "Last Five Years," and "August: Osage County") returns to direct this latest update.

"Gay Camp" was initially part of the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival and ran from at the HERE Mainstage Theatre in SoHo.

Following its initial sold-out run, "Gay Camp" received the Overall Excellence Award from FringeNYC for "Best Ensemble 2012," and was selected as one of 19 shows (out of the 187 Fringe shows) to receive an extension as part of Fringe's Encore Series (subsequently playing at the Players' Theatre).

"Gay Camp" subsequently ran at the Duplex in 2013 with cast members Philip Mutz, Ken Urso, and Christian Mansfield reprising their Fringe Festival roles. "Gay Camp" begins an open-ended run at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in NYC on Feb. 28, 2014, playing every Friday evening.

Gay Camp
Written by: Philip Mutz and Susan-Kate Heaney
Directed by: Phillip Fazio

At The Paramount at the Crown and Anchor, 247 Commercial Street, Provincetown.
SATURDAY Feb. 15, 2014 at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 and can currently be purchased by calling 508-487-1430 or by visiting www.onlyatthecrown.com. Runs 55 minutes.
www.gaycamptheplay.com