Gay Chorus Deep South

SUN OCT 20 | 3:45PM | BROAD THEATER
WED OCT 23 | 6:00PM | TUBI THEATER AT CAC

It’s 2016. Trump wins the election. Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are enacted in Mississippi and North Carolina. In response, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus tour the Deep South with a choral message of peace and unity. For many of these Californian expats, the tour proves an emotional journey through the churches and concert halls of their home states. Conductor/ex-Southerner Tim Seelig rails with justifiable anger against the “Southern veneer” of hospitality, one that often conceals a deep bigotry. Yet this road-trip encounters another South: from supportive pastors and right-wing radio hosts to queer youths torn between their families and identities. Along the way, Gay Chorus Deep South lets us envision a country brought closer together by the infectious pull of choir music. -ST