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Phi Alpha Gamma
Two years after a gay-bashing, how will the fraternity react when a brother comes out of the closet?
Using the structure of a Greek tragedy, Phi Alpha Gamma weaves together the voices of four fraternity brothers as they grapple with the remnants of a hate crime and their own fears. This haunting portrait of panic focuses a compassionate eye on the complicated threads of brotherhood embedded in Americana.
"MUST-SEE SHOW! ... The fast-paced piece examines masculinity, faith, brotherhood, and love in a college fraternity struggling to deal with two brothers, one an imprisoned gay-basher and the other newly emerged from the closet. Bernitt's savvy script offers few easy answers and plenty of twists that toy with the audience's sympathies." - Ross Raihala, St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Only in his early twenties ... [Dan Bernitt's] solo piece, Phi Alpha Gamma, moved, surprised, and even shocked some Fringegoers. Its harsh portrayal on homophobia and its emotional residue in a college fraternity understands the tragic psychology of homophobia. Hence, it's rendered with anguish, not vindictiveness ... He's an exciting young writer-performer." - John Townsend, Lavender Magazine
Book - $11.95
(ISBN: 978-0-9821560-0-1; 96 pages, 5" x 8")
Dose: Plays & Monologues
Dose: Plays & Monologues is the first full-length collection of Dan Bernitt's dramatic works.
In the one-act Almost: Mark and Paul have a beer to catch up on life since the college dorm. When Mark asks for a hug as they say goodbye, the reticent Paul sharply refuses. How did they two young men arrive at a point where they can't even touch? At once comic and devastating, Almost quietly dissects a prejudice that does not say its name.
With a voice often likened to David Sedaris, the volume also features the texts to Bernitt's critically-acclaimed solo performances, including the tragicomic self-portrait Thanks for the Scabies, Jerkface! and the monologues Button-Down Showgirl and My Parents Talk to Stuffed Animals.
"One of America's next great monologists." - Emily Otto, nytheatre.com
"Simultaneously hysterical and heart-wrenching ... Bernitt's personal accounts of intense discomfort and social embarrassment are startlingly universal." - Paul Menard, Back Stage
Book - $16.00
(ISBN: 978-0-9821560-1-8; 192 pages, 5" x 8")