“This season celebrates the past, the present and the future of LGBTQ theatre,” said RTP executive director Philip Crosby. “We have plays that changed the way how our community has been represented onstage, looked at in a new fresh way, as well as just as many Virginia premieres that give us a look at ourselves onstage today. Plus, we are embarking on a New Works development program that we hope will help define what LGBTQ theatre will look like in the years to come.”
THE SHOWS:
Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine (9/4 – 10/5)
This Tony Award-winning musical revolves around the life of a charming, intelligent, neurotic gay man named Marvin, his wife, lover, about-to-be-Bar-Mitzvahed son, their psychiatrist, and the lesbians next door.
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien (10/17 – 26)
Brad and Janet confront the one and only Frank N. Furter in the greatest musical cult classic of our generation.
Times Square Angel by Charles Busch (11/13 – 12/21)
In the spirit of fantasies such as A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life, an angel in the form of a sexy vaudeville magician named Albert comes down to show Irish that the path she’s been taking is leading her to disaster.
The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter (2/12 – 3/7)
From one of the writers of the TV smash This Is Us. this is about a woman who makes cakes, but encounters problems when a same-sex couple needs a cake.
Sugar in Our Wounds by Donja Love (4/1- 25, 2020)
On a plantation somewhere down south, there’s a mystical tree where generations of slaves have been hanged. When a stranger arrives, a striking romance emerges.
A New Brain by William Finn and James Lapine (5/14 – 30)
An energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency.
Head Over Heels by James Macgruder and Jeff Whitty; songs by The Go-Gos. (6/17 – 7/8)
This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s”
The Cabaret Series
Charles Busch, singer, raconteur and gay theater legend, brings his new show to RTP for two performances only.
New Year’s Eve Celebration! Featuring local award-winning actor, singer and sell-out cabaret artist Scott Wichmann (December 31, 2018)
Bare: a pop opera: the reunion concert, April 14, 2020. RTP’s RTCC-winning Best Musical of 2013 returns in a one-night only reunion concert featuring members of its original cast!
Subscriptions will go on sale to renewing subscribers June 1, and will be available to the general public on June 15; individual tickets go on sale four weeks prior to each opening night. For more information, please visit RTP’s website at or call 804-346-8113.