Gently Down the Stream

Theatre

Name:	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall
Address:	425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003

Production Information

First performance date:	March 14, 2017
Opening date:	April 5, 2017
Closing date:	May 21, 2017
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Tony winner Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy, Hairspray) takes the stage in a ravishing world premiere by one of the most influential playwrights of our time, Tony nominee Martin Sherman (Bent, The Boy From Oz). Fierstein plays Beau, a pianist expat living in London, who meets Rufus, an eccentric young lawyer, at the dawn of the internet dating revolution. After a life spent recovering from the disappointment and hurt of loving men in a world that refused to allow it, Beau is determined to keep his expectations low with Rufus. But Rufus comes from a new generation of gay men who believe happiness is as much their right as anyone else’s, and what Beau assumed would be just another fling grows into one of the most surprising and defining relationships of his life. A remarkably moving, brilliantly funny love story, Gently Down the Stream reflects the triumphs and heartbreaks of the entire length of the gay rights movement, celebrating and mourning the ghosts of the men and women who led the way for equality, marriage and the right to dream. Tony nominee Sean Mathias (Waiting for Godot/No Man’s Land, Bent) directs.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	The Public Theater	Producer
	Oskar Eustis	Artistic Director
	Patrick Willingham	Executive Director
	Maria Manuela Goyanes	Associate Producer
	Mandy Hackett	Associate Artistic Director

	Martin Sherman	Playwright

	Sean Mathias	Director
	David Nathan Perlow	Assistant Director

	Derek McLane	Set Designer
	Michael Krass	Costume Designer
	Peter Kaczorowski	Lighting Designer
	Michael Bodeen	Sound Designer
	Rob Milburn	Sound Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Hair/Make-Up
	Grace Laubacher	Assistant Set Designer
	David Anthony Crowley¹	Assistant Costume Designer
	Page Seber	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Sam Kusnetz	Assistant Sound Designer
	William Neal	Assistant Sound Designer
	Joanna Lynne Staub	Assistant Sound Designer

	Scott Taylor Rollison	Production Stage Manager
	Samantha Fremer	Stage Manager

	Claire M. Kavanah	Prop Master

	Jordan Thaler/ Heidi Griffiths	Casting
	Ron Carlos	Dialect Coach

¹Credited as David Crowley.

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Gabriel Ebert	Rufus
	Harvey Fierstein	Beau
	Christopher Sears	Harry

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2017 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design	Derek McLane	Set Designer