Immersive Production of Jacob Wasson’s SMUTA Will Run in Brooklyn
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An immersive production of Jacob Wasson’s play Smuta is coming to a new Brooklyn audiophile nightclub Refuge, produced by New York Nightlife icon Ladyfag. The production opens on Oct. 9 for a limited run.
It will star James Scully, who has been seen on Broadway in Oh, Mary! and Augustus Prew, who is best known for Apple TV’s The Morning Show. The production is directed by Niamh Osh Jones.
A macabre love story set in 2019 Moscow’s queer underground, Jacob Wasson’s Smuta is an epic unsanctioned thought-experiment about violence, public sex, and emotional exile for the end of times. As a surge of gay-bashings around the city upends the lives of Yakov, played by Scully, and Good Boy, played by Prew, the two strangers escape into a delirious queer odyssey while awaiting the outcome of pending national sentiments.
Composer and musician Arya Gaston will live-mix an original electronic score alongside scenic design created by multimedia artist and Julio Torres collaborator Mark Séjourné with lighting by Shane Hennessy.
Smuta opens at Refuge in Brooklyn on Oct. 9. For tickets and more information, visit here.
