It is parents鈥 weekend of Parker鈥檚 freshman year, but Parker鈥檚 very famous parents aren鈥檛 coming鈥攚hich, trust him, is just as well. Confrontations both painfully funny and deeply poignant are sparked when Althea and Clarence show up uninvited, as Parker鈥檚 new sexual identity is put to the test, and as the family must grapple with the difficult choices of the child they love.
From February 16 through 19, MHC Undergraduate Fellow Bell Gellis聽will present a production of Patricia Wettig’s play聽F2M聽live in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on the University of 海角社区 campus.聽F2M is a dark comedy following the life of Parker as he navigates parents weekend when his not so accepting parents show up on a surprise visit.
The production is a portion of Gellis’s MHC project, which asks, 鈥淚s Our Perception of Transphobia Blurred When We Are Confronted With It in a Familial Context?鈥 Supervised by Rosalie Purvis, assistant professor of theatre and English, Gellis’s work interrogates anti-trans-bias, as well as other prejudices and biases, to explore perceptions of transphobia across generations, gender, political affiliation and religion.
Performances will take place on February 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 pm, with 2:00 pm matinees on February 18 and 19.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact聽mhc@maine.edu.