Gadfly Theatre Productions to Host 3rd Annual One-Act Geek Festival

Gadfly Theatre Productions, your local queer & feminist theatre company is ecstatic to bring you their third annual One-Act Geek Festival. Two years ago we took you to galaxies far, far away with our Sci-Fi festival. Last year we made you shriek with queer takes on Horror. THIS YEAR we examine what make a hero or a villain through the campy lens of geektastic mediums like comic books and video games and our signature queer, feminist lens. What happens when we combine those lenses for one festival? Laughter, tears, and conversation abound with plays by local darlings Michael Merriam and Eli Effinger-Weintraub, as well as playwriting stars to be Nicole Jost, Katy Koop, and Kathleen Warnock. Gadfly is ecstatic to be working with Denzel Belin, Megan Lembke, Meggie Grievell, and Shalee Coleman as well as artistic director Cassandra Snow as the directors of the shows, and we're even more thrilled to be giving acting roles to over 20 queer, feminist, and allied local artists.

Gadfly believes, among many other things, that LGBTQ+ artists and women, especially those further marginalized by other factors, are underrepresented in nerdy entertainment, and are often mistreated when speaking out about this inequity. Gadfly provides not only a platform for works by these people to thrive in the genre they love, but goes a step further by focusing on the stories and experiences of the underheard within geek subculture. Heroes and Villains takes what we think we know about these genres and spins them on their head with both content and theme. Don't fear though! These five carefully vetted pieces are clearly inspired by the rich world of superheroes, demi-gods, video games, and the nerdier side of action movies. It's a stunning intersection of subcultures that brings a community of queer nerds and geeky feminists together within a community that so often wants to shut them out.

Tickets to The Final Frontier Festival are sliding scale at the door, or $15 to guarantee your seat through Brown Paper Tickets. Pending availability, no one is turned away for lack of funds. Group rates are available and encouraged for groups of more than 10. Please e-mail gadflytheatre@gmail.com for more ticket information.

About Gadfly Theatre Productions:

Gadfly Theatre Productions is currently in their sixth season of producing groundbreaking queer and feminist art. The company provides an artistic haven for audiences and artists alike; a place to explore, create, and open safe dialogues about LGBTQQIAP+ and feminist issues. Gadfly breaks binaries and establishes community, seeking to prove that all persons on the spectrum deserve a voice, a stage, and a story they can relate to.

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