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An Open, More Mature McKinley Belcher III Revisits 'A Guide for the Homesick' Off-Broadway
Nicholas Dussault READ TIME: 10 MIN.
"A Guide for the Homesick" is an 80-minute tale of two strangers who meet in a hotel bar in Amsterdam. When 30-something Teddy (McKinley Belcher III) invites 20-something Jeremy (Uly Schlesinger) back to his shabby room for a drink and a likely hookup, the duo find they have much more in common than just the desire for a little company. Guilt, shame, loneliness, and fear unfold in an intimate, erotically charged rollercoaster ride that builds to a crescendo of emotional carnage that'll leave you speechless. The actors each play two roles, and the lightning-round speed of their interchanging roles makes for riveting theater.
The play premiered at The Huntington Theatre in Boston in 2017, where McKinley Belcher III originated the role of Teddy/Nicholas and won the Boston Theater Critics Association Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor. He is back to the role seven years later for its New York premiere. Belcher's credits include TV's "Ozark," Netflix's "Marriage Story," and the role of Happy Loman in the groundbreaking 2022 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."
Recently EDGE had the chance to chat with McKinley about his return to "A Guide for the Homesick," plus a little bit about his work with Tony winner Andre De Shields.
