I can’t help feeling like I will come up short trying to encapsulate this experience in any post. I don’t know if I ever imagined I’d get to be in this play - it’s a fucking boulder of a play; it stands so deeply rooted with its feet flat in the earth and demands you to look at it, screaming at you to pay attention. It is a giant undertaking… But I mean it when I say the minute I first heard it was coming, I did not see a world where I wasn’t involved in it. It just. felt. right. I couldn’t not be a part of it. So thank you to @charlesaskenaizer for not making me feel crazy, lol. And for trusting me and believing in me and encouraging me and pushing me and for always being so warm and collaborative and lovely. I hope we meet again in another project - preferably a comedy 😂 And to the cast… woof. I love you guys. And I am so proud and impressed by you all, as I have been from literally day one. Thanks for letting me DJ and share my poetry and for dealing with my neurosis and hugging me and making me feel so god damn special every single day, as I hope I made you feel every god damn day. Because I am going to be forever grateful that @bwaybexy rounded up us lunatics and helped assemble the most uniformly talented and courageous ensemble I have ever been part of and will likely ever be for quite a long while. This was lightning in a bottle. You know it as well as me. @ryanclarence @renaewstone @anneinillinois @mgrahamactor @joebushell32 @10attravers1amo3 @miggysmalls225 And lastly, thank you, Tony, for making Louis. Of all the lessons that I’ve learned, the most present one at this moment is this: being gay or bi or queer, or more importantly NOT being, isn’t and should never be something you can put on or slip off at a moments notice, whenever you feel like it, whenever it suits you best. Millions of men fought and died for someone to notice them and be seen. The best way to honor their legacy is to love and accept and be honest with who you are, whether you want to be or not. I am, at this moment, an immensely proud, gay man. I stand on the shoulders of the deceased, proud to carry on their legacy of transparency and living truthfully. I demand to be seen.