UP NEXT… SAY GAY PLAYS 2025: Six new plays by LGBTQ playwrights
JUNE 30 7PM JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
We are thrilled to present season two of SAY GAY PLAYS with six new plays by Queer playwrights commissioned for the 2025 season.
SAY GAY PLAYS was conceived in 2023 in response to the passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill in Florida, commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Human Rights Campaign has declared a National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans.
SAY GAY PLAYS was launched on May 13, 2024 as a fundraising event presenting all 10 SAY GAY PLAYS as a benefit for New Alternatives for Homeless LBGT Youth.
SAY GAY PLAYS 2024 playwrights include Fernanda Coppel, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Ty Defoe, Marquis D. Gibson, Nina Ki, Derrick Edgren Otero, Harrison David Rivers, J. Harvey Stone, Lucy Thurber, and Doug Wright.
SAY GAY PLAYS 2025 will be presented June 30 7PM at Judson Memorial Church, as a benefit for Judson Commons.
The entire SAY GAY PLAYS portfolio is available royalty-free to not-for-profit theaters, colleges and universities, and community organizations across the nation. To find out more please visit www.saygayplays.org.
VTC partners with Center for International Theater Development (CITD) and Ukrainian Institute
LINKAGES: Ukraine is an ongoing initiative of CITD that is meant to foster enduring connections between US and Ukrainian playwrights. The program brings together a diverse cohort of artists from both nations through a series of play exchanges.
On May 8 2025 VTC presented
Our partners in Ukraine have selected three short plays by American writers to be presented June 13 at Mykolaiv Academic Art Drama Theater. The plays are BAG OF BEES by John Mabey, BUMP IN THE NIGHT by John Mabey, and SCRIPTED by Mark Harvey Levine.
Then, in mid-July, Theatre na Театр на Жуках – Theatre na Zhukah will present the following plays in Kharkiv: SOLID GROUND by Judy Klass; HIGH WATER LINE by Victoria Z. Daly; ON THE CROSS BRONX by Victoria Z. Daly; STORM ON STORM by Gary Garrison; THE BUTTERFLY by Jaden Alvaro Gines; BOOTSIE by F.J. Hartland; NOTHING by Kevin Clyne; and TAG by Mark Harvey Levine.
On November 6 VTC will present a staged reading of a new full-length play by a Ukrainian playwright. The event will be hosted by the Ukrainian Institute of America and will be free and open to the public.