PIRATES!
A Drama by John Fisher
December 4 - 13, 2025
Husbands Danny and Dennis are sailing around the world. They are abducted by pirates off East Africa and held for ransom. A psychological battle ensues
wherein they try to suppress their gayness and their love for each other so their captors will not use one of them against the other. Eventually, Danny’s queerness comes out and the relationship is exposed, forcing them to confront the limits of their ability to solve all problems.
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John Fisher has this to say about his new drama: “I like to insert gay men into unexpected places and see how the world responds. The subject of piracy is back in the news and here I’ve placed my protagonists. Their struggle is similar to that of other ransom captives but unique in
its gayness. Pirates! is a queer inflected spin on a story now prevalent in our lives.”
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Pirates! is written and directed by Fisher and partially made possible by generous contributions from honorary producers John-Thomas Hanson, Anna Mimran, Amy and Derek Morgenstern, and Henry Rosenthal.
Pictured left to right: John Fisher* as Danny and Rudy Guerrero* as Dennis in PIRATES @ Theatre Rhinoceros; Photo by Lawrence Dillon.
Action: Danny and Dennis sail unwittingly into pirate territory off East Africa.
*Member, Actors' Equity Association