SCOTT TURNER SCHOFIELD
in Debutante Balls
Iowa debut | What advice does a 79-year old South Carolina woman give to the nice young man looking for liquid eyeliner at the makeup counter?
What’s the best way to demonstrate sex reassignment surgery while wearing stiletto heels and kid gloves?
What happens when a debutante turns out to be a feminist?
Or when a lesbian turns transgender?
Scott Turner Schofield's acclaimed solo performance, Debutante Balls, is a comedic look at coming of age — and coming out — from the perspective of one very young, very queer white Southerner.
The show’s creator  — an award-winning Atlanta performer formerly known as KT Kilborn — relates the history of the debutante ball, as both a social institution and a highly personal experience.
Weaving stories from his own history, exploring the problematic (and often hilarious) issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class as they play out inside the wall-papered walls of Southern high society, Schofield has created a theatrical event that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls "funny, revealing, whip-smart and poetic."
Charismatic and engaging, Scott Turner Schofield invites the audience to explore the complexities and contradictions of out-of-place identities — through a host of situations that are as unbelievable as they are unbelievably, and comically, real. Through it all, Schofield negotiates the issues with slapstick humor, clever on-stage transformations, and a refreshing perspective that's equal parts honesty, generosity, insight and wit.
Fri-Sat Nov 16-17 | 8 pm
CSPS | 1103 Third St SE | Cedar Rapids
$13 advance | $16 day of show

Related events: Scott will attend a number of community events the week of Nov 13 to 18, including an open to the public welcoming reception at Konstantinos Tue from 5 to 7 pm, and an artist brunch at CSPS Sat at 11 am. For more information call CSPS or write mel@legionarts.org.

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