Ryan F Casey is an actor/performance artist/activist in New York, and he talked with QUEERGURU about his semi-autobiographical choreo poem WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA
Set in 2006 New York, Foster Lawrence sets out on the town for a night out with friends. He ends up in a stranger’s home. And then splattered, clinging to his life, on the New York City asphalt. Ten years later, Foster sets out on the town once more- to find out what happened that night. We follow Foster navigate the New York City terrain and the New York City Police Department as he begins to understand his trajectory juxtaposed to queer history, societal constructs, and as per the NYPD – What Happens To Boys In Chelsea.
The play was first performed at The Karcher, a hair salon in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, back in 2018, and has evolved over the years since, and is now about to be performed at the iconic Stonewall Inn
