Columbus National Gay & Lesbian
Theatre Festival
2004 shows
Clearly Marked
S. Bear Bergman (Northampton, MA)
(WORLD PREMIERE) A hilarious, high-impact, thought-provoking exploration of labels in this culture and all of their wonderful and terrible effects. This piece begins sifting through the complex intersections of Bergman's own identity markers as a queer, transgendered, and Jewish person (among other things) and finishes encouraging the audience to write their own ingredient labels and wear them proudly.
Gay Couplings
Cetacean Love Theatre Group (Columbus, Ohio)
A humorous look at gay coupling with serious repercussions for those involved. Stories include couples looking to expand their social circle, struggling to maintain their relationship and difficulty accepting the age of 30.
Not the Boy Next Door
CJ Productions (St. Louis, MO)
A follow up to last festivals The Boy Next Door. “The Darker Side”
Deviant Women
(C.A.P.E.) Inc. (Provincetown, MA)
Come see strong, independent women choosing to live life on their own terms. They deviate from their times and live according to their own rules.
Anna, Leona and the Lady Luck
GBD Unlimited (Sarasota, FL)
Two unlikely runaways cross paths on a bus, not knowing that this chance meeting will alter their lives forever. Truths will be hidden, dreams revealed and secrets uncovered in the alternative new play about love, forgiveness, acceptance and a great big dress
Icons Volume 2
Jade Esteban Estrada (Brooklyn, NY)
Solo performer, Jade Esteban Estrada portrays several icons of the gay community in this follow up the 2002 festival favorite.
Building Houses On The Moon
Houses On The Moon (New York, NY)
Inspired by internet posts from LGBT youth, this touring production is a remarkable mosaic of stories that evoke the isolation but also the courage & hopefulness of youth on the frontier of inclusion.
Confessions
Buffalo United Artists (Buffalo, NY)
Confessions is a no-holds barred cathartic reflection on growing up gay in
America, covering a range of emotions and experiences.
Cucumber Dreams
Michael Burke (Brooklyn, NY)
A new one man show that played to raves at the Fuse NYC Celebration of
Queer Culture.
LOUNGE-ZILLA!
The Oops Guys (Orlando, Florida)
The hilariously campy, award-winning send-up of cabaret and lounge acts that has played to SRO houses and rave reviews throughout the USA, Canada and Europe! Starring Fiely A. Matias, the
Asian who sings the blues, as the self proclaimed gay diva of bad cabaret.
Empty Closets
RaggedBlade (St. Louis, MO)
A spoof on the genre of coming out plays. Episodes include coming out when no one cares, a straight girl coming out to her parents and learning the culture of a lesbian coffee house.
Miss Gulch Returns
Richmond Triangle Players (Richmond, Virginia)
Yes, this is Almira Gooch, the dog-snatching, bicycle-riding, spiteful spinster Wicked Witch of the West of “Wizard of Oz” fame who has returned to give us her side of the story. Played to sold out audiences in Richmond.
Innuendo
The Puppet-Queers (Columbus, Ohio)
THE PUPPET-QUEERS ARE BACK! And this time they’re taking on the world of pop music! Yes, this year those naughty “fabricators” are at it
again. They’ve got another musical review ready, full of risqué lyrics and queer “innuendo.” You might recognize the tunes, but you’ll never believe the lyrics! Be sure to see one of the funniest shows around!
Pop Culture Princess
Elizabeth Whitney (Milwaukee, WI)
Get ready for even more super high femme camp in this ever evolving solo piece by Elizabeth Whitney. Barbie reinvents herself as a performance artist and postmodern critic. Wonder Woman resigns from the military and finds that Paradise Island has changed(or maybe it's her) and Tinkerbell.
The Book of Boyhood
Joey Schultz (Columbus, Ohio)
A one man show that challenges the concept of acceptance and the places we all must go in order to find it. The play focuses on “Boy”, from birth to college years, as he slowly realizes he is not like the others.
