A Play about Homophobia.

High above the rest of Manhattan, the worksite of a skyscraper in progress is its own insular world. When a gay construction worker shatters that world by coming out to his straight best friend, it will take more than concrete and steel to rebuild it. A frank look at the insidious nature of intolerance, National Endowment for the Arts Award recipient WALKING IRON takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster ride through the terrain of human sexuality - and takes it further. Eschewing politicial correctness, NEA-honored playwright Linda Faigao-Hall depicts working class men as sympathetic real people struggling with the issues of gay rights without being robbed of their humanity.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT AND STRONG LANGUAGE.

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July 2005

WALKING IRON was play in-residence at Ensemble Studio Theatre's Summer Conference 2005 under the direction of Jamie Richards. It was workshopped and presented at Lexington Center for the Arts in July 2005.

Actors Anne Winkles and Dean Stapleton in rehearsals for
Linda Faigao-Hall's "Walking Iron" directed by Jamie Richards
Lexington, New York

Actors Tim Davis and Rodney To in rehearsals for
Linda Faigao-Hall's "Walking Iron" directed by Jamie Richards
Lexington, New York

Artwork by David Derr

Originally commissioned by
The Working Theatre Company