Wake Up (presented by Bedlam)

Tackling his own experiences with sexuality, Mormonism, drug use and abuse, with a marriage and a 30-year acting career often left hanging in the balance, Spencer Aste’s WAKE UP tears apart the current trend of “living your best life” and exposes the harsh truths and difficult realities that come with “owning the life you’ve lived.” Riveting, humorous, and earnest, WAKE UP is a play about choices and consequences – and occasionally, choices that were never choices at all. When your life pulls you under, what will it take for you to WAKE UP?

This touching, funny and bracingly honest new solo show places the spotlight on a gay, mormon-raised stage actor who begins using and selling crystal meth at the same time he’s preparing for the role of Richard III.