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arrival in March of this year. “I felt like New
York needed a jolt,” he later says.
“It took me a while to see it as a good
idea,”M cG rath states. H e’s quick to note that
the Holocene shows and subsequent dates in
New York (September 4-5) don’t mean that
Sissyboy is getting back together. “W ere do
ing just this one [run],” he says.
“The reason why we’re doing this show is
to practice for the New York show,” Thomas
says, adding that it would be weird for Sis
syboy to do a show in New York and not one
in Pordand.
Describing the venue Sissyboy will per
form at in New York as a black-box theater,
M cGrath and Thomas express a little anxiety
at the prospect o f the troupe’s stage debut.
“Sissyboy is used to performing in bars,
and this is not a bar,”Thomas says.
Rehearsing since July 18, the day after
M cGrath flew to Pordand from Chicago,
Sissyboy has a more articulate vision of itself
this time around, Thomas says.
Whereas the shows the troupe produced
used to be a communal effort with no defined
power structure, Thomas, M cGrath and
Kyle— the three producers for the Pordand
and New York shows— are clearly in charge
these days. Thomas says the newfound
structure has given the show’s script more
coherence and focus for what they want the
show to be. “Now, it’s like, ‘Here’s your script,
here’s your lines,mThomas says.
M cGrath says “it feels good to be pretty”
again, admitting that he hasn’t dressed in drag
since Sissyboy split. Having bought only one
dress— a bright blue princess number from a
Chicago thrift store that he had to cut up and
“get all slutty,” he reveals that he’s going to
have a lot more shopping to do soon. After
Sissyboy broke up, he got rid of the 50 wigs
and dresses he had accumulated.
W hen asked what would happen if the
New York shows are a success, M cGrath and
Thomas are unsure. But they are also slightly
coy. “As time goes in, it gets harder to do Sis
syboy,” M cGrath reflects, adding that many
troupe members have dispersed to New York,
Chicago and San Francisco.
“I don’t think the collaborations will nec
essarily end with this show,” Lee says.
For his part, Thomas offers, “This is the
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