NWaC 将首映《沙发王酷儿》，这是自新冠疫情爆发以来首部完整制作

NWaC 是一家成立于 2008 年的非营利性剧院公司，其使命是“通过在回收环境中的沉浸式和特定地点剧院讲述历史上边缘化声音的故事”。

Nothing Without a Company (NWaC) will premiere Sofa King Queer, its first full production since the emergence of the COVID pandemic, Oct. 26-31 (preview performances) and Nov. 1-Dec. 2 (full run performances) at NWaC’s partnership park in Edgewater’s Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd.

Nothing Without a Company (NWaC) 将于 10 月 26 日至 31 日（预演）和 11 月 1 日至 12 月首演 Sofa King Queer，这是自新冠病毒大流行出现以来的首个完整制作。 2（全程演出）地点：NWaC 合作伙伴公园，地址：Edgewater's Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd.

NWaC is a nonprofit theater company incorporated in 2008 whose mission is “telling the stories of historically marginalized voices through immersive and site-specific theater in reclaimed environments.” Their focus is to support LGBTQ+, women, trans, gender non-binary/GNC and BIPOC people so they have a safe and creative space to explore their voices and talents.

NWaC 是一家成立于 2008 年的非营利性剧院公司，其使命是“通过在回收环境中的沉浸式和特定地点剧院讲述历史上边缘化声音的故事”。他们的重点是支持 LGBTQ+、女性、跨性别者、非二元性别/GNC 和 BIPOC 人群，以便他们有一个安全且富有创意的空间来探索自己的声音和才能。

Sofa King Queer tells the story of six characters related to Chicago’s pop punk/indie rock scene just before President Barack Obama was elected in 2008. It follows a young queer man as he confronts a choice between community and solitude fueled by pressures from his family and partners a day before a breakaway concert.

《Sofa King Queer》讲述了 2008 年巴拉克·奥巴马 (Barack Obama) 当选总统之前与芝加哥流行朋克/独立摇滚乐坛相关的六个角色的故事。该剧讲述了一名年轻的酷儿男子在家庭和家庭的压力下面临社区和孤独之间的选择。分手音乐会前一天的合作伙伴。

NWaC’s literary manager Kevin Sparrow, who officially joined the company in 2016 after their stint as the researcher for NWaC’s immersive fairy tale show, Down the Moonlit Path, chose to focus on queer lives in 2008 for this musical “due to similarities both in proposed laws that have direct consequences on LGBTQIA lives and the growth in anti-LGBTQIA sentiment I was noticing in 2018 and that era, which have continued to be significant into the 2020s.”

NWaC 的文学经理凯文·斯帕罗 (Kevin Sparrow) 于 2016 年正式加入该公司，此前他曾担任 NWaC 的沉浸式童话剧《月光下的小路》(Down the Moonlit Path) 的研究员，并在 2008 年选择将这部音乐剧的重点放在酷儿生活上，“因为拟议的法律有相似之处”这对 LGBTQIA 的生活以及我在 2018 年和那个时代注意到的反 LGBTQIA 情绪的增长产生了直接影响，这种情绪在 2020 年代仍然很重要。”

They said, “Sometimes, holding up a mirror from an earlier time can be an effective strategy in showing that history is repeating itself and putting more urgency to make change in the present.”

他们说：“有时，举起过去的镜子可能是一种有效的策略，可以表明历史正在重演，并让现在更加紧迫地做出改变。”

Sparrow, who wrote the book, music (with Ron Attreau) and lyrics for Sofa King Queer, noted statistics citing increases in hate crimes during election years, adding that “the presidential election cycles seem to reflect a fairly cynical acknowledgment of queer lives in the United States. Granting equal rights to LGBTQIA people is used as a political tactic that forces greater visibility and as well as greater potential harm on LGBTQIA people.”

斯帕罗是《沙发之王酷儿》的书、音乐（与罗恩·阿特罗）和歌词的作者，他指出统计数据显示选举年仇恨犯罪有所增加，并补充说“总统选举周期似乎反映出人们对酷儿生活的相当愤世嫉俗的承认”。美国。给予 LGBTQIA 人群平等权利被用作一种政治策略，迫使 LGBTQIA 人群获得更大的知名度，同时也造成更大的潜在伤害。”

Sparrow approached pop-punk music as “both as a fan of the genre and from a critical lens of the often masculine, and straight, perception of the genre in the 2000s. For the story, my goal was to recover the queer experience within that music subculture as a way to represent the broader experiences of erasure and marginalization LGBTQIA people face. At the same time, I did not want the characters to come across as simply reacting to outside circumstances; queer people also contribute to systems of oppression, and that reality.”

