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The Flirt Bar
Concert reading
January 10 -11, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Book by Susan Lambert Hatem
Music by Michelle Malone and Amy Ray
When heartbroken Bible Belt wife, Honey B. Dews loses everything, she and her book club decide to turn a former Strip Club into The Flirt Bar, where women can go and be flirted with. To pull it off, she has to team up with Raquel Ramone – the hard-singing, god-fearing, gay Greek chorus of a singer who comes with the place.
Charlotte’s Off Broadway produced an online reading of The Flirt Bar in May 2020. The reading was directed by Anne Lambert; the cast included: Joanna Gerdy, Harley Quinn, Iesha Nyree, Lane Morris, Brandon Barber, Veda Covington, Patrick Keenan, Johanna Jowett, Isaac Zerkle, Stephanie DiPaolo, Amy Ray and Michelle Malone.
Charlotte’s Off Broadway and 134 West produced a concert reading of The Flirt Bar in December 2022 in Charlotte, NC. The Music Director was Zach Tarlton of QC Concerts. The cast included: Lisa Schacher, Kel Wright, Jassi Bynum, Anne Lambert, Darren Spencer, Tasha Davis, Jason Hackner, Renee Welsh Noel, Maks Rex, Mary Beth Ritter, and Vivian Tong. Band members: Zack Tarlton, Kel Wright, Bobby Thomas, and Doug Rowe. The 2022 concert was supported by a grant from the Infusion Fund and its generous donors.
134 West produced a song workshop in November 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. The cast included: Akira Sky, Julia Mae Abrams, Judy Mina Ballard, Kimberly Lewis, Jon Paul Burkhart, Oliver Rotunno. Music Director Gabrielle Maldonado.
