After the Storm Productions, in association with YOUnique Studio and Tipsy and Tootsie Teasedale, is excited to premier Always A Little Bit Tipsy this September right here in Bloomington!
What’s Always a Little Bit Tipsy about? Read on and see!
A radiant little boy, fearless in his tenderness and joy, learns too early that the world has rules about what a “man” should be. Shamed into conformity, he armors himself in a hard, brittle masculinity—trading empathy for approval, wonder for performance. The cost is steep: he becomes everything he once feared — disconnected, abrasive, hollow.
Years later, he stumbles into drag—a world where exaggeration reveals truth—and discovers the parts of himself he had to hide are the very source of his power.Through performance, he reclaims the exiled parts of himself—the softness, the play, the truth—and begins to stitch together a fuller, freer person.
This is a story about the violence of small shames, the masks we build to survive, and the radical, glittering act of becoming whole because all of us have a little bit of Tipsy in us just begging to break free.
Always a Little Bit Tipsy is an original work being written by Tom Slater, Nicholas Krohn, and Ryan Chase.
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Creative Team
- Tom Slater (Lyricist, writer, main character)
- Ryan Chase (Composer)
- Nicholas Krohn (Writer)
- Andrew Keeler (Director)
- Michael Grubb (Music Director)
- Susan Kelly (Editing and script direction)
- Danielle Bruce, Emily Solt, Maggie Lynn Held, and Chad Rabinovitz (Script feedback & expertise)
- B. Stryker DeLong & Liby Ball (Costume Design/Construction)
- Sylvia McNair and Amanda Biggs (Vocal Coaches)
- Robert Ping-Slater (Project Management)
- Bill Goveia & Emily Bedwell (After the Storm Producers)
Fundraising is hard work and we couldn’t put on this amazing, heartfelt, and hopeful show without the generous support of our communities!
To support Always a Little Bit Tipsy financially, contact Rob at [email protected].
Giving Tiers and Benefits
Thank you to these generous supporters:
The City of Bloomington Arts Commission
Headliner
Patty Nash
Glitter Squad
Ruth Aydt and Von Welch
Celeste and Michael McGregor