Backstage New York Pick of the Week!
“As moving as it is funny, complex yet truthful in its simplicity and directed with keen insight by Cochran, the show is an absolute gem . . . writer Kevin Cochran has given us a gay Love Letters. And here’s hoping that it gets produced just as often and as widely as A.R.Gurney’s classic two-hander . . . But thanks to Cochran’s specificity and sharp eye for detail, Bobby & Matt has an appeal that goes much wider than the gay community. This vibrant portrait of a changing America may be about two gay men, but audience members are bound to recognize themselves in the rich history and humanity of this wonderful tale.” -Backstage New York

“There are several gay-themed shows in FringeNYC, as usual, and the one I enjoyed so far is Kevin Cochran’s “Bobby and Matt” — the earnestness and importance of the issues presented here makes it worth our attention.” –NYTheatre.com

Bobby & Matt was a Critics Pick at BroadwayStars.com and named one of the “Ten Most Promising FringeNYC plays” in Chelsea Now, The Villager and Gay City and a “Hot Queer Pick” by Edge New York and Edge Fire Island.

“A Best Bet!…..An incredibly beautiful and well-done new play . . . This is more than a gay play or simply an oral history of the gay American experience.This endearing and often times heart wrenching tale is about the beauty of the human experience and the ability of a friendship to survive and persevere against all obstacles.” -Theasy

Grove Theater Center

Kevin Cochran, Artistic Director

Charles Johanson, Executive Director

at The Players Theatre, NYC

Bobby & Matt

Passing Notes Through Life

written & directed by Kevin Cochran

Cast

Bobby – Stephen Hope*

Matt – Gary Marachek*

Set — David Darwin

Costumes — Leonard Ogden

Sound — Hunter Stephenson

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the union of professional stage directors in the United States.