Mad Cow Theatre and producers Joan Stein and Richard Frankel (Producers)are pleased to announce that the new theatrical event Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which premieres Off Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC this fall, will join with Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Artistic Director; Greg Reiner, Executive Director) to help take the play's message of marriage equality across the globe. On Monday, November 7, across America and beyond, curtains will rise on Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays as participating theaters everywhere present the play to raise awareness and funds in support of marriage equality. Marriage equality is an issue that transcends borders, and it's vital that the message of Standing On Ceremony reaches far and wide.
At Mad Cow Theatre, this special performance of Standing On Ceremony will begin at 8:00PM. Audience members will be able to watch a live streaming introduction before the play, as well as a post performance Q&A, from the Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC, where Standing on Ceremony begins previews that night. Attendees will be able to participate in the Q&A, regardless of their locale, by submitting questions via Twitter in real time. Proceeds from the performance at Mad Cow Theatre will benefit Equality Florida.The Central Florida Cast of Standing on Ceremony will be directed by Thomas Ouellette and includes such Central Florida notables as Sarah Catherine Barnes, Juan Cantu, Elizabeth Dean, Stephan Jones, Emily Killian, Ame Livingston, Elizabeth Maupin, Peg O'Keef, Robby Piggott, and Eric Zivot.To date, more than 25 theatres and universities are confirmed to participate, in 19 states across America including: Texas, North Dakota, Florida, Kansas and Michigan, where both gay marriage and civil unions are banned; North Carolina, where the vote on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was moved up to 2012; California, where gay marriage was legalized and then overturned by the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008; and many states where marriage equality is not yet a reality. Beyond America, theatres as far flung as Sydney, Australia will also participate, making this a truly international event.ABOUT STANDING ON CEREMONY
Conceived by Brian Shnipper and directed by Stuart Ross, Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays began as a series of benefit events in Los Angeles, taking on a life of their own as an inspiring theatrical evening. The show begins previews at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, NYC) on Monday, November 7 with an official opening night set for Sunday, November 13. As was established in Los Angeles, a portion of each ticket purchased to every performance of Standing On Ceremony will be donated to marriage equality organizations. Responding to one of the defining issues of our day -- the on-going battle for marriage equality throughout the United States -- some of America's most illustrious and Award-winning playwrights, including Heideman Award winner Jordan Harrison, Edgar Award winner Jeffrey Hatcher, Tony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman, Emmy and WGA Award winner Joe Keenan, Tony Award nominee Neil LaBute, Sundance Jury Prize winner Wendy MacLeod, Obie Award winner José Rivera, Obie and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Paul Rudnick, and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright, have created a heartfelt, funny and altogether illuminating evening that celebrates the courage to be in a relationship - any relationship. ABOUT Tectonic Theater ProjectVideos