OUR 2024-2025 Season
CapitalQ Theatre Festival
June 13 - June 21, 2025
Written and Directed by Various Artists
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Madison’s favorite theatrical Pride celebration is back for a fourth time! New queer shows written by up and coming queer playwrights. Come be a part of a Pride month tradition that celebrates and uplifts queer art.​
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Performance Venue: Drury Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
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Single Showcase - 1 hour and 40 minutes - Two weekends to see it!
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The Emperor’s New(er) Clothes - By John Mabey
Directed By - Will French and Emma Fried
“Weaving a new fairytale”​
Secondhand Grace - By Brian Farrey-Latz
Directed By - Avery Taylor
“History is gay, no matter who tries to take away our stories”
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marriage is a story we tell and keep telling - By Danielle Frimer
Directed By - Birdie La Barre
“Diversity Win: Queer Weddings can be stressful too!”
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Southies - By Jeffrey James Keyes
Directed By - Chelsea Gaspard
"Fabulous gay dinner party ends in intrigue..."
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The Dating Pool - By Arianna Rose
Directed By - Jasmine Ridler
“Hope, love, lust & nostalgia”
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StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices:
Accessible: $20
Suggested: $25
Superstar: $45
Legend: $60*
*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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Expanded to TWO weekends
Accessibility
​We strive to make it so all who want to attend our shows can. That is why this season we are implementing a ticket grant program, thanks to our cast and crew who can donate their unused comp tickets. If the accessible level ticket price poses a financial burden, you can email kalea@stageq.com to request up to two complementary tickets, first come, first serve.
Lizzie The Musical
April 18 - May 3, 2025
Written by STEVEN CHESLIK-DEMEYER, TIM MANER, and ALAN STEVENS HEWITT
Directed by JAY GILE
Asst. Directed by NICOLE RIEGE
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Rage! Sex! Betrayal! Bloody murder! LIZZIE explores the days leading up to the murder of Lizzie Borden's parents and her controversial acquittal of all charges. The creation of a new American myth is forged in blood and a searing rock score.
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“The most authentically kick-ass rock musical score since Hedwig and the Angry Inch” - Orlando Weekly
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“A gothic rock ritual with a riotgirl attitude” - The New York Times
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Performance Venue: Drury Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
Run Time: 120 minutes
Recommended Ages: 18+
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Content Warnings:
This show contains contains themes of sexual abuse, violence, attempted suicide, and intense emotional themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
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StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Accessible: $25
Suggested: $30
Superstar: $50
Legend: $65*
*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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StageQ is proud to announce that we will be partnering with ACT Interpreting to have ASL interpreters at our Sunday, April 27th performance of LIZZIE the Muscial.
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​We strive to make it so all who want to attend our shows can. That is why this season we are implementing a ticket grant program, thanks to our cast and crew who can donate their unused comp tickets. If the accessible level ticket price poses a financial burden, you can email kalea@stageq.com to request up to two complementary tickets, first come, first serve.
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Accessibility
Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
January 24 - February 8, 2025
Written by LIZA BIRKENMEIER
Co-Directed by BIRDIE LA BARRE and SIMONE LAPIERRE​
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It’s 1983, the evening before Dr. Sally Ride’s historic space flight. Hundreds of miles from the launch, a group of women with passionate opinions and no opportunities sit on a sweltering St. Louis rooftop watching life pass them by. Their uncharted desires bump up against American norms of sex and power in this intimate snapshot of queer anti-heroines.​
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Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
General Seating
Run Time: 90 minutes
Recommended Ages: 14+
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StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Accessible: $20
Suggested: $25
Superstar: $45
Legend: $60*
*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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StageQ is proud to announce that we will be partnering with ACT Interpreting to have ASL interpreters at our Sunday, February 2nd performance of Dr. Ride's American Beach House.
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​We strive to make it so all who want to attend our shows can. That is why this season we are implementing a ticket grant program, thanks to our cast and crew who can donate their unused comp tickets. If the accessible level ticket price poses a financial burden, you can email kalea@stageq.com to request up to two complementary tickets, first come, first serve.
Accessibility
Angry FAgs
November 1 - November 16, 2024
Written by TOPHER PAYNE
Directed by MAXTON JAMES YOUNG-JONES
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An out lesbian state senator is up for re-election. Her female opponent is a moderate conservative who’s aligned herself with right-wing extremists. They’re locked in a tight race in which each side dog-whistles to its base and any event can become instantaneously politicized.
When a gay man is bashed with a baseball bat and left to die, his ex-boyfriend, a campaign aide for the incumbent senator, is enraged. But it’s the unwillingness of his boss to label it a hate-crime that tips him over the edge. Teaming up with his best friend, the two men embark on a vendetta of sabotage and assassinations, reasoning that if gays aren’t respected enough to win equal justice and rights, fear will achieve what good intentions and politics cannot.
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“A gay gentleman’s guide to love and murder... Filled with tension but laced with moments of black humor and rigged with unexpected twists and turns.” – Chicago Tribune
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Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre
General Seating
Run Time: 120 minutes
Recommended Ages: 18+
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Content Warnings:
This show contains content that may be disturbing to some viewers, including descriptions of murder, violence, descriptions of hate crimes, kidnapping, suicide, and guns. ​
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Cast
BENNETT RIGGS - Jonah Hirst
COOPER HARLOW - Jack Garton
SENATOR ALLISON HAINES - Molly Maslin Arbogast
KIMBERLY PHILLIPS - Vi Williams
ADAM LOWELL - Matt Reines
PEGGY MUSGROVE - Renee Reed
DEIRDRE PRESTON - Brittany Loughman
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StageQ Sliding Scale Ticket Prices: Choose the price that is right for you!
Accessible: $20
Suggested: $25
Superstar: $45
Legend: $60*
*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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​We strive to make it so all who want to attend our shows can. That is why this season we are implementing a complementary ticket raffle, thanks to our cast and crew, who can donate their unused comp tickets. If the accessible level ticket price poses a financial burden, you can email kalea@stageq.com to request up to two complementary tickets, first come, first serve.