Haus of Dy-LAN
Sun
14
Sun 14 Jun 6:00 PM
The Loading Dock Theatre
General Admission
60 Mins
Introducing Japanese and Jewish comedian Dylan Adler. His show ‘Haus of Dy-lan’ is an hour of high energy musical comedy, stand up, and storytelling.
Dylan is a classically trained pianist, turned unhinged gay musical comic. His hour is injected with songs, personal anecdotes, and even acrobatics. He talks about growing up an identical gay twin, his racial identity, getting bullied in school in San Francisco, and screaming at his therapist. All woven together by jaunty musical themes. By the end of the show, he will be drenched in sweat and if you’re lucky, so will you.
A young Dylan was a bright eyed, optimistic kid who believed he’s a star. When other kids laughed at him, he was sure they just thought he was funny. Their parents were very accepting of having a pair of gay twins given the fact their mother is a self-proclaimed fag hag who is obsessed with Project Runway!
Dylan grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood and was bullied in two languages. As a half Japanese and Jewish person, he talks about his identity as a double ‘JAP’ and how his parents met at UC Berkeley – ‘the breeding ground for all Jewpanese’ children. He talks about how his Ojichan (grandfather) signed up to be a Kamikaze Pilot in World War II. Dylan is thankful to feel connected to him... whenever he feels mentally ill or spiteful of the USA.
It’s no surprise Dylan is in therapy and describes himself as “sober, except for Poppers, Ketamine and Molly”. Dylan gets into all of the above as well as the woes of adult life including stealing your therapist’s toilet paper, sexual politics, and being described as a ‘theatre kid who escaped Alcatraz’.
Dylan is a classically trained pianist, turned unhinged gay musical comic. His hour is injected with songs, personal anecdotes, and even acrobatics. He talks about growing up an identical gay twin, his racial identity, getting bullied in school in San Francisco, and screaming at his therapist. All woven together by jaunty musical themes. By the end of the show, he will be drenched in sweat and if you’re lucky, so will you.
A young Dylan was a bright eyed, optimistic kid who believed he’s a star. When other kids laughed at him, he was sure they just thought he was funny. Their parents were very accepting of having a pair of gay twins given the fact their mother is a self-proclaimed fag hag who is obsessed with Project Runway!
Dylan grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood and was bullied in two languages. As a half Japanese and Jewish person, he talks about his identity as a double ‘JAP’ and how his parents met at UC Berkeley – ‘the breeding ground for all Jewpanese’ children. He talks about how his Ojichan (grandfather) signed up to be a Kamikaze Pilot in World War II. Dylan is thankful to feel connected to him... whenever he feels mentally ill or spiteful of the USA.
It’s no surprise Dylan is in therapy and describes himself as “sober, except for Poppers, Ketamine and Molly”. Dylan gets into all of the above as well as the woes of adult life including stealing your therapist’s toilet paper, sexual politics, and being described as a ‘theatre kid who escaped Alcatraz’.