Tyler Clementi: The boy in the band

This photo of Tyler Clementi, from February of this year, has a very haunting quality to it:

[Porch Light Theatre, Glen Rock NJ]

There’s a vibrant set and four downstage actors clearly playing for madcap comedy. But whether its hindsight or the framing or some greater aura — Tyler’s what pulls our focus.

Oh, and the almost too unbelievable title of the show? I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. The message far too many gay kids here in a far too heterosexist world.

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