Friday, May 1, 2026

Echoes before Dawn: A Workshop Reading

Price: $10, limited seating available
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

JFK and Jackie O, Alexander and Eliza, Liz and Dick... who doesn't love a good old fashion American love story?

Echoes Before Dawn, a new play by Josh Gadek, follows three couples across three pivotal moments in American history. In 1955 Chicago, an interracial pair risks everything by falling in love in Jim Crow America. In 1973 Hamptons, two young men navigate their sexuality in the aftermath of Stonewall, when homosexuality was still classified as a mental disorder. In 2001 New York City, an interfaith couple battles politics while their relationship is tested in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Each loving outside the lines drawn by society, each paying a price for it. The "land of the free" has never offered freedom to love equally. This play asks: who gets to love, and what do they risk for it?

This play contains strong language, mature themes, and references to violence and sexual content, and is recommended for mature audiences.

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