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OUR 2024-2025 Season
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Angry FAgs
November 1 - November 16, 2024

Written by TOPHER PAYNE

Directed by MAXTON JAMES YOUNG-JONES

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.

“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

Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre

General Seating

Run Time: 120 minutes

Recommended Ages: 18+

Content Warnings: 

Murder. Descriptions of graphic violence and hate crimes.

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

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.

​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. 

Accessibility
Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
January 24 - February 8, 2025
COMING SOON

Written by LIZA BIRKENMEIER

Co-Directed by BIRDIE LA BARRE and SIMONE LAPIERRE

 

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.

Performance Venue: Evjue Stage, Bartell Community Theatre

General Seating

Run Time: 90 minutes

Recommended Ages: 14+

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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Lizzie The Musical
April 18 - May 3, 2025
COMING SOON

Written by STEVEN CHESLIK-DEMEYER, TIM MANER, and ALAN STEVENS HEWITT

Directed by JAY GILE

Asst. Directed by NICOLE RIEGE

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.

“The most authentically kick-ass rock musical score since Hedwig and the Angry Inch” - Orlando Weekly
“A gothic rock ritual with a riotgirl attitude” - The New York Times

Performance Venue: Drury Stage, Bartell Community Theatre

Run Time: 120 minutes

Recommended Ages: 18+

Content Warnings: 

Murder. Descriptions of graphic violence and sexual abuse.

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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CapitalQ Theatre Festival
June 13 - June 21, 2025
COMING SOON

Written and Directed by Various Artists

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.​

Performance Venue: Drury Stage, Bartell Community Theatre

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.

Expanded to TWO weekends

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