About the Show
A NEUROTIC GAY MAN BATTLES HIS SHAME AND RAGE MONSTERS AS HE JOURNEYS THROUGH HELL IN THIS FORM-BREAKING COMEDY
Getting Over Him (You Can’t) is a comedic multimedia performance about one man wrestling with the grief of heartbreak. A hilarious personal tale of heartbreak and self-realization, Getting Over Him (You Can’t) follows Billy as he journeys through the mania, shame and sadness of a breakup and endeavors to create, with the audience, a ritual around the particular grief that is love lost.
Billy invites the audience into the apartment he shares with no one, as he tries everything he can to get over the man who broke his heart:
“You can also try – this is a great one, and the most fun – just to fuck EVERYBODY. I mean literally fuck ANYONE you can.
The best part about being a gay man in New York City is that you can download an app to your smartphone and have a man in
your bed in thirty minutes (or less! Or your pizza’s free!).”
Getting Over Him (You Can’t) was workshopped in the fall of 2020 (production photos below), via Zoom, for over 300 invited guests from all over the world, whose feedback has helped to shape this latest incarnation. As part of the presentation, guests shared their favorite break-up song, which the team has assembled into a Spotify playlist of 278 (and counting) unique tracks. You can preview some of the playlist below , or launch it in the Spotify app to listen to all 18 hours and 32 minutes of sad, angry, beautiful and fuck you break-up classics.
About the Artists
Billy Griffin, Jr. (Writer/Performer) is an actor, writer and adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Billy has worked in theater, film and television both here in NYC and in London. Notable television appearances include Outlander, and Black Mirror: San Junipero, which won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie. www.billygriffinjr.com | IG: @billygriffinjr
Lindsay Tanner (Director/Dramaturg) is a director, dramaturg, performer, educator, and arts manager focused on participatory creative processes. She has worked across the U.S. and internationally; recent collaborations include projects at The Public Theater’s Incoming! @ Under the Radar, Joe’s Pub, and Ars Nova. Ed.M., Arts in Education, Harvard; B.F.A., Theatre & Anthropology, NYU.
Hunter Canning (Promotional Photography/Heartbreaker) is a NY based actor and photographer. Recent TV credits include Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam and The Baker & The Beauty (which recently hit #1 in the US on Netflix). Shout out to Billy and his bonkers brain, thank you for inviting me in. Stay up to date by following Hunter on Instagram @huntercanning
Roni Pillischer (Sound Designer) began her career on the hit soundtrack for Glee and assisting on work by Wyclef Jean, Dropkick Murphys, Sheryl Crow and David Gray. Her sound design, ADR and SFX can be found in films and television shows such as Captain Phillips, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, I, Frankenstein, Iron Man 3, Dexter, The Walking Dead, and Smash. She was nominated for an Emmy for Black America MLK: And Still I Rise and is working on Ken Burns’ Vietnam and HBO’s The Defiant Ones.
Nat Angstrom (Technical Consultant) is a video engineer and consultant based in New York. With a background in the performing arts, he specializes in bringing live events to virtual platforms, including conferences, classes, weddings, theatre and more. LinkedIN.
William Steinberger (Producer) is a producer/director who has developed plays at Hartford Stage, the Drama League, BTG, New Light, Wilma, Passage Theatre, InterAct and The Tank. He is Artistic Director of InVersion Theatre and Artistic Producer of the Jewish Plays Project. WSteinberger.com