laser the boy
Songs & Stories
On Tour
2023
Tour dates.
A SHARK ATE MY PENIS - July 15 in Hollywood, CA - Tickets
••••The Taller in person tour••••••••Click the venue NAME for tickets!••••Hillsborough, NC • 7/21 • Yonder Bar
Vienna, Va • 7/22 • Jammin Java
Atlanta, GA • 7/23 • Red Light Cafe
Lititz, PA • 7/25 • Aaron’s Books
New Bedford, MA • 7/26 • Heron Studio Space
Cambridge, MA • 7/27 • ZuZu at the Middle East
Phoenixville, PA • 7/28 • Steel City Coffeehouse
Brooklyn, NY • 7/29 • Brooklyn Music Kitchen
Ypsilanti, MI • 7/30 • Backyard Show
Chicago, IL • 8/1 • House Concert
Cincinnati, OH • 8/2 • Luminary by La Terza
Columbus, OH • 8/3 • Kafe Kerouac
•••INDIANAPOLIS• AUGUST • GEN CON•••Gen Con Concert • 8/4 • Tickets
Teaching a Robot to Love • 8/6 • Tickets
•AUGUST • EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FRINGE•August 8 - 28, Every night! Tickets
Kentucky• September • KENTUCKY UKE FESTIVALOak Brook, IL • November • windycon
OVERREACTING
the debut album by laser the boy
Gay, angry, lo-fi alt rock from Laser, singer/songwriter behind the Doubleclicks & Teaching a Robot to Love. Produced by Brandon Eggleston (producer, the Mountain Goats).
“It’s equal parts venomous and flirtatious, teetering between volatile, heart-weary indie-rock and confessionally-etched odes to adoration and romance. He perceives the world a certain way, always through a give-no-fucks filter, even when he’s wooing a lover. “It’s the way that you look at me / And the way that you let me look at you,” sings Laser with “The Way You Look at Me,” his voice as light as a feather. Even as airy as his tone is, there’s always a weight to it, as you’ll hear on standouts “Lucky Me” and “Don’t You Know Who I Am?” — oscillating between jagged and smooth. Laser needles his lyrics with such vocal panache that his words are heightened, electric, intense.”
a shark ate my penis
A Shark Ate My Penis is one guy's journey in figuring out he's a guy! This is a solo musical about my own transition and the historical trans men who have helped me along the way. I'll tell you about my journey in figuring out who I am, and along the way we will meet Alan Hart, a guy who got gender-confirming surgery all the way back in 1917; Samuel Bundy, whose 1760s legend includes a shark, and 12 girlfriends; and renowned children’s author J.K. Rowling, for reasons. These characters will usher me through a life of weddings, divorces, shame, queer imposter syndrome, lesbianism, and joy!
I'll be performing this hour-long show in its first trial run at Hollywood Fringe this June (also streamed) and then in a more evolved version at Edinburgh Fringe this August (I am so excited! I am so scared!), and selections from the show will be also be part of the set I'll be touring this July on the East Coast/Midwest! Finally, I'll be creating a high-quality recording of the show to be shared online, so everybody can meet the cool men from history who have helped my journey.
PRESS KIT
Laser Webber is a trans musician, performer, and author. His music “challenges the patriarchy, champions marginalized voices, and finds emotional resonance in everything from robots to breakfast foods.” He has toured the US, Australia, and Europe as front person of the Doubleclicks, and has racked up over 4 million Youtube views amongst their large and beautiful grassroots audience.
Laser co-wrote the musical "Teaching a Robot to Love," a sci-fi story about the trans experience, with E. Aaron Wilson. The musical’s concept album charted on Billboard and its sold-out, award-winning debut run took place at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival!
As a speaker and author, Laser helps independent artists get money and attention for their creative projects (Check out Laser Campaigns to work with him!). He has raised more than $2 million using Kickstarter and Patreon for comics, games, and music, and is the author of “Crowdfunding for Musicians,” a how-to book for indie artists who want to achieve their dreams without gatekeepers.
Laser hosts the actual-play twitch show and podcast “Strumpets and Flagons” and keeps starting podcasts. He hosts variety shows and performs musical improv in Los Angeles from time to time.
NEWS:
Laser Webber's A SHARK ATE MY PENIS: A HISTORY OF BOYS LIKE ME Opens June 4 At The Broadwater __ Broadwayworld
Teaching a Robot to Love awarded seven wins in the BroadwayWorld awards for the Los Angeles __ BW
Review: Laser the Boy makes a splash with solo debut EP, ‘Overreacting’ __ BSides & Badlands