Stockade

By Andrew Rosendorf with Carlyn Aquiline
Directed by Christy Montour-Larson^

September 26 - October 13, 2024
Dairy Arts Center
2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302

Five years after the end of WWII, a group of gay soldiers gather for a reunion of sorts on Fire Island—and are met by an outsider with a surprise that will cause them to question whether history is best left in the past. At a time when “security risk” is government code for “homosexual,” it will take courage for them to step out of the shadows and confront their past and future.

Stockade is a Local Theater Company commission

Stockade is generously sponsored by Sarah Pierce Martin and co-sponsored by Lari & Tom Abraham.

DATES
(All performances will be held in the Grace Gamm Theater at the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder)

Thurs, Sept 26, 7:30 pm (First Look): $23
Fri, Sept 27, 7:30 pm (Come Together College Night* + post-show conversation with playwrights Andrew Rosendorf & Carlyn Aquiline): $23
Sat, Sept 28, 7:30 pm (Opening Night + post-show reception): $48
Sun, Sept 29, 2 pm: $40

Thurs, Oct 3, 7:30 pm (Come Together Out Night*): $40
Fri, Oct 4, 7:30 pm: $40
Sat, Oct 5, 7:30 pm (Come Together Post-Show Conversation*): $40
Sun, Oct 6, 2 pm (Pay-What-You Will Performance)

Thurs, Oct 10, 7:30 pm: $40
Fri, Oct 11, 7:30 pm: $40
Sat, Oct 12, 7:30 pm (Come Together Community Meal): $43
Sun, Oct 13, 2pm (Closing Performance): $40

*Come Together is Local Theater Company’s community engagement series. These events are free and open to the public.

College Night: educators, students and friends alike are welcome
Out Night: LGBTQ+ community members & allies are welcome
Post-Show Conversation: join your fellow audience members as we discuss Stockade (directly following the performance)
Community Meal: gather for food and conversation (directly following the performance)

COME TOGETHER

The Come Together initiative is designed to engage Local Theater Company audiences and artists by fostering spaces of belonging.  We may enter as strangers, but we’ll leave having shared a communal experience.

Upcoming Stockade Come Together Events

Sat, Oct 12, 7:30 pm
Come Together Community Meal

Previous Stockade Come Together Events:

Thur, Sept 12, 6 - 7 pm
Queer Trivia + Stockade Spruce Tip IPA Beer Launch
Beyond the Mountain Brewing Co.
6035 Longbow Drive, Unit 109 | Boulder CO

Fri, Sept 27, 7:30 pm
Come Together College Night* + post-show conversation with playwrights Andrew Rosendorf & Carlyn Aquiline

Thurs, Oct 3, 7:30 pm
Come Together Out Night*

Sat, Oct 5, 7:30 pm
Come Together Post-Show Conversation*

MEET THE TEAM

PRESS

CREATIVE TEAM VISION BOARD | DRAMATURGY

HISTORY OF LGBTQ+ SOLDIERS IN WWII

Gay and Lesbian soldiers faced extraordinary discrimination during World War II. Most found new communities of people and thrived despite the oppression.

POST WWII

The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, which intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

THE LAVENDER SCARE

After wide-spread fear of communism faded from the Red Scare, the focus shifted quickly to homosexuals in the US government. People claimed they were a threat to international security, infiltrated our government, and needed to be systematically removed.

Homosexual protestors gathered in Washington D.C. in front of the White House in 1965 for the first demonstration to protest job discrimination.

FIRE ISLAND

Fire Island served as a barrier island off the coast of Long Island, New York, where the LGBTQ+ community claimed a safe haven during and after WWII. It currently is one of the most thriving LGBTQ+ enclaves in the United States.