Kokandy Book Club Presents: SPRING AWAKENING

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Join The Understudy and our friends from Kokandy Productions for the latest installment of our series Book Club. Kokandy Book Club is an intimate salon series celebrating theatre, music and […]

A Taste of RED with A Red Orchid Theatre

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Hang out with our friends from A Red Orchid Theatre on May 14th for the latest installment of their series A Taste of Red. A Red Orchid Theatre invites you […]

ISLAND OF LOVE by Felicia Oduh

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A batch of romantic hopefuls compete for a chance to win love and a large cash prize on the UK’s hottest summer reality dating series. Though everyone has come on […]

CROOKED hosted by Betty Theft

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Join host Betty Theft alongside a sordid cast of drag things. CROOKED is a show for villains, freaks, and petty thieves. A show that celebrates all things strange, dark, bizarre, […]

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THE DRAG by Mae West presented by Gerber Hart Library

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Join us for a community reading of “The Drag” presented by the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives. Written by the iconic Mae West, this 1927 drama about a closeted socialite and […]

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Next Draft Series: How to Kill a Rodent

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How to Kill a Rodent By Eleanor McCaughey Canadians Guy and Carrie take a road trip to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania only days before Groundhog Day, in an effort to assassinate Punxsutawney […]

Next Draft Series: How to Kill a Rodent

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How to Kill a Rodent By Eleanor McCaughey Canadians Guy and Carrie take a road trip to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania only days before Groundhog Day, in an effort to assassinate Punxsutawney […]

Next Draft Series: Infinity Burns

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Infinity Burns By Felix Abidor Giordano Bruno, a 16th-century monk, is sentenced to death for his radical beliefs in an infinite universe. Cast: Peter Ferneding Stephanie Fongheiser Madison Kiernan Playwright: […]

Next Draft Series: Infinity Burns

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Infinity Burns By Felix Abidor Giordano Bruno, a 16th-century monk, is sentenced to death for his radical beliefs in an infinite universe. Cast: Peter Ferneding Stephanie Fongheiser Madison Kiernan Playwright: […]

G. L. O. W. : A Queer Sober Open Mic Night

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The Understudy presents G.L.O.W.: a Queer Sober Open Mic Night ABOUT THE EVENT Join The Understudy for G.L.O.W., a queer sober open mic night hosted by K.J Whitehead and Sharon […]

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Ari Gato Attempts to Share the Spotlight

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A (not so) Solo Show Join Ari Gato for her intimate, one-woman-only cabaret... or is it? For once in her life, scene-stealer Ari might have the tables turn on her. Featuring […]

SERVICE by Makeda Declet

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When a close circle of buds have to go to their recently-deceased friend’s apartment to retrieve a suit for his burial, they discover a woman tied up in his closet. […]