Screenplay

My play features two male actors playing the roles of Joey Stefano and Chi Chi La Rue.

Chi Chi La Rue is a male drag performer and gay video director. Chi Chi discovers Joey and gives him his stage name and directs him in many of his videos. They become the best of friends and housemates. The play has solo monologues from both characters and dialogue of them speaking together. Where possible I have tried to use actual quotes.

Money, fame, sex.

The play presents the rush of celebrity for Joey with all the money, fame and sex, drowning out his unresolved past and also shows the anxieties of a shy young man living in the shadow of his famous porn star alter ego.

Like many a Hollywood story, after all the success and adulation, Joey’s life starts to unravel, his drug taking returns and his life spins out of control.

Please note the play does contain strong street language and nudity.

Source Material

I have tried to make the play as factually accurate as possible and I wish to acknowledge the two source books:

Wonder Bread and Ecstasy: The Life and Death of Joey Stefano by Charles Isherwood.

Making It Big, Sex Stars, Porn Films, and Me by Chi Chi La Rue.

Get in touch

For enquiries about the play please email: joeystefanostory@outlook.com