The Temperamentals

About Face Theatre stages the Chicago premiere of Jon Marans’s 2010 play about the founding of the early gay-rights group the Mattachine Society. Set in the 1950s—and taking its title from a slang term of the time referring to gay men—The Temperamentals focuses on the romance between two of the group’s founders, Harry Hay and Rudi Gernreich. They'll be played by Kyle Hatley and Lane Anthony Flores, respectively; the ensemble is rounded out by Paul Fagen, Rob Lindley and Alex Weisman. About Face artistic director Andrew Volkoff directs.