Of course! The majority of the artistic staff at the smaller
theatres in the area where I live is gay. A few of those theatres
do gay-related work exclusively, that is their mission and their
community-- but the others are open to such work, and include
some in each season. In some parts of the country audiences
are less welcoming. But still, the theatre has been gay-friendly
for a long time: in a closeted way for generations and overtly
for at least 30 years.
The proportion of gay people on stage, back stage, and in the
audience is much higher in the theatre than in the population
at large. Most of the theatres that do new plays are small,
and they are run by young people, people who grew up in the
overtly gay-friendly backstage atmosphere.
Of the new plays produced around here, the proportion of plays
by and about gays is so high that when I suggest to my daughter
that she accompany me to see a new play, she always asks: "Is
it another one about coming out?" If it is-- and it often is--
I have a hard sell ahead of me to get her to come along. She
found those stories interesting when she was younger and her
gay friends were facing the problem, but by now they are all
out and she has a "been there, seen that" attitude. (Doesn't
extend to gay characters, of course. They can be as interesting
or boring as any other sort of character.)
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