Jamie Loving is in their first show with GCT! We are so lucky to have them!

What’s challenging about bringing this script to life?

It reveals a familiar reality that is hard to unsee and unknow. You can’t ostrich when you rehearse, so reliving sadness is inevitable, no matter how much humor is used to counter it. Hold your queer community gently if you haven’t already stared to.  

Why did you want to be involved in this production?

I’m learning how to speak up- to speak at all right now. Sharing my thoughts both in person and online is very intimidating to me. Maybe telling someone else’s’ story will give me courage to tell my own. 

Who should not come see this show?

Welp. If you don’t want to cry, don’t come through those doors. Kids would have a hard time with this material too. 

There’s cursing and vivid descriptions of bodily injury, so if you are faint of heart, maybe consider bowing out on this one. 

As you play many characters, can you tell us which one is most like you and which one is least like you?  And why?

People will say that Matt Galloway is most like me, and I will say Fred Phelps is the least like me. I am the Scooby Doo of the crew, and I like it that way. I am not a wicked scoundrel who protests soldiers’ funerals due to “permission” given by scripture. 

If you could play any other character in this show, who would it be?

I do not have an answer to this question, and I do not want to make one up to fill in blank spaces. 

What will the audience be thinking about in the car as they drive home after this show?

It would seem that the world reverting to a space that invites more situations like this tragedy. Simply answering these questions evokes a similar feeling that is hard to face and even harder to accept. 

Why should audiences be excited for this show?

This is an opportunity to ask the community and challenge people to answer the question:

“How can we make people feel safe?”

The group is providing a spark and a space for conversations that we need to have.