Rainbow Theatre Project Announces Their 2018/19 Season

Rainbow Theatre Project Producing Artistic Director H. Lee Gable and Managing Director Michael Kelley announce the 2018/19 season, which will include three full productions and two performances. During Rainbow Theatre Project's sixth season, the company will be in residence at the District of Columbia Arts Center.

"We are now entering our sixth season as a theatre company and part of me can't believe we have made it this far. I marvel at what we have accomplished. We have pursued new plays and reached deep into the classical canon to present older plays that are not often seen," shared Producing Artistic Director H. Lee Gable. "We have presented individual performances by members of LGBTQ community, from cabarets to drag shows. We have told the stories from our community about the military, about women, about LatinX youth. We have told stories about being transgender, being a person of color, about being a Muslim. We have told stories about love and about being discriminated. Our continuing goal is to present as different and diverse collection of work that best entertains and represents the nature of the LGBTQ community, our community."

The season will kick off in August with the world premiere production of Siegmund Fuchs' In the Closet, a metaphysical comedy that follows four men, each living during a different time period, as they look at their lives in the place where all gay men begin, in the closet. This will be followed by a performance of A Deafening Sound (A Cabaret by Jeffrey Higgins) written and directed by Jeffrey Higgins. The season will continue with a production of Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, a play that reminds audiences of a time when the LGBTQ community was beginning to come to grips with what it was like to live with AIDS. This will be followed by a production of Tennessee Williams' Clothes for a Summer Hotel, which looks at the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. The season will close with Stonewall 50, an eclectic celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall.

2018/19 Season Schedule*

In the Closet (World Premiere)

Written by Siegmund Fuchs Director by H. Lee Gable Tickets: $35
District of Columbia Arts Center | August 16 - September 15, 2018
This metaphysical comedy follows four men, each living during a different time period, as they look at their lives in the place where all gay men begin, in the closet.

A Deafening Sound (A Cabaret by Jeffery Higgins)

Written by Jeffrey Higgins
Directed by Jeffrey Higgins
Tickets: $35
District of Columbia Arts Center | November 23 & 24, 2018 This cabaret explores one gay man's life through song.

Jeffrey

Written by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Robert Mintz
Tickets: $35
District of Columbia Arts Center | January 17 - February 10, 2019
When did we begin to remember to laugh and celebrate life? Jeffrey is a young New Yorker who says he wants love, but is afraid of making a commitment. He is surrounded by friends who, in their own unique, outrageous, and stylish way, tell him to live for the present and let the future take care of itself.

Clothes for a Summer Hotel

Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Greg Stevens
Tickets $35
District of Columbia Arts Center | April 4 - 28, 2019
A ghost story about the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald are looked at through the eyes of the master storyteller.

Stonewall 50

Tickets: $35
District of Columbia Arts Center | May 31 - June 2, 2019
An original anthology of stories, poems, and songs all centered in the world of the Stonewall Inn celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, a series of spontaneous riots against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in June 1969.

*plays, artists, and dates are all subject to change

The Rainbow Theatre Project is committed to being the premier theatre for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community in the Nation's Capital by presenting plays and musicals that reflect the unique experiences, interests and history of the LGBTQ community.

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