OUR 2022-2023 Season
Generous Show Sponsor:
lACED
April 28 - May 13, 2023
Written by Sam Mueller
Directed by Chris Diorio
After a successful premiere in Chicago in 2022, StageQ is excited to announce the Sophomore production of "Laced." In the aftermath of the Pulse Nightclub shooting and before the 2016 election, three bartenders at a small town Florida gay bar come to work to find the bar has been vandalized. Rattled, the three close coworkers work to piece together the previous evening. In the telling, each share intimate thoughts and experiences. Fiery and poetic, Laced ferociously celebrates the spaces in which we find our truest selves and the spectrum of ways the LGBTQ community comes together in the face of hate.
Against a world that makes you feel unsafe, a moment of joy is an act of rebellion.
"[Playwright, Sam] Mueller makes some relatable observations about queer life in their 90 minute one-act. Mueller digs in deep on the idea of what makes queer relationships; romantic or otherwise, different from the heteronormative standard. In doing so, they build a compelling case for why queer spaces need to be defended." - BuzzNews, Chicago
"'Laced' portrays the need for happiness not as sentimentality or escape but as a hard-nosed and battle-ready response to a harsh world. Its characters’ trials and triumphs show that joy can be thrown like a brick, like a Molotov cocktail, like a party." - New City Stage, Chicago
This production contains loud dance music, flashing lights, and strobe effects.
Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
General Seating
Run Time: TBD
Recommended Ages: 16+
StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Access Level: $12
Suggested Level: $20
Superstar Level: $30
Legend Level: $45*
*All Legend Level patrons will be automatically added to the Friends of StageQ roster for this current season and receive all the benefits of at the Friend level.
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CAPITALQ THEATRE FESTIVAL
June 23 - June 25, 2023
ONE WEEKEND ONLY
Written & Directed by Various Artists
Join us for our annual Pride Month celebration when StageQ takes over both Bartell Theatre stages for one weekend to present brand new play readings, 10-minute shorts, and one-act plays by up-and-coming queer playwrights from around the country. Along with FREE workshops and masterclasses where you can learn about all aspects of theatre, we will celebrate Pride the best way we know how: highlighting new, queer voices telling their stories.
Performance Venue: Drury & Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
Festival Pass Prices: see up to 4 shows throughout the weekend!
Single Showcase pass: $15
Two Showcase pass: $20
Three Showcass pass: $25
Four Showcase pass: $30
Act a lady
November 4 - 19, 2022
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Jessie Fidler
When the men of a small, Prohibition-era town decide to put on a play dressed in “fancy-type, women-type clothes,” the whole community is affected: gender lines blur, eyebrows raise, identities explode, and life is forever changed. A thoughtful and hilarious Midwestern fable about the woman in every man and the man in every woman.
Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
General Seating
Run Time: 2 hours, plus 15-minute intermission
StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Access Level: $15
Suggested Level: $20
Superstar Level: $30
Legend Level: $50*
*All Legend Level patrons will be automatically added to the Friends of StageQ roster for this current season and receive all the benefits of at the Friend level.
Generous Show Sponsor:
Hedwig & the angry inch
March 10 - 25, 2023
Book by John Cameron Mitchell
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by Jay Gile & Shawn D Padley
Music Direction by Zach Busch
Brilliantly innovative, moving, and wickedly funny, Hedwig is out to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the operation that left her with that “angry inch.” Part rock concert, part cabaret, part stand-up comedy routine, this one-of-a-kind musical proves time and again that an indomitable spirit can’t ever be tied down.
This production contains loud rock music, flashing lights, and strobe effects.
Performance Venue: Drury Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
Reserved Seating
Run Time: 1 hour and 35 minutes, with no intermission
Recommended Ages 16+
StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Access Level: $20
Suggested Level: $30
Superstar Level: $40
Legend Level: $55*
*All Legend Level patrons will be automatically added to the Friends of StageQ roster for this current season and receive all the benefits of at the Friend level.
"Angry" Cast
performs March 10,16,18, 23, & 25
Kai Prins - Hedwig
Elise Bargman - Yitzhak
"Inch" Cast
performs March 11, 17, 19, & 24
Kalea Bicoy - Hedwig
Kai Prins - Yitzhak