ArtsEmerson, Boston’s leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, is kicking off their New Year with an online production on ADAM.
Originally produced at the National Theatre of Scotland as a stage play, ADAM tells the remarkable story of a young trans man and his struggle across genders and borders to be himself. Inspired by the life of Adam Kashmiry, the play has been reinvented as a compelling, theatrical on-screen drama.
Adam Kashmiry performs, as himself, in the leading role in Adam. Born in Alexandria, Egypt into a deeply conservative society, Adam was assigned female at birth but always knew he was a boy. Trapped with no way to describe this feeling, in a place where falling in love with the wrong person can get you killed, he knew he had to escape. What followed was beyond Adam’s wildest dreams – an epic journey for the right to change his body, to the boy he knew himself to be.
Written by Frances Poet and directed by Cora Bissett and Louise Lockwood, this hour-long drama reworked for the screen focuses on Adam’s isolating experiences in a Glasgow flat while awaiting a decision on his asylum claim. Trapped in a Catch 22 where he cannot prove his need for asylum as a trans man until he transitions but is unable to start transitioning until he is granted asylum, Adam is left alone to wrestle with his conflicting thoughts and feelings.
David Howse, Executive Director at ArtsEmerson told QUEERGURU “We are thrilled to return our Stage to Screen offerings in our 2021-2022 season,” says . “Adam features a stunning virtual online trans world choir who appear together on-screen singing Jocelyn Peck’s choral original score, it’s an amazing experience we cannot wait to bring to our audience members’ screens.”
ARTSEMERSON PROUDLY PRESENTS ADAM A VIRTUAL ON DEMAND OFFERING BY THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND STREAMING JANUARY 28 – 30, 2022 https://artsemerson.org/events/
