#the song Lily of The Valley by DANIEL inspired this piece

[ryanlovesjosh]

은​방​울 Lily of the Valley

- I’ll give you something unforgettable… my love is “this” flower in your hands, Kyle.

IIIIII

Inspired PriceGaz piece by a song I listened some days ago; I legit couldn’t stop listening to it and being a complete sad bag sigh.

Song is “은​방​울 (Lily of the Valley) by DANIEL”

Alsooo, wanted to thank every like, reblog and followers on my last post!!! I posted it in mind of only sharing my love to PriceGaz to some fellow shippers, but wow, the outcome of it blew my mind. I didn’t expect this much love… sigh tysm from the bottom of my heart. 🥹❤️ xoxo!

[sukunasdirtylaugh]

ever since he could remember, gojo has always slept alone.

no mother at his side, no sleepovers with friends or family, and certainly no staying over after having a one-night stand.

he can't remember the last time he slept with someone by his side.

now in his early 20's, that same rule still applies.

"would you quit moving?" you scowl. "you're taking up all the space in the bed. it's like you want me to die of hypothermia."

he wants to shoot an incredibly cocky answer, but when he can't come up with something, he huffs. allowing you to take some of the shared blankets towards your side of the bed.

he's not sure what it is he's feeling. he thinks that maybe he’s tired, annoyed that shoko could only reserve one room during their mission when you specifically asked her to make it two rooms.

the nearest hotels were all reserved. something to do with a spring festival, shoko mentioned that day over the phone. hotels all over town and the town over were occupied.

you’re lucky I could even find a room, she scolded. now be an adult and share a bed. it’s not like you haven’t slept with a woman before.

that statement made gojo’s stomach sink.

in the events that unfolded today, you and gojo managed to visit 6 separate locations. he preferred abandoned locations over loud and busy ones, meanwhile, you enjoyed busy areas.

it challenges you, you said on one occasion.

that, he could not lie. he liked seeing that glimmer in your eye, maybe a little too much now that he thinks of it. so whenever he sees a hint of that glimmer in your eyes, he makes a mental note to personally photograph the image in his memory.

he could never get tired of it.

"you're being very quiet for a blabber-mouth which is odd." your statement pulls him back to reality, "are you feeling okay?"

"yeah, totally fine here! just tired, I think."

"tired is an overstatement," gojo could almost sense you roll your eyes. he moves his gaze from the ceiling towards you. "we've been working non-stop for over 12 hours with minimal sleep. we deserve to rest. even if it means we have to share a bed together." a yawn escapes your lips.

"plus," you yawn again, allowing yourself to drown into a pillow. shutting your eyelids, tiredness sweeps through you. "I think you did a pretty good job when you took down that curse... size of a building..." you babble. "if you ask me... I was almost worried for a sec..."

"what do you mean?" he doesn't catch himself answering moments later in a mere whisper.

"... Dunno," you hum in response. the room suddenly goes silent as gojo hears the sound of your steady breathing.

he stays quiet for a few minutes, being certain that you had fallen asleep before turning his body the opposite direction.

why, shoko? gojo thinks as he turns his body away from yours, gripping his pillow for comfort. why did you reserve one room?

EXTRA:

when gojo wakes up, he swallows a groan. was it already morning?

the wireless clock labeled in red digits proved him wrong.

3:53am

he runs a hand through his white frosted hair before releasing a sigh. when he turns to you, you are in deep slumber. your blanket is draped loosely around your legs as one leg remains under the covers and the other out. your facial expressions were softer, he notes while you breathe the fraction of a snore.

is this what it is like to sleep next to someone? he wondered.

you looked so peaceful

too peaceful

it almost felt illegal to see you like this. so unraveled, unguarded, and asleep that gojo's breath hitched in fear of waking you up.

what a silly thing to do.

3:55am

he decides to gently drape the covers over you after he notices you clutch onto yourself for warmth.

when he is finally on his back, facing the ceiling, he can't help but to steal another glance. like a child in fear of getting caught.

you looked like an angel.

and his heart felt full.

[newyorktheater]

Summertime is a good time for the adventurous New York theatergoer, and the broke New York theatergoer. Summer theater festivals present shows that are usually cheaper (often free), and more cutting-edge than standard fare during the regular theater season. It can also be a challenge to navigate through some of the larger festivals

Below is a list of a dozen New York summer theater (or arts)  festivals arranged more or less chronologically by the month in which each begins. (Several continue through the summer.) Some of these festivals have been around for decades; others are newly listed.  A couple of long-time favorites no longer exist, at least not during the summer months (The New York International Fringe Festival moved to October.)

 Click on the festival titles below to be taken to their websites. It’s a good idea to check out their Twitter feeds as well. Keep in mind that some of the festivals are still putting together their programming; this guide will be updated as the summer progresses.

MAY

Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks

Begun in 1996, this festival has consistently offered three new quality, cutting-edge plays each summer. This  is the 24th annual Summerworks. @ClubbedThumb

LUNCH BUNCH

written by Sarah Einspanier directed by Tara Ahmadinejad

May 17 – May 28, 2019

Seven public defenders on a quest for crumbs of joy.

YOU NEVER TOUCHED THE DIRT

written by Zhu Yi directed by Ken Rus Schmoll

June 3 – June 13, 2019

The Lis, the Zhaos, the ghosts and the animals engage in a land feud.

