{"id":298,"date":"2014-11-05T22:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidserko.com\/wp\/?p=298"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:00:12","slug":"whats-it-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidserko.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"The Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Plays!<\/h3>\n

Evolving out of the Project were three plays, two solo performance shows, and one multi-character play.\u00a0 Why three different plays?\u00a0 Well… I wanted to figure out a way for the story to continue beyond me as the performer, I was looking for something that might endure beyond me.\u00a0 Below find the info about each version.<\/p>\n

What Audiences Are Saying…<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I was mesmerized, captivated, deeply moved, downright blown away.” \u2665 “you took my breath away.” \u2665 “the writing was incredible.” \u2665 “I fell a little in love with both David and you. Thank you for this beautiful story.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg <\/em>(<\/strong>the original solo performance play)<\/p>\n

A dying man\u2019s final wish sets in motion his brother\u2019s twenty-year quest to fulfill that wish.<\/span> The solo performance play, <\/span>My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg<\/em> is the story of that journey.\u00a0 Based on a true story, the media-rich and often humorous play touches on universal aspects of the human condition offering a powerful message of hope and inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Performance History:<\/strong>
\nFebruary 2014
\nDukesbay Theater Tacoma, WA
\nApril 2014
\nVashon Allied Arts New Works Series Vashon, WA
\nJuly 2014
\nCider Mill Playhouse\u00a0 Endicott, NY<\/p>\n

\"\"My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg<\/em>\u00a0 Version II<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set in the future, the play begins with an elderly man carrying a large box of photographs and other memorabilia gathered many years earlier while writing a play about his younger gay brother, David, who died of AIDS in 1992 at age 32.\u00a0 Due to old age and illness, he must move from his home and faces the prospect of disposing of these cherished items.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sorting through the memorabilia, he finds a letter written to his brother just weeks before his brother\u2019s death, a letter he never sent.\u00a0 Reading the letter aloud he realizes for the first time that the letter foretold of the remarkable events that came to pass in his brother\u2019s final days, even predicting the circumstances that led to the creation of the play some twenty years later.\u00a0 Heartened by this realization and inspired by the photos, he joyously tells stories of his brother\u2019s life, their final days together, and the fulfillment of his brother\u2019s final wish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Performance History:<\/strong>
\nOctober 2015
\nMuseum of Glass Tacoma, WA (part of the Tacoma Art Museum’s Art, AIDS, America exhibition)
\nPacific Lutheran University\u00a0 Tacoma, WA<\/p>\n

\"\"OUT!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

OUT!<\/em> takes the version II story above and has actors play the characters central to the story. The play features 6 characters with the addition of a new character to the original story, Ellen the head nurse on the hospital AIDS ward.<\/p>\n

Performance History:<\/strong>
\nDecember 2019
\nVashon World AIDS Day commemoration
\nStaged Reading
\nVashon Island High School Theater\u00a0 Vashon, WA<\/p>\n

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