Local Theater Company Local Listens: Queer Lineage play readings

TICKETS Join us for staged readings of two new short plays inspired by the stories of LGBTQ+ Coloradans across generations. This event marks the culmination of our season-long project, Local Listens: Queer Lineage. Tickets are pay-what-you-will. All are welcome! Throughout the season, Local Theater Company brought together LGBTQ+ community members, ages 19 to 92, in facilitated story circles. These stories inspired the two 45-minute plays written by Steven J. Burge, Julie Rada and Miriam Suzanne. Following the performances, we invite you to stay for a facilitated conversation about the plays — an opportunity to reflect, respond, and continue the dialogue together. Learn more about the project and hear selected stories on our website. Local Listens: Queer Lineage is supported in part by the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, the Alex Wilson Fund and Cassandra Simon. ABOUT THE PROJECT Local Listens is a community-inspired new play initiative that focuses on a single social issue for one year. In an increasingly-digital world, Local Listens intentionally gathers community members in a room, face-to-face, for important, informative, and illuminating conversations. These story circles, held at the beginning of every season, inspire short plays that are presented at the conclusion of the season. In order to enrich the experience for you, our audience, throughout the season we showcase a traveling portrait gallery featuring story circle participants. Each portrait is accompanied with an audio recording of a story the subject shared. Listen to these stories and discover the humans behind these complex issues. A resource guide is provided, offering unbiased context. Research shows that people understand, remember, and act on complex social issues more effectively when they are conveyed through lived experience rather than abstract data. Stories increase empathy, reduce resistance to difficult topics, and foster shared understanding across differences making them a…