Vile Isle

by Justin Halle
Directed by Spencer Whale
Produced by Most Unwanted + The Tank

In eighteen days the world will end by Flood—at least according to drag queen Lizzie Fine, who receives a frightening prophecy of Old Testament proportions. Meanwhile, a gaggle of gay "chosen family" considers unchoosing each other. Nathan the Demon Twink seeks transcendence through Kabbalah (and Adderall), Christopher bravely transitions (into a DJ), and Gnocchi the Cat WILL be Bat Mitzvah'd, God willing. Vile Isle is a precocious and party-fueled dark comedy about how we fail and forgive one another and what faith is worth when our limits are existentially tested.

"Vile Isle" by Justin Halle at @TheTankNYC is superb. Actors are 🤯 …Spencer Whale's prod. is scrappy & stunning. Goofy but also deeply moral: the horny queer apocalypse-slash-reflection on Rosh Hashanah you didn't know you needed”
— Helen Shaw ( The New Yorker)

Photos by Mari Eimas-Dietrich