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Three Theater Offensive actors dressed for a performance
Abe Rybeck and two other actors from the Theater Offensive posing in costume.
Actors from United Fruit Company in costume
In 1989, founding Artistic Director Abe Rybeck and a group of artist/activists formed The Theater Offensive to expand on the success of the gay men's guerrilla theater troupe, United Fruit Company. The Theater Offensive mounts and produces festivals…
Abe Rybeck performing with queer cabaret group Adult Children of Heterosexuals created by the Theater Offensive
On verso: Adult Children of Heterosexuals (Abe Rybeck)
Four members of Adult Children of Heterosexuals, including Abe Rybeck, posed in song
On verso: Adult Children of Heterosexuals performs their unique brand of high camp, raucous cabaret at Nightstage in Cambridge on July 6 at 8pm. Band members (l to r) Scott Madden, Felice Shays, Lynn Brown, and (bottom) Abe Rybeck will croon to make…
Four performers from United Fruit Company, including Abe Rybeck, pose in costume
Four men wearing dresses pose dramatically in front of a banner that reads: "United Fruit." Abe Rybeck is pictured at the far right.
Abe Rybeck kissing a life-size puppet on the cheek
Abe Rybeck kissing a life-size puppet on the cheek.
Abe Rybeck smiling with his arm around a man wearing a hat that reads "Life a Virgin"
Abe Rybeck smiling with his arm around a man wearing a sweater dress and hat that reads "Like a Virgin."
Stephen Harrington, Abe Rybeck, and Scottie Madden of Theater Offensive, posing with puppets
Stephen Harrington, Abe Rybeck, and Scottie Madden of the Theater Offensive standing in a row with five puppets. Each man is speaking into a microphone.
Abe Rybeck and Damien Thibodeaux in costume for a performance of "Pure PolyESTHER"
Pure Polyesther is a hilarious and subversive retelling of the Old Testament story of Esther. The Theater Offensive's purimspiel mixes slapstick, klezmer, cross-dressing, outrageous scenery-chewing, and queer coupling with an earnest message about…