Stage Right Theatrics Presents the Third Annual Conservative Theatre Festival

Stage Right Theatrics, the country's only conservative theatre company, is pleased to announce the third annual Conservative Theatre Festival™.

"We serve as a forum for an often unheard voice in the theatre," says Robert Cooperman, playwright, president and founder of Stage Right Theatrics. "We have grown in audience size and ambition since our inception in 2017. I'm glad to provide a place for voices that are often silenced."

The third annual Conservative Theatre Festival™ will run January 25-27 at the Shedd Theatre (549 Franklin Ave. Columbus, OH 43215). This year's line-up of plays includes

· The Burglar Beater by Jim Moore (KS): The debate over gun control is staged as a family is torn from within on the issue.

· Doughnut Shop Dates by Jeffrey Strausser (TX): Would you cheat on your spouse if you knew with absolute certainty you could get away with it? Is there a moral standard that transcends the physical world?

· A Piece of Paper by Jason Ford (MD): Is marriage simply a "piece of paper"? Do we follow the ways of our ancestors or try to reinvent traditions?

· Water and Salt by Gary Wadley (KY): a man is confronted by the return of his long-lost daughter who miraculously returns to visit him.

· We Will Steal History and . . . by Mic O'Halloran (OH): Women in battle during the Civil War? Reenactors grapple with contemporary political correctness-or is it simply historical fact?

· A Writer's Satire by Mark Sasse (NY): A writer's conflict with a government office shows how government overreach-under the guise of tolerance-shreds the ideals of the pursuit of happiness.

The whole idea of a conservative voice in theatre has been met with derision and scorn by the keepers of the arts in this country (and abroad). Lisa Goldman, the artistic director of the Soho Theatre (London), commented about conservative theatre: "What would a right-wing play have to offer? Anti-democracy, misogyny, bigotry, nostalgia of all kinds?" This sentiment has been echoed incessantly on both sides of the pond and it continues to be the bludgeon by which the theatre world keeps conservatives at bay. "All we want is a place at the table with our LGBT, Latino/a, African-American, and women's movement colleagues. Stage Right Theatrics provides an alternative point of view that I am hopeful will improve understanding, cooperation, and coexistence. We do not preach hate and should not allow our adversaries to define who we are. Perhaps through theatre-that most universal of art forms-we can start to build bridges," said Cooperman.

Stage Right Productions, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization promoting conservative-themed plays and the artists who create them. Our motto is Disagreement Does Not Equal Hate®.

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