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Topher Cusumano

TOPHER CUSUMANO

  (1987 - )
Nationality:    Italian
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Topher Cusumano is a recovering child actor turned poet & performance artist. His one man show "Roughhouse", which explores the relationship between gay men and violence, premiered at Stage Left Studio's 2009 Left Out Festival to critical acclaim, including NYTheatre.com which wrote, "Cusumano is a compelling and original artist. He presents difficult, controversial concepts that disturb our world view-performance art at its best." Topher is a regular contributor to indiefeed.com's performance poetry pod cast. Topher's new project is an art blog titled "QUEER NOIR" where he shares his multi-media and written art a regular readership of fans. Topher studies Gender/Women's Studies and Theatre at West Chester University. Topher is the creator and producer of Queernoir.com, an art blog that features poetry, video, media, and interviews. Topher is currently serving as artist in residence for Coffee Black Productions in NYC.

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below is a list of Topher Cusumano's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Getting Away With Mother         Known For My Singing         Krampus Carol, A         Old Time Jazz         Roughhouse         Shame, Simon, Shame         Stealing Season         Thekla With Child: A Poetic Greek Tragedy         You're a Good Boy, Abercorn

Getting Away With Mother

Synopsis:
If you cant trust your family, who can you trust? Avery is going to find out when his estranged mother Matilda appears in his bedroom at 4am with shocking news that will propel his life from dysfunctional to down right dangerous. Getting Away With Mother is a farcical black comedy of secrets, lies, and the mother you wish you never had.

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1st Produced:
Bar 82, New York    12 Nov 2011

Organisations:
Coffee Black Productions

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Genre:
Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Known For My Singing

Synopsis:
Lady never stops singing. Bo has not taken off his dress in years. Things are changing - Bo has a date with the man of his dreams

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Krampus Carol, A

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Notes:
Part of "Holiday Blips! A Holiday Themed Evening of Short Queer Plays"

1st Produced:
Tada Theater, New York    12 Dec 2012

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Genre:
Gay, one act

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Old Time Jazz

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Genre:
short play. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Roughhouse

Synopsis:
Roughhouse explores the relationship between gay men and violence through poetry, multimedia, and audience alienation. Nytheatre.com said, ""Cusumano is a compelling and original artist. He presents difficult, controversial concepts that disturb our world view-performance art at its best."

Notes:
A review of Roughhouse could be found At the following link: http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=left7878

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Organisations:
2009 Left Out Festival

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Genre:
Performance art. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shame, Simon, Shame

Synopsis:
takes a look behind the leather mask of the fetish community and explores the concepts of normality, shame, and power, all while asking the question, "Is something real only because we believe in it?" the play is infused with stunning multimedia, designed and directed by Dan Kontz, taking the audience on a journey with Simon and his clients as they search for truth, love, and maybe a good hard spanking.

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part of the Left Out Festival

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Genre:
short play Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Stealing Season

Synopsis:
a young Latina woman named Season is kidnapped and locked away in a box. Through a disconnection with her body Season attempts to understand her position as woman, Latina, and working class through one man's fantasies of the perfect woman.

Notes:
Was commissioned As A part of Coffee Black Production's "Rape Of Persephone" reading series.

1st Produced:
Coffee Black Productions    2010

Organisations:
Coffee Black Productions

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/stealing-season   -

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, of interest 60 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Thekla With Child: A Poetic Greek Tragedy

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1st Produced:
Bar 82, New York    26 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Coffee Black Productions

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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You're a Good Boy, Abercorn

Synopsis:
No one ever taught Abercorn the word "kidnapped." No one ever taught him anything, in fact. Living in submission for years with his captor, a man named Bull, Abercorn is forced to confront the truth about his relationship with the only person he's ever known. Featuring Topher Cusumano and Broadway's Josh Lamon (elf, Intothe Woods, Hair) You're A Good Boy, Abercorn explores a grotesque landscape of ritual, sexual violence, and survivor's guilt.

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1st Produced:
Stage Left Studio
214 West 30th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY, New York 10001    24 Apr 2013

Organisations:
The Left Out Festival

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/youre-a-good-boy-abercorn   -

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Genre:
Gay one act 30 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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