Star Bryan

Star Bryan, 30, handsome, lonely, lost for years in a bad romance. Newly on his own, his quest for identity takes him on a journey through his mind and his past-carved spirits in the gift department at T.J. Maxx, an old crate in his father's attic, a long-hidden diary that casts his family on the wrong side of slavery. And the far-off glitter of a pro basketball career that never happened. He falls in love with the wrong man, then the wrong man falls for him. They're not the same man. Both are jealous-one is dangerous. Born into a high-profile political family, Star finds himself in a web of racial bickering in turn of the 21st Century St. Louis, where both black and white society often balk at those who can move easily between the two-and where being aggressively out of the closet can land him in trouble. Star's imposing body, looks and raw sexual glamour cast him in the eyes of many as a man who can get whatever he wants out of life. Taking it for himself becomes much harder than it seems.

Jerry Rabushka is well-known as a playwright for Brooklyn Publishers and Heuer Publishing, with dozens of scripts on the market and performances across the USA and internationally. As an actor and director, he s produced his own work on many stages. Also a composer and songwriter, he s produced several CDs of original music and was nominated for an Outmusic (LGBT artists) award. He s won several writing awards and is a two-time winner of contests sponsored by the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival: for fiction with Wasted Courage in 2012, and for playwriting with Brushup Ten in 2010.