Press & REVIEWS
From “Sniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age” by Emily Witt in the New Yorker,
July 24, 2025
“Michael Speciàle stands on a ground spring of material that will in time prove itself an audacious but essential work of art.”
— Andrew Jankowski, Willamette Weekly, May 13, 2025
“Starting a week ago, it felt like everyone was talking about Bottoming for Jesus…The title is horny, the subject matter is religious, and the format approximates church-meets cabaret…[but] There's something deeper happening in the work (the puns are punning) as he seeks to both entwine and unwind the relationship between religion, sexuality, and community.”
— Suzette Smith interviews Michael R. Speciàle for Portland Mercury, May 7, 2025
“The show is about power, about submission, devotion, the longing to be filled not only sexually but with presence, with meaning, with something bigger than you.”
— Michael Speciàle interviewed by Andrew Jankowski for Willamette Weekly, May 3, 2025