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PORTLAND, ORE.:<\/strong> Fuse Theatre Ensemble<\/a> has introduced the lineup for the OUTwright Theatre Festival, an LGBTQ+ new works competition. The competition will probably be held June 1-25.<\/p>\n The competition\u2019s essential presentation would be the premiere of the brand new musical The Pursuit of Happiness (or The Wacky Lesbian Adventures of Brillo Pad and Hula Hoop)<\/em>, to be staged all through the period of the competition. The musical incorporates a guide and music by Ernie Lijoi and follows three {couples} who disclose their deepest, darkest secrets and techniques as a nuclear bomb heads their means\u2014solely to seek out they have to dwell with their secrets and techniques once they survive. Rusty Tennant will direct and choreograph, with music route by Mak Kastelic and dramaturgy by affiliate director Alexis Polis. All performances will probably be held on the Reed College Performing Arts Building.<\/a><\/p>\n The OUTwright Festival may also function a workshop manufacturing of CRUMBS<\/em>, by artist Ash, which follows a queer throuple elevating two youngsters in a utopia on the fringe of the map. The one-act musical, impressed by the story of Hansel and Gretel and directed by Melory Mirashrafi, runs June 24-27.<\/p>\n Staged readings embrace Queen of the Deseret <\/em>(June 4) by Carlos-zenen Trujillo, a three-act piece primarily based on the lifetime of Brigham Young\u2019s son B. Morris Young (or, in drag, Madam Pattirini); Mikki Gillette\u2019s Blonde on a Bum Trip<\/em> (June 11), which follows trans actresses and Warhol superstars Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, and Jackie Curtis; and Sappho: The Tenth Muse<\/em> (June 18) by Ravyn Jazper-Hawke, which options six personifications of affection gathering on the Temple of Aphrodite.<\/p>\n All staged readings and performances of CRUMBS<\/em> will probably be held on the Back Door Theater at Common Grounds Coffee Shop.<\/a><\/p>\n Fuse Theatre Ensemble leads the nation in works centering trans characters, actors, and tales and is a stalwart of socially motivated theatre within the Portland neighborhood. The ensemble based the OUTwright Theatre Festival because the Gay Pride Reading Series in 2011.<\/p>\n