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John Cameron Mitchell’s SHORTBUS explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality. Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, SHORTBUS tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh, and imperatives of the heart.
Original Release
10/04/2006
US Release
10/04/2006
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Dawson | James |
| Lindsay Beamish | Severin |
| Adam Hardman | Jesse / Jesse, the John |
| Sook-Yin Lee | Sofia |
| Raphael Barker | Rob |
| Peter Stickles | Caleb / Caleb, the Stalker |
| PJ DeBoy | Jamie |
| David Pittu | Jacuzzi Hunter |
| Jeff Whitty | Jacuzzi Hunted |
| Mickey Cottrell | Dead Man in the Jacuzzi |
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Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Dawson | James |
| Lindsay Beamish | Severin |
| Adam Hardman | Jesse / Jesse, the John |
| Sook-Yin Lee | Sofia |
| Raphael Barker | Rob |
| Peter Stickles | Caleb / Caleb, the Stalker |
| PJ DeBoy | Jamie |
| David Pittu | Jacuzzi Hunter |
| Jeff Whitty | Jacuzzi Hunted |
| Mickey Cottrell | Dead Man in the Jacuzzi |
| Mary Beth Peil | Ann (Our Lady of the Gutter) / Ann, Our Lady of the Gutter |
| Shanti Carson | Leah / Leah, the Beautiful Couple |
| Jan Hilmer | Nick / Nick, the Beautiful Couple |
| Mx Justin Vivian Bond | Justin Bond / Mx Justin Vivian Bond |
| Bradford Scobie | Dr. Donut |
| Murray Hill | Murray Hill |
| Ethan Eunson-Conn | Sex-Not-Bombs Room D.J. |
| Stephen Kent Jusick | Creamy |
| Jonathan Caouette | Blondie-Grabber |
| Jay Brannan | Ceth |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Wouter Barendrecht | Executive Producer |
| Alexis Fish | Executive Producer |
| Richie Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Bobbi Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Michael J. Werner | Executive Producer |
| John Cameron Mitchell | Producer |
| Howard Gertler | Producer |
| Pamela Hirsch | Producer |
| Morgan Higby Night | Producer |
| Tim Perell | Producer |
| Neil Westreich | Producer |
| Richard Wofford | Producer |
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