Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays producers Joan Stein and Richard Frankel and Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Artistic Director; Greg Reiner, Executive Director) have joined forces to present Standing on Ceremony: The National Event, to help take the play's message of equality across the country. For one night only, on Monday, November 7, curtains will rise on Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays at more than forty theatres and universities in twenty-fives states to raise awareness and funds in support of marriage equality.
The Off Broadway production of Standing On Ceremony will kick off its open-ended run with this special performance at 8:00 PM, which will feature an introduction from EVan Wolfson, Founder and President of Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, before the play that will be streamed live to participating theatres across the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Audience members can also watch a live streaming post-performance Q&A with Standing On Ceremony contributing playwrights Moisés Kaufman (also Artistic Director of Tectonic Theater Project), Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright, moderated by New York Times theatre writer Patrick Healy, and can participate regardless of their locale, by submitting questions via Twitter in real time using the hashtag #asksoc.
To date, more than 40 theatres and universities are confirmed to participate, in 25 states across America including: Texas, North Dakota, Florida, Kansas and Michigan, where both gay marriage and civil unions are banned; North Carolina, where the vote on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was moved up to 2012; California, where gay marriage was legalized and then overturned by the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008; and many states where marriage equality is not yet a reality.
Participating theatres and universities includes:
Hendrix College: Conway, Arkansas
Pacifica Springdrift Players: Pacifica, California
Theatre Out: Santa Ana, California
ACT: San Francisco, California
La Jolla Playhouse: La Jolla, California
LA Gay and Lesbian Center: Los Angeles, California
Cal State SLO: San Luis Obispo, California
Mad Cow Theatre: Orlando, Florida
Monmouth College: Monmouth, Illinois
McPherson College: McPherson, Kansas
Single Carrot Theatre: Baltimore, Maryland
Millburn Stone Theater: North East, Maryland
Vineyard Playhouse: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Wayne State University: Detroit, Michigan
Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Michigan State University: Lansing, Michigan
Hennepin Theatre Trust: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stephens College: Columbia, Missouri
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis: St. Louis, Missouri
Montana Rep: Missoula, Montana
Guilford College: Greensboro, North Carolina
Paper Lantern Theatre: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Bismarck State College: Bismarck, North Dakota
Theatre B: Fargo, North Dakota
Mother Road Theatre Company: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Buffalo United Artists: Buffalo, New York
Pendragon Theatre: Canton, New York
Syracuse Stage: Syracuse, New York
Cuyahoga Community College: Cleveland, Ohio
The Majestic Theatre/Oregon State University: Corvalis, Oregon
Artists Repertory Theatre: Portland, Oregon
Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island
The Edge Theatre Company: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Roxy Regional Theatre: Clarksville, Tennessee
Actors Bridge: Nashville, Tennessee
Zach Theatre: Austin, Texas
Texas Tech: Lubbock, Texas
Plan B Theatre: Salt Lake City, Utah
Greenbrier VAlley Theatre: Lewisburg, West Virginia
