What: ALWAYS A BOY -World Premiere Play by Jo Ivester and Jeremy Ivester -Directed by Lisa Scheps When: Friday, March 1, 2024 The play starts promptly at 7:30PM CT at the Ground Floor Theatre in Austin, TX Where: Pride Frisco will offer as a ticketed, private livestream. Ticket required. Cost: This is a give-what-you-can event. Pride Frisco will give a portion of donations collected to help defray the cost of the production. Some of the play's production sponsors include: -PFLAG -Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -Equality Texas -Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) Synopsis and Background: ALWAYS A BOY, inspired by Jo Ivester's best-selling, award-winning memoir Never a Girl, Always a Boy, tells the story of Ash, a 22-year-old college student struggling to figure out his gender identity. Conversations between Ash, the 12-year-old child he was, and the 32-year-old man he will become allow the audience to observe what is typically a very private, internal angst. This is Ash's and his family's coming-out story, told with humor and warmth. It is honest and hard-hitting, sharing the tough moments as well as the joyful ones. It is a story of acceptance in a family that always knew how to love but needed to learn how to accept.