Second Thought Theatre has announced their full production of Sweetpea. As the closing production of the 2021 season, Sweetpea will serve as the theatre’s first in-person production in 18 months.
Boys in the Band star Zachary Quinto (Getty/ANGELA WEISS)
Zachary Quinto is to produce and star in a new audio drama podcast shedding light on Harvard University’s attempts to purge gay students.
The
Boys in the Bandstar is set to delve back into queer culture with upcoming scripted podcast series
Secret Court, which tells the true story of a purge of gay students from the Harvard class of 1920.
After gay Harvard sophomore Cyril Wilcox took his own life, the university had instigated a secret court led by the university’s president and deans, which dedicated itself to eradicating rumoured “homosexual activity” among the student population.
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The actor will also produce the project documenting the university s purge of gay students in 1920.
American Horror Story star
Zachary Quinto is bringing an often forgotten part of gay American history to our ears next year.
Deadline reports that Quinto is set to both star in and produce
Secret Court, a new scripted podcast covering the Harvard Gay Purge of 1920, when the esteemed university formed a secret court in order to find and expel gay students.
The court was formed after a gay sophomore, Cyril Wilcox, took his own life.