The Tao of Lloyd - Edinburgh Fringe Preview Performance and Fundraiser
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On Monday, July 20, 2026, at 7pm, North Shore Music Theatre will host the Edinburgh Fringe preview performance and fundraiser for THE TAO OF LLOYD. Written and performed by Dennis Trainor, Jr., this preview performance and fundraiser will be directed by Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson (The Shark if Broken).
“A captivating adventure into the chaos of the current political climate, offered with a unique combination of humor and heartache by Boston actor Dennis Trainor, Jr.”
-Terry Byrne, Boston Globe Stages columnist
The event will take place at NSMT’s Broadway Club at 7pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 each and space is limited. Additional donations will be accepted at the event.
Following the critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run of Manifest Destiny’s Child in 2023, Dennis Trainor, Jr. returns to the festival with THE TAO OF LLOYD, a new solo show directed by Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson. The show makes its worldwide premiere at the Assembly George Street Drawing Room for the month of August.
Darkly comic, politically charged, and spiritually unruly, THE TAO OF LLOYD reimagines Lloyd Dobler - the boombox romantic from Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything - as a middle-aged zen-punk dissident trying to stay human while the American empire unravels in real time. Part political satire, part theatrical meditation, part cultural exorcism, the show follows Lloyd as he attempts to duct-tape ancient spiritual wisdom to modern collapse with deep gratitude, zero credentials, and just enough dark humor to keep from screaming into the void.
Written and performed by Trainor, THE TAO OF LLOYD marks a new collaboration between Trainor and Masterson, who previously worked together on Manifest Destiny’s Child. The show draws on the sensibility of his ongoing creative work around the character while expanding it into a live theatrical experience: one part monologue, one part breakdown, one part guided meditation for surviving late-stage everything. THE TAO OF LLOYD asks what it means to remain awake, humane, and spiritually intact in a culture that rewards distraction, numbness, and obedience.
“A captivating adventure into the chaos of the current political climate, offered with a unique combination of humor and heartache by Boston actor Dennis Trainor, Jr.”
-Terry Byrne, Boston Globe Stages columnist
The event will take place at NSMT’s Broadway Club at 7pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 each and space is limited. Additional donations will be accepted at the event.
Following the critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run of Manifest Destiny’s Child in 2023, Dennis Trainor, Jr. returns to the festival with THE TAO OF LLOYD, a new solo show directed by Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson. The show makes its worldwide premiere at the Assembly George Street Drawing Room for the month of August.
Darkly comic, politically charged, and spiritually unruly, THE TAO OF LLOYD reimagines Lloyd Dobler - the boombox romantic from Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything - as a middle-aged zen-punk dissident trying to stay human while the American empire unravels in real time. Part political satire, part theatrical meditation, part cultural exorcism, the show follows Lloyd as he attempts to duct-tape ancient spiritual wisdom to modern collapse with deep gratitude, zero credentials, and just enough dark humor to keep from screaming into the void.
Written and performed by Trainor, THE TAO OF LLOYD marks a new collaboration between Trainor and Masterson, who previously worked together on Manifest Destiny’s Child. The show draws on the sensibility of his ongoing creative work around the character while expanding it into a live theatrical experience: one part monologue, one part breakdown, one part guided meditation for surviving late-stage everything. THE TAO OF LLOYD asks what it means to remain awake, humane, and spiritually intact in a culture that rewards distraction, numbness, and obedience.
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Where is it happening?
54 Dunham Rd, Beverly, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01915
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Host or PublisherNorth Shore Music Theatre
