Rory Pelsue
RORY PELSUE is a director of new and classic operas, musicals, and plays. His work has been seen at Portland Stage, Boise Contemporary Theater, Ars Nova, and elsewhere.
In Conversation
The Jerk Comes Full Circle: Reflections on Developing, Dramaturging, and Directing Fake Friends’ Cinematic and Theatrical Feat
By Rory Pelsue, Cat Rodríguez, and Ariel SibertIn October, as theaters remained dark for a seventh consecutive month and the content-starved internet feasted on memes to ready itself for the long, dry winter, a new performance-media company emerged from the sweat non-profit theaters drowned in while trying to stay afloat: Fake Friends was born, and so was a hybrid art form.
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