Things to do in Denver when you're gay: The Busy World Is Hushed

Ignite Theatre will present the Regional Premiere of Keith Bunin’s The Busy World is Hushed (directed by Bernie Cardell) from March 23 through April 15, 2012 in the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre.

Mari

 A skillful mix of comedy and drama, The Busy World is Hushed  is a regional premier of an exciting new gay drama by Keith Bunin.

 It examines the contradictions we find in our faith, our families and ourselves and how we all search for a way to love each other and create a safe home, despite diverging ideologies.

 Never preachy and claiming no answer to the age-old challenge of reconciling a benevolent god with human suffering, this show encompasses an engaging mix of human interest, religious debate, and complex relationships.

Tim

 We meet a widowed Episcopal minister (Mari Geasair) in the process of translating a long-lost gospel,  her long-absent gay son (Tim McGrath) who returns in an effort to understand the circumstances of his father’s death, and the man who may be able to heal the breach between them (Chris Silberman).

The play takes an unexpected turn and veers away from the expected "gay vs. god" themes into more a more convoluted landscape, exploring the risks we are willing and unwilling to take for the people we love.  

Chris

 The Busy World Is Hushed (the title drawn from an Episcopal prayer) is  also about the intricacies of love and dogma-- what one believes, and why we need to believe what we do. It also tackles issues of sexuality, love, loss, predestination vs. free will, and why religion, faith and the human heart can’t always be reconciled.

 “Rooting through the intricate tangle of motivations that undergird personal faith, Bunin offers an empathetic and fair-minded view of religion: not as some derisory opiate of the people but as morphine for someone in possibly mortal pain." —Time Out NY.

The Busy World Is Hushed plays Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 6pm.