Louryk is best known for his solo performance work, which often incorporates gender reversal.
[1] Louryk was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and educated at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Beginning in July 2005, Louryk garnered critical acclaim (including a half-page profile in The New York Times) for Christine Jorgensen Reveals, a recreation of a 1958 long-form recorded interview with Christine Jorgensen, one of the first American recipients of gender reassignment surgery, in which two performers lip-synch to the actual recording.
[2] Following its New York premiere, Christine Jorgensen Reveals played to in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Festival Fringe; in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Center for the Arts; and in Dublin, Ireland, at The Project Arts Centre.
Louryk has historically received praise for his portrayals of male characters.