The Five Lesbian Brothers / Four Plays

by The Five Lesbian Brothers, Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy

The Five Lesbian Brothers are not only gaspingly hilarious and blithely subversive, they are fully capable of creating characters named Dawn, Patty and Peaches. Their work travels from the Pygo Moon System to the elite Tilue-Pussenheimer Academy to my favorite town in all world literature-Big Bone, Oregon. Reading The Brothers' plays is addictive, although I am told that the group will come to your home and perform them. But be prepared: these women are sexy, silly and homicidal, and they chug-a-lug SlimFast. You need them. -Paul RudnickThe first collection of plays by The Five Lesbian Brothers includes:

Voyage to Lesbos "The action is in Lesbos, Illinois, and the occasion of Bonnie's wedding day, when five mysteriously intertwined women ostensibly prepare for the golden event, while their every action works to sabotage it."-Lisa Kron

Brave Smiles...another lesbian tragedy "This play is a reflection of love. This one in particular manifests what we love about being Brothers and what we love about being lesbians: the tragedy of it all which can be so bitingly and relentlessly funny sometimes." -Maureen Angelos

The Secretaries "What happens when someone new comes into a tight group? This is how Patty Johnson was born. Susan Curtis was born when Dominique was being interrogated in an improv exercise. Ashley Elizabeth Fratangello was an homage to Elizabeth Ashley. We were obsessed with her SlimFast campaign at the time. Needless to say it permeates the script." -Peg Healey

Brides of the Moon "We had all reached a point where we could forgive our mothers for their fucked-up lives and accept them for themselves and for doing the best they could against insurmountable odds. We created a worldwide corporation to represent those odds and a woman who had at one time been a promising astronaut, but because of her integrity had ruined any chance she might have had to advance her career. The evil corporation has her "consciousness lowered" to get her out of the way." -Babs Davy

The Five Lesbian Brothers are Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron. They came together as an acting company in 1989 after performing together in various other com

Genres: Plays, Drama, LGBT, Humor

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Georgia Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a wonderful, bizarre, raunchy collection of plays!! The Five Lesbian Brothers are an absolute treat to read. Their four plays are funny, touching, sexy, and absurd. This collection is a fantastic read, especially for us sapphics.

Ratings for the individual plays:
Voyage to Lesbos - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brave Smiles - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Secretaries - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brides of the Moon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, I only read Brides of the Moon, so far. It's a great sendup to old sci-fi B-movies that's somehow grounded by the end. It's over-the-top raunchy in a way that is reminiscent of bad teen movies. It's pretty shallow, but a nice respite from the dumb male driven raunch I normally see.

[Read 4 Me · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a collection of love-based short storeys. Love is love, whatever the gender is like, and this is illustrated very beautifully in this novel. People refuse to consider their conditions or to accept it.

Lack of humanity and hurt from all quarters and not just faith.

🏷️The author has so well defined that love knows no age or gender limits. The author identified her passion in this book with her passion for lady. She poured out her mind, describing her entire book experience.

I thank her so much for writing this novel-one of the topics that many people still need to ponder and learn.

🏷️There's a lot of romance already in this novel, so make sure to read it before you do it.

Recommended for those who are still in support of the LGBTQ culture. You're going to enjoy this novel, definitely.

[Muyu]

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[Cecilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rereading The Secretaries was interesting because I remember a lot of the design and I thought of things that I would do differently now. However, reading the other 3 plays was more interesting. There is a lot of good camp and a lot of other good humor, but I think Secretaries was my favorite, followed by Brides of the Moon, a story or mothers and lesbians and astronauts, oh my!

this is good queer work. I would recommend it.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Secretaries" is a truly amazing piece.

[Allie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite of the plays was The Secretaries. Hilarious!