Searching for Robert Hennessey
THEATRELGBTQ+,Solo show

Searching for Robert Hennessey

Presented by Michael-Shaun Hennessey · UNITED STATES

Greenside @ George Street · Mint Studio
7 - 29 Aug
55 min · Age EIGHTEEN
100% available

21 performances tracked

About the show

A little boy answers every doorbell hoping it's his daddy. Decades later, after surviving sexual abuse, cult indoctrination and a terminal AIDS diagnosis, that boy – now a man – still hasn't stopped searching. Armed with a name his teenage mother gave him and unwavering determination, Michael calls every Robert Hennessey he can find, chases DNA matches, tries Beetlejuicing the guy into existence and never gives up hope. Until Father's Day 2020 brings a Facebook message shattering everything he thought he knew about his identity and his quest. Hollywood Fringe's sold-out sensation comes to Edinburgh.

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A deeply personal 'Long Lost Family' episode performed as a gripping solo theatrical confessionalLike a true-crime podcast on identity, but with the raw, live intensity of a Fringe one-man showIf 'Catfish' explored profound intergenerational trauma and the search for a biological father

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