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Frank Anthony Polito is a Brooklyn-based actor
and playwright. He can be seen in the films One Angry Man
with Jackie Mason, One True Thing
with Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger, and Hitch
with Will Smith. On TV he has appeared on Spin City, The
Sopranos and One Life to Live.
On stage he has worked off-Broadway, and regionally in Washington,
D.C., Hartford, CT, and Rochester, MI.
Frank’s first play, John R, was produced in New York City in
2001 and is the basis for his debut novel, Band Fags! His
play Another Day on Willow St premiered at the New York
International Fringe Festival in 2007 where it was named
“Outstanding New Play” by Talkin’ Broadway. Other plays have
appeared at Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago, Mill Mountain
Theatre in Roanoke, VA, and at The Dayton Playhouse in Dayton, OH.
Frank holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon
University, and a B.F.A. in Theatre from Wayne State University. He
grew up in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park where he was both a Band
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Drama Queers!
(2009)
Ever since Mrs. Malloy assigned us the What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
paper earlier that year in her 1st hour English, my mind had been made
up... I, Bradley James Dayton, will be a famous actor someday!
Meet Bradley Dayton—a wickedly funny high school senior whose woefully
uncool life always seems to be full of drama, even in the sorry little
suburb of Hazel Park, Michigan. It's 1987, the era of big hair, designer
jeans, and Dirty Dancing. George Michael has "Faith" and Michael Jackson
still has a nose. Brad, on the other hand, has a thing for acting, and
while his friends are trying to get laid, Brad's trying to land the lead
in Okla-homo! and practicing the Jane Seymour monologue from Somewhere
in Time.
Sure, he'd like to get laid too, but while Brad has known he was gay
forever, the rest of "Hillbilly High" is not so forthcoming. Brad's
already lost one best friend, Jack, who dropped out of marching band to
step into the closet. But lately, things are looking up. Not only has Brad
made Homecoming Top Five, but Richie, a new, totally cute member of drama
club, definitely seems to be sending signals—and he's not the only one.
Before senior year ends, Brad will know more about love, lust, and
friendship than he ever thought possible. Because if all the world's a
stage, he's ready to be in the spotlight... -
Band Fags!
(2008)
September, 1982. John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" is
on endless radio rotation, and Dallas and Dynasty rule the ratings. Jack
Paterno is a straight-A student living in the Detroit suburb of Hazel
Park, with his own Atari 5200, a Beta VCR, and everything a seventh-grader
could ask for.
The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad Dayton, who lives
on the gritty south side near 8 Mile, is that both are in Varsity Band. Or
maybe that's not the only thing.
Because Jack is discovering that while hanging around with girls in
elementary school was perfectly acceptable, having lots of girl friends
(as opposed to girlfriends) now is getting him and Brad labeled as Band
Fags. And Jack is no fag. Is he?
As Jack and Brad make their way through junior high and then through Hazel
Park High School, their friendship grows deeper and more complicated. From
stealing furtive glances at Playgirl to discussing which celebrities might
be like that, from navigating school cliques to dealing with crushes on
girls and guys alike, Jack is trying to figure out who and what he is.
He wants to find real, endless love, but he also wants to be popular and
"normal." But, as Brad points out, this is real life -- not a John Hughes
movie. And sooner or later, Jack will have to choose.
Filled with biting wit and pitch-perfect observations, Band Fags is an
exhilarating novel about lust and love, about the friendships that define
and sometimes confine us, and about coming of age and coming to terms with
the end of innocence and the beginning of something terrifying, thrilling,
and completely unpredictable.
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