斯帕罗认为流行朋克音乐“既是作为该流派的粉丝，也是从 2000 年代对流行朋克流派的批判性视角来看待。对于这个故事，我的目标是恢复音乐亚文化中的酷儿体验，以此来代表 LGBTQIA 人群面临的更广泛的抹除和边缘化经历。与此同时，我不希望角色给人留下只是对外部环境做出反应的印象。酷儿群体也对压迫制度和现实做出了贡献。”

Ron Attreau, Sofa King Queer’s musical director, arranger and co-composer, added, “In making musical decisions for this show, I have strived to be true to the pop punk/emo/grunge rock aesthetic from which it is derived and portrays, while also working within the realm of musical theater.”

《Sofa King Queer》的音乐总监、编曲家和联合作曲家罗恩·阿特罗 (Ron Attreau) 补充道：“在为这部剧做出音乐决定时，我努力忠于它所衍生和描绘的流行朋克/情绪/垃圾摇滚美学，同时也在音乐剧领域工作。”

“Kevin captured the aesthetic essence of NWaC while encouraging collaboration on all levels,” said NWaC’s artistic director Hannah Ii-Epstein. “There are a lot of firsts for NWaC in this show: first full-length musical, first production since 2019, first full live band on stage, first full understudy cast, first time using mics and much more.”

“Kevin 捕捉到了 NWaC 的美学精髓，同时鼓励各个层面的合作，”NWaC 的艺术总监 Hannah Ii-Epstein 说道。 “NWaC 在这场演出中创造了很多第一：第一部完整长度的音乐剧、自 2019 年以来的首次制作、舞台上第一支完整的现场乐队、第一支完整的替补演员阵容、第一次使用麦克风等等。”

“I’ve been doing theatre for almost 30 years so I have this drive to challenge myself to try new things,” said NWaC’s producing director Anna Rose Ii-Epstein. “So when Kevin came to us in 2018 and said they were developing a show, they weren’t exactly sure what it looked like yet but that it was going to be a musical I was so stoked.”

“我从事戏剧工作已近 30 年，所以我有动力挑战自己、尝试新事物，”NWaC 的制作总监 Anna Rose Ii-Epstein 说道。 “因此，当凯文在 2018 年找到我们并说他们正在制作一部节目时，他们还不确定它会是什么样子，但这将是一部音乐剧，我感到非常兴奋。”

Sofa King Queer’s album mixer Angel Torres said she has been friends with both Anna and Hannah for over a decade, and has worked with NWaC intermittently since 2010. She said when Anna and Hannah (who have also been married to each other since 2011 and were also chosen as for this publication’s 30 Under 30 Awards in 2014, the first couple to be bestowed with this honor) first approached her to get involved she said yes immediately.

Sofa King Queer 的专辑混音师 Angel Torres 表示，她与 Anna 和 Hannah 已经是十多年的朋友了，并且自 2010 年起就断断续续地与 NWaC 合作。也被选为本出版物 2014 年 30 岁以下 30 人奖，第一对获此殊荣的夫妇）首先联系她参与其中，她立即答应了。

“The title alone caught my interest,” said Torres. “After seeing the first table reading, I knew there was something special here. I haven’t had the opportunity to see the rehearsals yet, but judging from the recordings that I’m mixing, the show is going to be a cathartic trip back to the mid- to late-aughts with songs reminiscent of Green Day and Weezer, and ballads about being proudly queer. I think that the show is going to be a memorable experience for everyone.”

“光是这个标题就引起了我的兴趣，”托雷斯说。 “看到第一个表读数后，我知道这里有一些特别的东西。我还没有机会看到排练，但从我正在混音的录音来看，这场演出将是一次回到中后期的宣泄之旅，其中的歌曲让人想起 Green Day 和 Weezer ，以及关于骄傲的酷儿的民谣。我认为这场演出对每个人来说都会是一次难忘的经历。”

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