Wednesday, August 5 @ 7:30pm
Trans Liberation Open Mic - Hosted by GFP’s Producer Mentorship Program
Thursday, August 6 @ 7:30pm
Terminal by Sara BenBella // Directed by Jeff Bouthiette // Cast includes Hannah Mary Simpson, Parker Cloutier, and Bec Levine.
A not-so-freak snowstorm causes siblings Ronnie and Steven to take shelter in an Iowian bus shelter for the night. As they make their way cross-country to visit their estranged Father in hospice, the two siblings are forced to recognize that though they may be tied by blood, they have been little more than strangers for years.A Blue Orange by Walter Todd // Directed by Haven Janeil Crawley // Cast includes Gentle Applewhite, Angel Napp-Cáceres, and Astrid Maldonado.
Blue is a non-binary teen on the run from home. They show up unannounced to their sister Aisha's apartment. Blue soon discovers that Aisha's roommate harbors a deep secret, and the three of them explore new worlds of being together.Ghosts by Eliot Colin (adapted from the short story by Blue Canis) // Directed by Katie Mae Ryan // Cast includes Gabriel McNabb and Korey Grecek.
A budding trans girl finds herself with the help of the ghost in her house.Arbor by Kennedy Frazier // Directed by Emmitt Socey // Cast Includes Carol Pazos and Teri Talo.
Two kids in the south drink slushies on the curb and reckon with the possibility and impossibility of forever.
Friday, August 7 @ 7:30pm
H.A.G.S. by Siena Moraff // Directed by Reva Stover // Cast includes Hannah Eisendrath, Z Mowry, Owen Hickle-Edwards, Milo Richards, Ali Foley, and Avery Thompson.
A murky, fucked up coming of age horror story about lesbians, hags, and wild squicky inside thoughts coming outside to play. You'll be so glad you didn't sit with these kids at lunch.Invulnerable by Finley Silas Brisko // Directed by Nathan J. Lamp // Cast includes August Moore, Isabella Rios, and Zaden Scheer.
This time next year, Amber and Scrap will be competing on UCLA's D1 Women's Gymnastics team—that is, if they both can settle on staying in the closet. Scrap tests if it could be worth it to quit gymnastics and start testosterone. Amber sinks his claws into femininity, straightness, and the future he's carved for himself.Green with Enby by Allison Fradkin // Directed by Katie Mae Ryan // Cast includes Gabriel McNabb and Korey Grecek.
Aline Fabry has discovered that being straight is no Sapph-faux pas. She's sick of being a speck on the gender spectrum too, and is hoping to get it all out of her system—or, in her case, her cis-tem. Can her favorite (and only) child Gene, an LMFT, administer inversion therapy to make her LGBT (and E-N-B-Y)?Riverfront by Cris King // Directed by Leah Geis // Cast includes Carenza Glastonbury, Am Wyckoff, Lukas Felix Schooler, Zoe Rosenfeld.
Two women, Joanna and Grace, set up a picnic overlooking a gorgeous riverfront vista, while refusing to acknowledge that their picnic blanket is clearly draped over a dead zombie. They are interrupted by Kayla, who becomes increasingly distressed at the park goers’ refusal to accept the reality of their circumstance.
Saturday, August 8 @ 7:30pm
Sistahs 4 Lyf by EmJay Rawls // Directed by Chels Morgan // Cast includes Saphiera Sabrina, Amara Farrell, H Kapp-Klote, Elektra Carter, J. Xavier, and Coco Sho-Nell.
Two best friends and roommates finds their relationship being tested after a split decision cost them both of their lives. Ten years later that split decision continues to haunt only one while they navigate the true meaning of a sisterhood.A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops by gnat frye // Directed by Gaby Labotka // Cast includes Bree Dani Parman, Rocco Renda, and VIjay Azad.
A depressed transsexual drug addict, currently living with her dad, finds herself reliving the day she finds out her twin brother is killed in a friendly fire incident. Based on the album "celebrity therapist" by the callous daoboys.Home by Ivy McPherson // Directed by Leah Geis // Cast includes Zoe Rosenfeld, Am Wyckoff, John Francis Klingle, Lukas Felix Schooler, Dani Major, and Carenza Glastonbury.
A trans woman makes the long-delayed journey to her hometown in Missouri, where she must contend with the consequences of change on her bonds with the people who once were her family.Watching Rebecca by Anthony Whitaker // Directed by Emmitt Socey // Cast includes Sam Calaway, Ben Weiss, Carol Pazos, Dani Major, and Teri Talo.
Follow this collection of memories of becoming and accepting both the masculine and feminine side of Tom throughout their life. All told while watching Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
Sunday, August 9 @ 2:30pm
Nuclear by Preston Max Allen // Directed by Dionne Addai // Cast includes Eli Sulkowski, Luke Halpern, Liz Bollar, Ashlyn Lozano, and Colin Morgan.
Three years after the death of his wife Dani, 33-year-old Kyle decides to keep his dream of having a family alive by carrying one of Dani's frozen eggs himself. As his pregnancy begins, he also starts to form a deeper connection with the typically-guarded Grace, Dani's lifelong best friend and the baby's sperm donor, who's been struggling to recover from a broken engagement and transphobic termination at work. But their hopes for a brighter future are thrown into chaos when Dani's estranged, far-right father suddenly surfaces, desperate to be a part of his unexpected grandchild's life.Excerpt from Half Magic by Wren Andres // Directed by Harlow Bunten // Cast includes fae lily, Olive Kay, and Jennifer Hessel.
Two sisters and a prophecy. Dani is a star-child, literally chosen by the town's neighborhood council to be the next sacrifice and save the community from Armageddon. Mel on the other hand left the church–or was kicked out–years ago, transitioned, and lost faith in just about everything including herself. When Mel starts getting visions of Dani, she travels back to her hometown to save her. But Dani has no intention of being saved, in fact she can't wait to die.
ACCESSIBILITY
The theatre is ADA-accessible. You can reserve seats in the front row (no steps) that can accommodate seats and wheelchairs.
Discount tickets for trans/nonbinary community. Regular price tickets $25-$40. A full-festival pass for $75.
Open captions will accompany every performance.
Masks are REQUIRED and will be provided at the door.
Livestreaming will be available every night for those who can’t join us live for any reason. Note: live captions will not accompany the livestream.
Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.