Southern Gothic Novel
Emerging Writers (New York, NY)
One actor portrays the citizens of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Heroine, Viola Haygood, is stalking her mystery man in the midst of kidnappings, courtrooms and town gossip. Everyone is suspect.
Quintessential Image
Red Headed GRRLS (Baltimore, MD)
Written by Jane Chambers, Quintessential Image is a comedy dealing with coming out, revisionist history and talk shows.
Christina: King of Sweden
Kevyn Radcliffe (Madison, WI)
Christina Augusta Wasa was the King of Sweden from 1644 until her abdication in 1654. She was the only child of King Gustavus Adolphus and
Marie Eleanor of Brandenberg. Her father named her as his successor. Although historians continue to debate why she abdicated her throne, this monologue examines the most logical reason for her abdication.
Who’s That Lady?
The TAPIT Sisters (Madison, WI)
Explore the way comedy and cultural icons reflect the tensions and contradictions of our time. Two female performers in multiple roles including demons, pitch women and lesbians with bridal gown envy.
Labors of Love
2Co’s Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio)
An evening of one acts that include: Class Dismissed by Rich Orloff, People Who Need People by Roy Berkowitz and Oh, Happy Day by Rich Orloff.
Essentially
Karen Williams (Cleveland, Ohio)
A comedic spin on the poetic and transcendental life of a lesbian luminary, and her incarnations as sex rebel, mother, lover, wife, healer, warrior woman, and comic princess!
Anticipating Miles
Lost in the Cove Productions (Minneapolis, MN)
The incredible true story of an actress turned unexpected mother, her gay improv teacher turned birth coach and a baby named Miles born with duel citizenship. Told in a breezy improv inspired style, take a journey of nine months of crack addicted waitresses, gay self acceptance, labor classes, bad poetry, women’s parts, bear and cubs and riotous laughter.
Living Inside Myself
Jamie Black
This is the story of the life of actor/comedian Jamie Black. It doesn’t sound that interesting until you realize that Jamie was born a girl. Jamie knew almost immediately that although his body told the world that he was a girl, it betrayed who he was in his soul. This touching one-man show is sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes musical and always engaging as Jamie tells of his amazing journey to be true to himself.
Do Not Pass Go
Bobaloo (Los Angeles, CA)
A one of a kind comedy about growing up gay in Wisconsin.
Broken
Rogue Theatrics (Columbus, Ohio)
A presentation of two one acts. Lesbian’s Last Pizza (written by Jeff Goode) tells the story of a young woman, dying of AIDS, ordering takeout from a homophobic pizzeria. Frozen Dog (written by Joe Pintauro) tells of two Catholic priests dealing with their true feelings for one another after many years of friendship.
Stillwater State: A Gay Oddessey Into A Bible College
Paul Ricciardi (New York, NY)
It’s the first week of classes. A tiny bull dyke, a girly boy, a lipstick lesbian and the only African American faculty member on campus are going to organize the college’s first ever gay student group...and people are starting to freak out!
From Darkness to Light
Journey Light (Fullerton, CA)
Journey Light has been called the "Meshell Ndegeocello" of spoken word. Her words, brutally raw and passionately honest. She shares with us Journey the child, the woman, the life. Her cool and laid back demeanor is that of a smooth jazz player, while her words are like smoldering volcanoes erupting.
Shakespeare on Love
Actors’ Theatre (Columbus, Ohio)
The roles have been switched. The genders have been changed. But the love is a strong as ever. Experience some of the greatest love scenes ever written by William Shakespeare
Miss Gultch ReturnsRichmond Triangle Players 
Icons Volume 2Jade Esteban Estrada
Lesbian's Last PizzaRogue Theatrics
Lounge-zillaThe Oops Guys
Essentially
Karen Williams
InnuendoThe Puppet-Queers
Frozen DogRogue Theatrics
