why lesbian theatre?

Why Lesbian Theatre?Seriously.

Because it’s totally hot.

Leslie Bernadini is one smokin’ babe in Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter.

Because there are lots of women.

The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women. You can do the whole show on a set of folding chairs.

Because Sappho is totally hot.

“I caught this show last night at their sold-out opening and laughed until my sides hurt. Seriously, the whole audience was howling.” Sappho in Love.

Because nobody will fall asleep.

This is happening on the stage, not in the audience. Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist.

Because it’s totally hot.

Leather Woman and the Butchettes from The Amazon All-Stars. About a lesbian softball team.

Because it’s politically fearless.

Old-school lesbian takes on contemporary genderqueer in stage-door rumble. Bite My Thumb.

Because it’s totally hot.

1930’s style… in Entr’acte, or The Night Eva Le Gallienne Was Raped.

Because girls can be lesbian, too.

Homophobia rears its ugly head at a girls’ summer camp in Ugly Ducklings.

Because it’s totally hot.

Christiane Torloni on fire in Brazil. The Second Coming of Joan of Arc. In Portuguese.

Because the greatest actress in American history was a dyke.

Deb Wright in The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman. The most famous English-speaking actress on two continents for four decades—and written out of history. Wonder why.

Because it’s totally hot.

Gina Costigan killing it in Dublin. The Countess and the Lesbians.

Because drama is what we do.

It’s a dark and lonely night when a group of strangers (or are they?) meet on the western coast of Ireland for a tour of ancient goddess sites. The Goddess Tour.

Because it’s totally hot.

Christa Hillhouse, composer for How to Write a Country-Western Song.

Because we bring the freak.

Jane Addams and the Devil Baby. For reals.

Because it’s totally hot.

Sappho again… This time in Canada.

Because we’re not afraid to tell the truth.

Diane Searls confronting her perpetrator in Patricide.

Because we’ve got the butches.

Singer-songwriter Ellis knocks it out of the park in Babe: An Olympian Musical.

Because if we don’t tell our stories, nobody else will.

Carolyn Gage in The Parmachene Belle. Ayuh.

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“Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theatre, the fine thing always does pay and always will.” ---Minnie Maddern Fiske