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| | THE VIEW UPSTAIRS
by Max Vernon
June 7-23, 2019
Friday and Saturday 8pm
Sunday 4pm
Second Saturday Matinee at 4pm
Third Satruday ASL Interpretation 8pm
When Wes, a young fashion designer from 2017, buys an abandoned building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he finds himself transported to the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant seventies gay bar. As this forgotten community comes to life, Wes embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-exploration that spans two generations of queer history. This smash Off Broadway hit features a gritty, glam rock score and a tight-knit ensemble of unforgettable characters. The View UpStairs asks what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future. | Buy tickets |
| | THE JUNGLE
by Nathan Dame and
Robert Baumgartner, Jr.
August 2-11, 2019
Friday & Saturday 8pm
Sunday 4pm
Second Saturday Matinee 4pm
Thrid Saturday ASL Interprepation 8pm
A musical adaptation based on Upton Sinclair's notorious novel, The Jungle tells the story of Jurgis and Ona, a young couple who flees their native Lithuania to find their way in America in 1901. Ona is the upper-class, educated daughter of a wealthy magistrate, and Jurgis is the illiterate farmhand who worked her father's land. They fall in love and run away where they can be together, because they heard there is no such thing as "class" in America. Like all immigrants, they dream of a prosperous life but instead encounter the abusive working and living conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry. | Buy tickets |
| | RIPPED
by Rachel Bublitz
September 13-29, 2019
Sunday at 4pm
Second Saturday Matinee 4pm
Third Saturday ASL Interpretation 8pm
Lucy, a freshman in college, is torn between her excitement about the new people in her life and having to leave her old life and loves behind. As she struggles to find a balance between the new and the old, a sexual encounter leaves her confused and concerned that she may have been a victim of rape. The play moves back and forth through time and space as Lucy tries to piece together the unraveling interactions between herself and the two young men she’s torn between, illuminating the events behind her uncertainty and sparking questions regarding consent. | Buy tickets |
| | BLU
by Virginia Grise
October 25-November 10, 2019
Friday & Saturday 8pm
Sunday 4pm
Second Saturday Matinee 4pm
Thrid Saturday ASL Interprepation 8pm
An epic poem for the stage, blu traces the explosive after-effects of prison and hunger, desire and war. The play follows a queer Chicana/o family as they try to envision an earth and sky without police and their helicopters. Winner of the 2010 Yale Drama Series Award. | Buy tickets |