[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/off-broadway-premieres-standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/off-broadway-premieres-standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays\/","headline":"Off Broadway Premieres Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays","name":"Off Broadway Premieres Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays","description":"By Kirsten Palladino Harriet Harris and Mark Consuelos Marriage equality is unequivocally the civil rights issue of our time. 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And now it will be explored on stage through Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, premiering officially Off Broadway on Sunday, Nov. 12, but with previews beginning Monday, Nov. 7 at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, New York City) and via satellite to more than 40 participating theaters worldwide. Conceived by Brian Shnipper and directed by Stuart Ross, Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays features a rotating cast of the best actors from theater, film and TV. The premiere cast includes Theatre World Award winner Craig Bierko (The Music Man), Daytime Emmy nominee Mark Consuelos (\u201cAll My Children\u201d), Emmy Award nominee Polly Draper (\u201cthirtysomething\u201d), Tony Award winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) and stage and screen veteran Richard Thomas (Race).L-R: Paul Rudnick, Doug Wright, Mois\u00e9s Kaufman Luminaries from the theater world have come together to create an emotional, comedic and illuminating evening. The list of notable people involved reads like a who\u2019s who of playwrights: Obie Award winner Mo Gaffney, Heideman Award winner Jordan Harrison, Tony Award nominee Mois\u00e9s Kaufman, Emmy and WGA Award winner Joe Keenan, Tony Award nominee Neil LaBute, Sundance Jury Prize winner Wendy MacLeod, Obie Award winner Jos\u00e9 Rivera, Obie and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Paul Rudnick, and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright.Evan WolfsonStanding on Ceremony has partnered with an organization dear to our heart, Freedom to Marry, the nonprofit campaign to win marriage nationwide, for its Off Broadway premiere and will donate a portion of all ticket sales to Freedom to Marry and other organizations promoting marriage equality. Its founder (and recently wed) Evan Wolfson will provide the introduction for the evening.Tectonic Theatre is enabling the live streaming through the latest technology, and allowing audience members to also watch a live streaming post performance Q&A, and participate regardless of their locale, by submitting questions via Twitter in real time using the hashtag #asksoc.Tickets for the Off Broadway run of Standing on Ceremony, priced from $59 to $79 (plus a $1.00 theatre facility fee), are now on sale via Ticketmaster.com and as well as at the Minetta Lane box office. For groups of 10 or more, call 1-800-BROADWAY, ext.2 or visit broadway.com\/groups. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday\u2013Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.   Learn more at standingonceremony.net. Follow, discuss and promote at twitter.com\/gaymarriageplay. Participating theatres and universities for the Nov. 7 preview night include: Hendrix College: Conway, Arkansas  Pacifica Springdrift Players: Pacifica, California Theatre Out: Santa Ana, California ACT: San Francisco, California La Jolla Playhouse:  La Jolla, California LA Gay and Lesbian Center: Los Angeles, California Cal State SLO: San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaMad Cow Theatre: Orlando, Florida Monmouth College: Monmouth, Illinois McPherson College: McPherson, Kansas Single Carrot Theatre:  Baltimore, Maryland Millburn Stone Theater: North East, Maryland Vineyard Playhouse: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Wayne State University: Detroit, Michigan Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan Michigan State University: Lansing, Michigan Hennepin Theatre Trust: Minneapolis, Minnesota Stephens College: Columbia, Missouri Shakespeare Festival St. Louis: St. Louis, Missouri Montana Rep: Missoula, Montana Guilford College: Greensboro, North Carolina Paper Lantern Theatre: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Bismarck State College: Bismarck, North Dakota Theatre B: Fargo, North Dakota Mother Road Theatre Company: Albuquerque, New Mexico Buffalo United Artists: Buffalo, New York Pendragon Theatre: Canton, New York Syracuse Stage: Syracuse, New York Cuyahoga Community College: Cleveland, Ohio The Majestic Theatre\/Oregon State University: Corvalis, Oregon Artists Repertory Theatre: Portland, Oregon Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island The Edge Theatre Company: Rock Hill, South Carolina Roxy Regional Theatre: Clarksville, Tennessee Actors Bridge: Nashville, Tennessee Zach Theatre: Austin, Texas Texas Tech: Lubbock, Texas Plan B Theatre: Salt Lake City, Utah Greenbrier Valley Theatre: Lewisburg, West Virginia University of Wyoming\/Spectrum: Laramie, Wyoming Studio 180: Toronto, Canada Sydney University Dramatic Society\/ So What?: Sydney, Australia Photos\/Peter James Zielinski"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Off Broadway Premieres Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/off-broadway-premieres-standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]