LGBTQ+ 1st Scene Reading: Pray the Gay Away, by Michael & Zak Zakar
1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS • Comedy, Biography, Independent, LGBT, Special Interest
Pray The Gay Away (the series) is a half-hour, single-camera comedy based on the real-life misadventures of Middle eastern, gay twins, Michael & Zak Zakar and their ultra-religious family who are obsessed with keeping up appearances but are anything but perfect.
Inspired by the best-selling memoir and Off-Broadway play, Pray The Gay Away.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Iman: Val Cole
Lamb Puppet: Hannah Ehman
Director/Snake Puppet: Sean Ballantyne
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