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| SYNOPSIS |
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| Aleshia and Gina are transsexual... But you don't know their story, you just think you do. |
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INSIDE/OUT is a 'Dramedy' in two acts covering ten years in the extraordinarily provocative lives of authors Aleshia Brevard and Gina Grahame. Nothing is muffled in this theatrical depiction of the relationship between trans-women; the audience is invited to peer into windows looking in on windows. |
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ALESHIA: A flamboyant California divorcee, actress, college professor, and former Playboy Bunny enjoying the success of her first book, 'The Woman I Was Not Born To Be'. She is a 'pioneer' transsexual, having had surgery in 1962 following teenage years as a female impersonator at the world famous Finocchio’s in San Francisco. |
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GINA: A shy, yet beautiful young bartender struggling to break free of her fundamentalist Christian childhood and create a new life in Florida. Her surgery, a mere six weeks prior to plays opening, followed years spent within strict gender boundaries as a popular athlete, male model, and actor. |
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In a fast-paced 90 minutes, the women learn to embrace the darker, clumsier, quirkier elements of their characters - and by facing their insecurities, their own neuroses, they become real.
INSIDE/ OUT explores the human condition with hilarity, great tenderness, and truly unique insight. It’s a wild ride as Aleshia and Gina anatomize family, self-worth, marriage, religion, feminism, sex/love, men/women, gay/straight, and all stops in between. |
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'INSIDE/OUT' IS SEEKING A 2008 OPENING |
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- - READ WHAT PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING ABOUT 'INSIDE/ OUT' - - |
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“I’ve had the singular pleasure of working with Aleshia Brevard for the past 2 years on “HIGH HEELS ”, the film adaptation of her autobiography “THE WOMAN I WAS NOT BORN TO BE". “INSIDE/OUT” is a fascinating theatrical piece in the same vein…outspoken, witty, warm, totally revealing, and most of all, inspirational.
The indomitable strength of Gina and Aleshia and their unwavering quest for their true destiny resonates in one’s soul. The story of their self-discovery and discovery of each other is a story that crosses all boundaries." |
| Bob Jason, Producer |
| Artist/Media, New York |
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“The unwarranted and illegal bigotry, and the horrifying violence aimed at transsexual women in our country for the past 40 years will some day be seen as a blot on American history as dark as racism. There's no one better than these two talented women to tell this story. I'm eager to see it on the stage.” |
| Josh Aronson, Producer/Director |
| Aronson Films |
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"'Inside/Out' is comedic and heartbreaking and beautiful. It's about friendship and love, and its message is transcendant -- it tells us that we don't have to be alone." |
| Jonathan Ames |
Guggenheim Fellow
Columnist for New York Press
Author of The Extra Man, I Pass Like The Night, What's Not To Love, Wake Up , Sir! and Sexual Metamorphosis |
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"'Inside/Out' is extremely funny, deeply touching, refreshingly different, truly enlightening and nearly impossible to put down." |
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Sam Lovett |
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Managing/Artistic Director
Chapeaux Productions, Los Angeles
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| "Aleshia Brevard is one sassy, classy lady--and so is Gina Grahame. 'Inside/Out' tells their intertwined tales with a verve that's rare in the transgender genre.
Expect good things from 'Inside/Out'. It has a richness of character and sense of hard-won wisdom that deserves the widest possible audience."
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| Susan Stryker |
| Historian and Filmmaker |
| EMMY® Award-winning Producer of 'Screaming Queens' |
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“Just finished reading "INSIDE/ OUT". Couldn't put it down. It is entertaining, VERY FUNNY and very sensitive to the transgender journey. It is also........soooooooooo edgy and smart. It’s terrific.” |
| Michael Edwards, Veteran Actor/Director |
| Wintergarden Theater |
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“INSIDE/OUT is the gutsy story of a gutsy woman, Aleshia Brevard, and her younger friend, Gina Grahame, who is struggling to accept herself and find acceptance in society - straight or transgender.
'Don't deny your history; don't deny who you are', admonishes Aleshia Brevard -- who certainly didn't and doesn't. A pioneer in the early days of SRS, Brevard hit the world of stage and screen with an explosion of energy, wit, and glamour with a capital G. It is Aleshia's history and experience guiding Gina as she takes her first tentative steps out of the gender closet to join Aleshia as an out, proud, and very talented woman.
'INSIDE/OUT' makes me wish that all transgender histories were presented in such delicious doses." |
| Pat A. Freeman, PhD |
| Historian/ author of “Lives of Lesbian Elders” |
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"'INSIDE/OUT' is a powerful celebration of the ability of the human spirit to thrive and grow in even the most difficult of circumstances. Who among us has not struggled to live openly and genuinely in the face of pressures to conform to the expectations of others? It is impossible to listen to this story of courage without being touched by the universal power of love and hope.
May everyone have the opportunity to experience the transforming effects of this true story as told by two remarkable women unwilling to accept anything less than the authentic lives they so richly deserve." |
| Sheri Whitt |
| Marriage and Family Therapist |
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SCRIPT SAMPLE OF 'INSIDE/ OUT' |
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