Tag Archives: Nicole Hulett

1922’s Forbidden! — First Major Gay Play Seems Contemporary

What do you do when who you are threatens to make you an outcast and shatter your family? That’s the question bedeviling a young man facing his homosexuality in Forbidden!, a 104-year-old play widely believed the first to portray an openly gay character as neither criminal nor amoral.

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‘Burst’ Explodes As Integrity And Ambition Collide at New City Players Season Closer

Fury, frustration, deception, integrity, ambition and amorality combine and collide in a super-charged spiral downward that cements a cuttingly wry satire liberally seasoned with chuckles and giggles in New City Players’ all-too-well-titled Burst.

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Coming Comedy-Thriller Burst Aims At Corporate Issues Of Integrity, Responsibility

Rachel Bublitz likes to describe her play, Burst, as a “bullet train… a powerhouse barreling ahead at tremendous speed not noticing if it’s going to crash.” Yet the dark comedy’s central character is intent not on destruction but on saving the world. An inside look at the play opening July 11 at New City Players.

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