Waiting for Giovanni World Premiere | Decker Theatre by Jewelle Gomez in Collaboration with Harry Waters Jr. August 19, 2011 - September 18, 2011
Based on a split second of indecision in the mind of world-renowned author James Baldwin, Waiting for Giovanni explores the emotional and professional dilemmas that loom over a fierce young Harlem man who insists on being true to love, to politics, and to the ghosts that live in his head.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, September 4 The Temperamentals Bay Area Premiere | Walker Theatre by Jon Marans November 4, 2011 - December 18, 2011
“Temperamental” was the code word for a gay man in the early 1950’s - part of a created language of secret words that gay men used to communicate. The Temperamentals is the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee Rudy Gernreich - as they fall in love and build the first gay rights organization in the pre-Stonewall United States.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, November 20
XANADU San Francisco Premiere | Decker Theatre Book by Douglas Carter Beane Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar December 2, 2011 - January 15, 2012
Experience the journey of the magical and beautiful Greek muse Kira who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist named Sonny to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first roller disco.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, December 18
The Story of My Life San Francisco Premiere | Walker Theatre Book by Brian Hill Music and Lyrics by Neil Bertram January 20, 2012 - February 26, 2012
The Story of My Life is a richly melodic musical and a profoundly funny and deeply moving tale of lifelong best friends, Thomas and Alvin. A story about the power of friendship, the personal cost of success, and the choices we make at the turning points of our lives.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, February 5
Maurice US Premiere | Decker Theatre by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham From the novel by E. M. Forester February 24, 2012 - March 25, 2012
The play takes place before World War I, when homosexuality was outlawed in Great Britain. Clive, an aristocratic Englishman with a life of privilege, suddenly shocks his close friend Maurice by declaring his love for him. Maurice is based on E.M. Forster’s suppressed 1914 novel that was held back from publication until after his death.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, March 11, 2012 The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later San Francisco Premiere | Walker Theatre by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski,Greg Perotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber March 23, 2012 - April 29, 2012
Ten years after the brutal death of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, five members of Tectonic Theatre Project returned to Laramie to try to understand the long-term effect of the murder. They found a town wrestling with its legacy and its place in history.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Slipping Bay Area Premiere | Walker Theatre by Daniel Talbott May 18, 2012 - July 1, 2012
Alone, numb, and friendless after the violent death of his father, high school senior Eli moves with his mom from San Francisco to a fresh start in Iowa. A new relationship with a boy at school exposes Eli again to the possibility of closeness and the danger of being swallowed by it.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, June 3, 2012
Lips Together, Teeth Apart San Francisco Premiere | Decker Theatre by Terrence McNally June 1, 2012 - July 1, 2012
A gay community on Fire Island provides an unlikely backdrop for two straight couples who are observed poolside, staring out to sea. With gay men partying in the houses surrounding them, the four characters divert themselves with food, cocktails, fireworks, charades, and biting jabs at each other. Even the boys next door aren’t safe.
OnStage Insight Talkback: Sunday, June 17, 2012 Performance Times: Wednesday through Saturday 8:00 PM | Sunday 2:00 PM *Season schedule and performance dates subject to change.