A conference room cultural collision

Page Freemont, an aging queer activist is invited to the sleek, enclosed campus of a global communications company, by Chuck Dillahunt, an estranged friend from her early days. The company wants to give her an award at their first Pride celebration. She accepts but she does not come in peace. An Army of Lovers is a play about radical acts of existence, corporate culture as an oxymoron, and the freedom to be public.

Check out my companion book list with resources I used for research and other texts that will deepen the experience. And read the play on New Play Exchange.

In addition to the erasure of queer people from history and the encroachment of tech companies on basic liberties like privacy and free speech, An Army of Lovers tackles generational divides in queer politics, the vast difference in perspectives inherent to white and Black queer experiences, the compounding indignities of the American healthcare system… Thomas manages to balance this breadth of themes, framing them within a cathartic human drama, aided by the disarming power of laughter. Importantly, this play shows us how interconnected each of these issues is.

–Natalie Lynne, Broad Street Review

Productions:
Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre, 2024 // directed by Kash Goins