Temporary Boyfriend
The Chocolate Factory Theater / Under the Radar / Ping Chong and Company
Drawing from past performances in each others works including Niggas at Sundown at New York Live Arts and this house is not a home at Abrons Arts Center, Harris and Betts render the friction and intrigue at the pith of their connection in this improvisatory duet. As the pair traverses the barren architecture of The Chocolate Factory, they journey across various touch points of relationality between Black gay men. From the kinship of ancestors lost to the AIDS epidemic, to contemporary manifestations of ephemeral gay brotherhood, Temporary Boyfriend is an intimate portrait of the aesthetics of proximity and estrangement.
2025 | Queens, NY
Production Coordinator
Creators/Performers: Nile Harris, Malcolm-x Betts
Scenic & Lighting: Dyer Rhoads
Music Composition and Live Sound: GENG PTP
Photo: Maria Baranova