BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hugo House - ECPv6.3.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hugo House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hugohouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hugo House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101113T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T020623 CREATED:20101015T100924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20101015T100924Z UID:246853-1289678400-1289678400@hugohouse.org SUMMARY:David Schmader's Straight DESCRIPTION:In “Straight\,” Seattle writer and performer David Schmader explores the world of conversion therapy\, the psychological and spiritual procedure by which homosexuals are reputedly made “straight.” With characteristic wit and intelligence\, Schmader plunges into the heart of this highly charged territory—attending sessions with a German psychoanalyst\, going undercover at “ex-gay” support groups and engaging in an intensive crash course in heterosexuality deep in the heart of Texas. Concurrently\, Schmader casts an equally critical eye on the gay community\, whose limitations at times seem to rival those of the conversionists. Throughout\, Schmader blends an essayist’s insight with the spark of stand-up comedy to face difficult questions\, avoid easy answers and get to the bottom of just what it means to be “straight.” \n“Straight” runs at Richard Hugo House for TWO NIGHTS-ONLY Saturday\, Nov. 13\, 8 p.m. and Sunday\, Nov. 14\, 7 p.m. \nTickets are $15 and are available at thestranger.com/straighttickets \nCRITICS ON “STRAIGHT” \n“Brilliant\, biting\, and fall-off-your-seat funny. An ambitious\, fiercely intelligent exploration of being gay in America.”  —Seattle Weekly \n“Straight exacts sweet revenge\, as Schmader spins sentence after sentence with wit\, style\, and flashes of naughtiness.” —Los Angeles Times \n“Fabulously intelligent…Witty\, risky\, and important.” –San Francisco Weekly \n “Beautifully written\, with a stand-up’s ear for the absurd.” —Seattle Times \n“Perfect. This is a stripped-down show with a script that sings. Schmader’s performance is a delight.”—San Diego Union TribuneABOUT DAVID SCHMADERDavid Schmader is the Texas-born writer and performer who’s been living and working in Seattle since 1991. His solo plays include “Letter to Axl” and “Straight\,” which he’s performed in Seattle and across the U.S.\, including productions at Los Angeles’ Highways Performance Space\, San Francisco’s Theatre Rhinocerous\, New York City’s Dixon Place\, Columbus\, Ohio’s Wexner Center of the Arts and Seattle’s Bumbershoot Arts Festival. In his spare time\, Schmader is the world’s foremost authority on the brilliant horribleness of Paul Verhoven’s “Showgirls\,” hosting annotated screenings of the notorious stripper drama at film festivals across the country and supplying the commentary track for MGM’s special-edition Showgirls DVD in 2002. Since 1999\, Schmader’s been an editor and staff writer for the Seattle newsweekly The Stranger\, for which he writes the weekly pop culture-and-politics column “Last Days.” He’s currently working on a new solo play\, “A Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem\,” which will debut at Seattle’s Hugo House in September 2011. URL:https://hugohouse.org/event/david-schmaders-straight/ LOCATION:1634 11th Ave.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98112\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hugohouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/dave-schmader-straight-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR