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Bury Your Gays

Teaser art for Bury Your Gays. A digital illustration of a poster that reads "You Belong Here" with a drawing of a rainbow beneath it. Around the poster, five red-eyed periodical cicadas crawl on a dark green wall.

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Bury Your Gays

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Synopsis

BURY YOUR GAYS is a musical comedy about gay teenagers who encounter cosmic horrors in their high school basement.

It’s 2013 in Central Jersey’s Dunmouth Township, where the 17-year cicadas refuse to die. Gio’s father describes the mutant cicadas as “unnatural,” the same word he used last summer when Gio came out as a lesbian. Determined to find the reason for the cicadas’ mutations and for her own queerness, Gio becomes obsessed with investigating the (un)natural.

Overview

Type of Work

Musical (Full Length)

Duration

120-150 minutes

Genres

ComedyHorror

Musical Styles

Contemporary Broadway

Additional Information

Cast Size

10-14

Ensemble Size

Flexible

Cast Attributes

Non-Binary Actors

Orchestra Size

Flexible

Character Breakdown

Men: 6Women: 4Non-Binary Adults: 1

Developmental History + Awards

Bury Your Gays is currently in development, with private workshop readings occurring in December 2024 and May 2025.
In December 2025, a concert of selected songs was performed as part of Ring of Keys's residency at Bechdel Project.
Bury Your Gays was a SheNYCArts Finalist in 2025.
A song from Bury Your Gays was presented in a cabaret at Wild Project in July, 2024.