The Brick presents
Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic
Created by Michael Kinnan
May 22-June 1, 2024
at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan

Never Let Go is a “feat of ingenuity” (NY Times). This uproariously queer one-man show distills the three-plus hour epic and packs into one hour a surprisingly subversive punch. Michael Kinnan plays each character with “perfectly executed comedy, pathos and homage” (ScotsGay Arts). As told by Rose, the play takes you on an intimate journey into the fateful romance that is shadowed by one of the most devastating man-made disasters of modern history – the sinking of the Titanic. Never Let Go is “a truly unique and absorbing high camp theatrical piece” (Culture Fix).

Co-Director/Producer/Lighting: Theresa Buchheister
Sound Design: Kegan Zema
Costume/Set/Make-Up: Michael Kinnan
Original Direction: Shawn Verrier
Original Sound/Projection Consultation: Peter Mills Weiss
Promo Photography: Heather Newberger
Production Photography: Walter Wlodarczyk
Pre-Production Consultant: Ankita Mishra

Michael Kinnan (Creator/Performer, he/him) Following multiple runs at Dynasty Typewriter in LA, Michael brings Never Let Go home to the Brick with a full heart. His career began at the oldest off-Broadway house, The York Theatre. Direction credits include new works by Liz Magee garnering the Best Play Grand Prize at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre Riant Festival. Michael was an Observer in the SDC Observership Program, assisting on the Pioneer Theatre Company production of Clybourne Park (dir. Timothy Douglas). His critically acclaimed retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic, Never Let Go has been seen by sold out audiences since 2017 at the Bucks County Playhouse, Drama Book Shop, Vital Joint, PosterHouse, and an extended run at The Brick (NYT Critic’s Pick). NLG made its international debut in a raved-about run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Assembly Fest. Additional credits include directing Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story (New York). Michael is a performance artist known as Mischa Kinx and has been seen virtually in Pride and Holiday Drag shows worldwide. Michael is also a certified Yoga Instructor and Marma Therapist. In Development: The Unauthorized Retelling of Silence of the Lambs.

Find them: @neverletgotheshow @ofmichaelandmen

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