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Tom DeTrinis’ one-man show, “Making Friends,” a digital production by IAMA Theatre, is a coming-out story.
Not about sexuality. A Los Angeles-based actor, writer, director and producer, DeTrinis hasn’t been hiding that he’s gay. But as he admits in this energetic monologue, performed and filmed in the empty Pico Playhouse, he has long concealed a different aspect of his identity: anger.
DeTrinis begins the show in the persona of an obsequiously agreeable guest at a party, braying with self-deprecating laughter and immediately gainsaying every opinion he ventures: “I love Adele! You’re right, I hate her.” He even accepts a piece of cheese, although he later admits with an expletive that he hates cheese.