December 2017
Breaking The Code
BREAKING THE CODE Previews Oct. 24 @ 11:00 AM & Oct. 25 @ 7:30 Performances Oct. 26, 27, Nov. 2, 3, 9 & 10 @ 8:00; Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 7 & 8 @ 7:30; Oct. 28, Nov. 4 & 11 @ 2:00. An exceptional biographical drama about a man who broke too many codes: the eccentric genius Alan Turing, who played a major role in winning World War II. He broke the complex German code called Enigma, enabling allied forces to foresee German maneuvers. Since his work was classified top secret for years after the war, no one knew how much was owed to him when he was put on trial for breaking another code: the taboo of homosexuality. Turing, who was also the first to conceive of computers, was convicted of the criminal act of homosexuality and sentenced to undergo hormone treatments which left him physically and mentally debilitated. He died by suicide, forgotten and alone. This play is about who he was,
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Previews August 22 & 23 @ 7:30; Performances August 24, 25, 31 & September 1 @ 8, August 30 @ 7:30, August 26 @ 2. Book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott Based on the Latent Image/Specific Films Motion Picture Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. The Musical is the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they ever could have ever dreamed of.
Veronica’s Position
Previews July 18 & 19 @7:30; Performances July 20, 21, 27 & 28 @ 8; July 22 @2; July 26 @ 7:30. A mixture of love, politics and art in a star-spangled comedy set in Washington, D.C., 1990. When Veronica, a self-absorbed movie star in mid-life (think Liz Taylor) agrees to co-star in a play with her favorite ex-husband (think Richard Burton), both egos and calories get burned. The director (who is young, female and attractive) gets a better performance from Veronica’s ex-husband off-stage than on. Meanwhile, Veronica’s gay assistant falls in love with an old pal, a controversial photographic artist who has just been denounced by Veronica’s current flame, a powerful United States senator. When conflicts build between those she adores, the fervently apolitical Veronica is forced to take a position on the one subject she cares about – love. Rollicking fun. Reminiscent of a combination of Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde and Moss Hart, Veronica’s Position tackles love, artistic freedom, plus social politics – all
Electricity
Electricity Previews May 30 & 31 @ 7:30; Performances June 1, 2, 8, 9 @ 8, June 7 @ 7:30, June 3 @ 2 A Columbus native, Mr. Ray comes home performing in the Midwest premiere of his new play. Sex, drugs and booze make up the life of Brad, while ex-seminary student Gary is so closeted that he hides behind an invented wife. This unlikely pair hook up in a motel room after their 10-year high school reunion sparks an "electricity" between them that lures them back to that same motel room after each reunion for the next 3 decades.
2018 Season
ELECTRICITY May 30 - June 9; Veronica's Position July 18 - 28; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Aug. 22 - Sept.1; Devil Boys from Beyond Sept. 20 - 29; co-produced with CATCO, Breaking The Code Oct. 24 - Nov. 11
January 2017
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Presented in association with CATCO Previews: Friday & Saturday April 28 & 29 at 8 PM Performances: Thursday – Saturday May 4 – 6 at 8 PM; Sunday May 7 at 2 PM; Wednesday – Saturday May 10 – 13 at 8 PM Joshua, different from the other boys because he is gay, grows up in isolation and torment, an object of scorn. He searches for a more accepting environment, gathering along the way a group of disciples who are bound to him by his message of love and tolerance. He is ultimately betrayed by his lover. His plea, that we look upon all souls as equal in the sight of God, falls unattended.
Boston Marriage
Boston Marriage Previews: Friday & Saturday July 14 & 15 at 8 PM Performances: Thursday – Saturday July 20 – 22 at 8 PM; Sunday July 23 at 2 PM; Wednesday – Saturday July 26 – 29 at 8 PM Two bantering, scheming "women of fashion" have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. One becomes the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. One is infatuated with a respectable young lady but the young inamorata’s sudden appearance sets off a crisis that puts both the valuable emerald and the women's futures at risk
Perfect Arrangement
Perfect Arrangement Previews: Friday & Saturday August 18 & 19 at 8 PM Performances: Thursday – Saturday August 24 – 25 at 8 PM; Sunday August 27 at 2 PM; Wednesday – Saturday August 30 – Sept. 2 at 8 PM It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. The problem: They are both gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
Traveling
Traveling Previews: Friday & Saturday September 22 & 23 at 8 PM Performances; Thursday – Saturday September 28 - 30 at 8 PM; Sunday October 1 at 2 PM; Thursday – Saturday October 5– 7 at 8 PM World Premiere A renowned dancer and choreographer traveling towards an uncertain future is comforted by his young lover, an elite dance student. But he is haunted and challenged by the presence of a silent dancer, seen only by him. A visit from his first love and college roommate -- a precious fun and memory-filled reunion -- ultimately threatens relationships and forces all to examine the fine line between the embrace and comfort of memories and the danger of living in the past and relying on illusion to avoid the future.
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told!
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told! Previews: Friday & Saturday November 3 & 4 at 8 PM Performances; Thursday – Saturday November 9 – 11 at 8 PM; Sunday November 12 at 2 PM; Wednesday – Saturday November 15 – 18 at 8 PM A stage manager cues the creation of the world. She's in control of everything; she's either God, or she thinks she is. Adam and Steve and Jane and Mabel in The Garden of Eden, an ark, a visit with a highly rambunctious Pharaoh, and finally, even the Nativity. We then fast forward to modern day Manhattan: another baby, a lesbian wedding with a Jewish lesbian Rabbi to officiate, and a bond that cannot be broken.
November 2016
2017 Season
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August 2016
Abraham Lincoln Was A F*gg*t
The story of 17-year-old Cal and his quest to prove the secret sexual history of Gaybraham Lincoln. Along the way there is convincing evidence, time travel, a road trip to the nation’s capital, budding high-school romance, a crazy Mary Todd, and sex in a stove-pipe hat. The past and present collide in this time-hopping, pop music-Michael Jackson -infused quest as Cal sets out to uncover the colorful truth about his favorite president. It is a clever, touching and unapologetically gay comedy about history, truth and what it means to be a hero…then and now. Cal wants to stir stuff up as much as he can: He embarks on a crusade to prove that Lincoln–a national role model, portrait on our greenbacks, and his personal hero–was homosexual, with at least two undocumented lovers. A lavender legacy. Cal’s private demons clearly fuel his urge for historical revisionism. His assumption that somehow it’s more right to be gay if famous mentors once were remains unquestioned until the play’s shocking