Perfect Arrangement
Written by Topher Payne
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Auditions and Rehearsals:
Performance Dates: April 3-5 & 10-12, 2026
Showtimes: Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30PM | Sundays at 2:00PM
Tickets: More information coming soon! Join our mailing list or follow @rebelphxtheatre on Instagram for updates.
About the Show:
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
Run Time & Content Advisory:
Run Time: Approximately 2hrs minutes, one intermission
Content Advisory: Contains strong language, homophobia, and themes of oppression and secrecy
About the Author:
Topher Payne:
In 2014, The American Theatre Critics Association awarded Topher Payne’s play Perfect Arrangement the M. Elizabeth Osborn Prize for Best Play by an Emerging Playwright. The play went on to be produced off-Broadway in 2015 by Primary Stages and MARS Theatricals, and was a finalist for a 2017 Lambda Literary Award. He was the 2018 inductee into the Georgia Theatre Hall of Fame.
His other works for the stage include Evelyn in Purgatory, Swell Party, The Only Light in Reno and Angry Fags. He has scripted five films for The Hallmark Channel: My Summer Prince, Broadcasting Christmas, Rome in Love and A Gift to Remember I and II. Topher is a three-time winner of The Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award. He has been named Atlanta’s Best Local Playwright by readers of Creative Loafing seven times, and received the 2016 Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding World Premiere for the holiday comedy Let Nothing You Dismay.
His latest work, You Enjoy Myself, premiered in 2023 at Local Theater Company in Colorado.
Meet the Director:
Lex Luther Barker
Lex is a local, politically conscious director focusing on new works and thought-provoking theatre. He has over 7 years of theatre experience including acting, directing, and scenic construction. His most recent credits include director Every fruit Fly Goes to Heaven When it Dies by Arizona playwright RJH, and adaptation/ director of the 1916 play Cocaine by Pendleton King. Lex was also a 2023 KCACTF (now ACTF) directing regional finalist.
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Accessibility Info:
Our venue is wheelchair accessible. For questions about accommodations, email info@rebelphxtheatre.com