During the month of June, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community while also advocating for their rights. At ETC, we recognize that LGBTQ+ folks have made countless contributions to our industry and within our company. In celebration of Pride, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ productions in our industry.
LGBTQ+ Theatre Productions
There is plenty of fantastic LGBTQ+ produced theatre to enjoy in the world. Below, we’ve compiled a list of some of the groups that are focused on queer artistry.
- About Face Theatre in Chicago advances LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance
- Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, located in Toronto, promotes queer theatrical expression
- Celebration Theatre is one of the nation’s oldest LGBTQIA+ theatre organizations, working in Los Angeles
- Diversionary Theatre is located in San Diego and aims to amplify the diverse voices of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
- Emerald Theatre Company produces works dealing with sometimes controversial issues that would not ordinarily be produced by conventional theaters in the Memphis area, often focusing on the realities faced by the LGBTQ+ communities.
- Frank Theatre Company is a professional queer theatre company located in Vancouver
- Milk Presents is a queer artist led company located in Derby, UK
- Located in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Triangle Players produces programming rooted in queer experiences, while supporting the development of queer artistry
- Split Britches is a performance troupe founded in 1980, that has since become icons in queer performance art and lesbian identity
- Local to ETC’s HQ! StageQ has been celebrating and advancing queer representation through theatre since 2001 in Madison, WI
- The Theater Offensive in Boston presents liberating art by, for, and about queer and trans people of color
- Theatre Rhinoceros is among the longest running LGBTQ+ theatres in the nation, operating in San Francisco
- triangle productions! Is one of the oldest LGBTQ-identified theatres in the US and is located in Portland
- WOW Café Theater is a women’s theater collective in NYC’s East Village, especially welcoming women and trans people of color, and women and trans people who identify as lesbians, bisexual, and queer
How will you celebrate Pride? Let us know in the comments and share any other organizations or resources that support the LGBTQ+ community.