Florida! Ya Kill Me! Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM EDT
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Tuesday May 28, 2024 at 19:30:00
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Florida! Ya Kill Me! Canada Tour
96-year-old Jewish drag queer grandmother, Nana Schewitz, is ready to live out her final days in Florida, but is Florida ready for her?
Florida! Ya Kill Me! is a one-woman theater show, following Berlin-based 96-year-old drag queen Nana Schewitz on the journey back to her ancestral home of South Florida to find a slice of retirement paradise. As Nana retells her true experiences touring South and Central Florida’s most eclectic and glamorous retirement abodes, she begins to uncover the equally glamorous stories and lives that reside in these purpose-built palaces of paradises. The 90-minute theatrical production in addition to the post-show discussion, will begin and expand a dialogue throughout Canada about the nuances and challenges of aging and its effects on Jewish and Senior communities.
Part documentary, part travelog and part drag show - Nana takes her guests on a tour around the various retirement homes throughout Florida. As she meets fellow retirees, she encounters the joys, challenges, and struggles of these folks as they search for the best way to live out their days in Paradise. From purpose-built golf cart towns to the most active swinger community in the USA, these varied neighborhoods redefine what aging looks like. Can this fantasy last forever, or will the walls of paradise eventually crumble under their own weight?
Venue
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street
Toronto ON M4Y 1B4