DADS
Created by Drama Tops
Presented by Washington Ensemble Theatre
APRIL 24 – MAY 3 | 12TH AVE ARTS
Hot off the tails of their last evening length performance “Boys! Boys! Boys!”, Drama Tops newest voyeuristic endeavor “DADS” explores Shane and Elby’s relationships to their fathers, their complex thoughts on becoming dads and community leaders, and their queer, male thoughts of “getting a Daddy” and “turning into a daddy”.
Watch Drama Tops go from boys to dads in this heartfelt, bombastic, and faggy duet.
DADS is underwritten by John Robinson.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
DADS runs 90 minutes with one intermission.
Content Warnings
Use of flashing lights and haze.
Themes of fatherhood and death.
SPECIAL DATES
April 24 | DADS PWYC Preview + Mask Night
April 25 | Opening Night
May 1 | ASL + Mask Night
ABOUT DRAMA TOPS
Seattle’s [self professed] hottest post-modern, nightlife performance duo.
Drama Tops was born with the artistic partnership of Elby Brosch and Shane Donohue. They began making work together seven years ago with the creation of a solo on two bodies. The dynamic between their trans body and cis body has created beautiful moments of frustration, competition, tenderness, and comedy. Drama Tops blends the worlds of nightlife and concert modern dance to create an interesting and unique blend of accessible, funny modern dance. You may have seen the Drama Tops perform in their smash hit “Boys! Boys! Boys!” presented by Velocity Dance Center’s Made in Seattle program, their self produced show, “Drama Tops, this is for you”, at Washington Hall, at On the Boards in Northwest New Works, at Velocity in Fall Kick Off, at Kremwerk in Family Meal and Catharsis, in Heels! At Cha Cha, Sissy Butch, High F@ggotry, and more.
MEET THE TEAM
CAST
Elby Brosch is a dancer and choreographer who moved to Seattle after receiving his BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois. He is the co-creator and co-choreographer of the Drama Tops, a queer performance duo with Shane Donohue. Drama tops has produced their own work and has been presented by On The Boards in Northwest New Works and by Velocity Dance Center in Fall Kick Off and Next Fest Northwest, as well as Heels! at Cha Cha, Family Meal, and Catharsis. He is also a performer in Scott Shoemaker’s “:PROBED”, and BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon’s Holiday Special in the live show and on Hulu, as well as with Christin Call, Mark Haim, Dylan Ward, Babette DeLafayette Pendleton, Shannon Stewart, and Alyza DelPan-Monley.
Shane Donohue is a Seattle based dance artist currently working as co-top with Drama Tops. He works closely with zoe | juniper as a dancer and rehearsal director. He has set work with, and for, Zoe Scofield at the University of Washington, Strictly Seattle, Whim W’him, Bard Summerscape’s production of “Le Roi Arthus” in 2021. His work has been seen in Next Fest Northwest. He also works as an artistic collaborator and performer with Kim Lusk, Kinesis Project, Scott Shoemaker’s “:PROBED”, and BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon’s Holiday Special in the live, national tour and on Hulu. Shane graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point with a BA in Dance.
PRODUCTION TEAM
DADS is created, choreographed, and performed by Drama Tops
Lighting Design: Ryan Dunn
Production Stage Manager: Maria Manness