Sometimes you just have to find your own way home, even to the extent of taking your girlfriend and driving a 1966 convertible with Arkansas plates off the Grand Canyon into the unknown abyss that awaits
Diversionary Theatre presents the world premiere of the musical “TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix.” It’s a shocker, with a live band onstage, five terrific actresses, some really good songs by Brandon James Gwinn and great direction by Sherri Eden Barber. But it’s not easily described. Get ready for something you’ve never seen before.
The first weirdness is that the lovers involved are called T and L (and played wonderfully by Sophia Araujo-Johnson and Sara Porkalob.*) They hang around with Marie (Lyric Boothe) on guitar, Henrietta (Faith Carrion) on several instruments; Blazer (MG Green) on bass and guitar; and Cubby (Steph Lehane)* on drums.
With song titles like ““No One Has To Get Fucked” and a big reference book called “Lesbiannica,” this cast of self-described “Vagilantes” provides 90 minutes of gay fun that includes 15 songs, smoke and haze, strobe lights and women cursing while musically dismantling the patriarchy.
The point? “We’re here, we’re queer and we always have been.”
They’re loving it, and you will too.
The details
“TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix” plays through June 2, 2024 at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd #101, San Diego, CA 92116.
Performances Thursday at 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m,; Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets: diversionary.org; (619) 220-0097
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