Bruise & Thorn
A.R.T./New York Theatres
Mezzanine Theatre
Previews Began: March 4, 2022
Opening Night: March 13, 2022
Closing Night: March 27, 2022
Playwright: C. Julian Jiménez
Bruise and Thorn are Nuyorican, queer, and tired af of their jobs at a busted-up laundromat in Jamaica, Queens. But not for long: Bruise is saving up to become a chef (like on “Chopped!”), and Thorn spits bars on street corners, one “America’s Got Talent” audition away from becoming the Boricua Nikki Minaj. When the laundromat’s basement turns out to be an illegal cockfighting ring, the cousins can’t tell if this is an opportunity to cash out and become their most fabulous selves-or a trap to keep them locked into what everyone expects them to be.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Jae W. Brown Thorn
Fernando Contreras Bruise
Zuleyma Guevara Mrs. Gallo
Carson Fox Harvey Lizard
Lou Liberatore Old Fart
Kevin Matthew Taylor Dancer
Jason Ford Dancer
Ashton Muñiz Dancer
Sijean Gonzalez Dancer
Billy Nugent Dancer