KING PHILIP’S HEAD IS STILL ON THAT PIKE JUST DOWN THE ROAD

written by Daniel Glenn directed by Caitlin Ryan O’Connellv

June 19 – June 29, 2019

The councilmen of Plymouth Colony determine how to be Good in the New World.

  New York Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park

Joseph Papp began Free Shakespeare in the Park in 1962 in Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, which was built for that purpose. The two-play summer season usually only offers Shakespeare, but occasionally there will be something modern — Hair in 2008, Sondheim’s Into The Woods in 2012. This year’s adaptation of a Disney animated movie is unusual.

Twitter: @PublicTheaterNY

Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Danielle Brooks and Chuck Cooper, May 21 – June 23.

Coriolanus, directed by Daniel Sullivan, July 16 to August 11.

Hercules, directed by Lear deBessonet, is an adaptation of the Disney animated film, with the film’s score, plus additional original songs by the film’s composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel, a new book by Kristoffer Diaz and choreography by Chase Brock. August 31 to September 8.

LES

The 24th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is a marathon three days of free Theater, Music, Dance, Comedy, Performance Art, Poetry, Film and Fine Arts in and around the Theater for a New City, May 24-26.

JUNE

Ant Fest

Started by Ars Nova (most celebrated recently for originating Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), Ant Fest offers one new show a day for four weeks, 28 in all. The acclaimed shows Rags Parkland and Underground Railroad Game both began at Ant Fest.  June 3 to 27. Twitter: @arsnova

The first show of the 12th annual festival, on June 3rd, will be A People’s History of Silicon Valley, described as “a synth-pop send-up of techno-utopianism and startup bros.”

The festival will feature the ANT Fest Lounge Series — “intimate, pop-up encounters with ANT Fest Alums, debuting fresh ideas and new sounds”:Michelle J. Rodriguez (June 7), Deepali Gupta (June 12), Jillian Walker (June 18) and Starr Busby & Jerome Ellis (June 24). 

  River to River Festival

Held in parks, public plazas, office buildings, piers and streets throughout the downtown business district, this festival has only a handful of what can be called strictly theater pieces, but the hybrids are worth exploring, and all events are free. The 18th annual festival runs from June 18 to June 29.

This year’s offerings, the first to be curated by first to be curated by Lili Chopra, generally reflect an avant-garde performance art aesthetic. Yoko Ono is the most prominent participant.

The Reflection Project with Yoko Ono features the artist’s iconic text works installed across Lower Manhattan on the screens of Fulton Transit Center, posters on bus shelters and in vacant storefront windows.

Add Color (Refugee Boat) (1960/2019) is presented by Yoko Ono in the Seaport District. The interactive installation contains a lifeboat in an empty space, inviting the public to paint their thoughts, ideas and hopes on the walls, floor and boat.

On June 20th, NIC Kay will perform “pushit!!”, described “a site-responsive performance,” in locations throughout Tribeca.

She NYC

The fourth annual She NYC Summer Theater Festival, which will run June 19-30 in the Connelly Theater, presents eight plays and musicals, all written by women playwrights and composers, including Beautiful Pasadena, the story of a marriage in crisis at the start of the economic collapse in 2008; Dancing Girl, a retelling of Victor Hugo’s “Notre-Dame de Paris,” and Exposed, about a college freshman who moonlights in adult films to pay for her tuition and is forced to defend her choice when her secret is discovered.

Ice Factory Festival

The 26th anniversary season of the New Ohio Theater’s OBIE Award-winning summer festival of new work will run from June 26 to August 10th. The program of plays has not yet been released. Twitter: @newohiotheatre

JULY

  New York Musical Festival

Some 300 new musicals have premiered at this festival (originally named the New York Musical Theater Festival) since 2004, including “Next to Normal,” “Altar Boyz” and “title of show”

Twitter: @nymf

This year’s festival runs July 8 to August 4, and features a dozen full productions, including Till, a musical telling the true story of Mamie Till and her son Emmett, a black teenager who in 1955 was murdered  for looking at a white girl. There are also ten staged readings and six concerts.

  Corkscrew Festival

In its third year, the festival will present eight productions and four (free) staged readings by “early-career artists” from July 10th to August 3rd at Paradise Factory. Among the productions are four workshops riffing on well-known works of art or artists — “A Doll’s House: A New Opera”; “Hootenanny Twelfth Night”; “Walt Whitman BodyJolt™” (“an audience participatory exercise class led by Walt Whitman”);  and “Stone” (“a collaborative play inspired by Leslie Feinberg’s novel Stone Butch Blues”)

@CorkscrewFest 

  Fresh Fruit Festival

The 17th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival of LGBTQ Arts, held July 8 through 21 at The WILD Project and other Manhattan venues. The specific programming has not yet been announced. Twitter: @FreshFruitFest

Hot Festival

Billed as the longest-running LGBTQ festival in the world,  the programming for its 28th year has not yet been announced. Its celebration of queer culture will run at Dixon Place in July. @HotFestNYC. or @DixonPlace .

AUGUST

Dream Up Festival

The tenth annual festival will take place  August 25 – September 15 at Theater for the New City. The submission deadline was May 10, so expect the announcement of this year’s line-up soon..Twitter: @TNCinNYC.

  12 Summer Theater Festivals in New York City 2019 Summertime is a good time for the adventurous New York theatergoer, and the broke New York theatergoer.