April 12 - 20, 2024
A brave and bracing, hot-button gay-versus-trans comedy
A Story Of Rejection and Acceptance in Our Modern World
A play by 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist
Jordan Harrison
Log Cabin
April 12 - 20, 2024
ASL Performances:
Saturday April 13 @ 2 PM & April 20 @ 2 PM
When a tight-knit circle of married gays (Chris & Ezra) and lesbians (Pam & Jules) – comfy in the new mainstream – find themselves challenged by the perspectives of their dapper transgender friend Henry and his new young girlfriend Myna, it’s clear that the march toward progress is anything but unified. As events unfold, tensions rise, and long-buried resentments and insecurities surface, each character is forced to confront their own biases and assumptions about gender, sexuality, and relationships. Grappling with questions of privilege, intersectionality, and the evolving landscape of LGBTQIA+ rights and acceptance, conservative hearts are revealed where you’d least expect.
Through Harrison’s sharp and witty dialogue, Log Cabin invites audiences to reflect on the complexities of LGBTQIA+ identities and the challenges faced by individuals within the community. Exploring themes of acceptance, authenticity, and the pursuit of happiness, Log Cabin offers a nuanced and thought-provoking portrayal of queer life. While charting the breakdown of empathy that occurs when individuals believe their rights are secure.
This project is funded in part by the City of Austin's Elevate Grant Program
Provocative and timely
Meet the cast
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Meet the Creative Team
Director
Christopher Preslar
Lighting Designer
Lucinda Culver
Set Designer
Katie Birks-Kilman
Stage Manager
Clinton Williams
ABOUT JORDAN HARRISON
Jordan Harrison was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marjorie Prime, which premiered at the Mark Taper Forum and had its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons. A film adaptation by Michael Almereyda debuted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Harrison’s other plays include The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre), Maple and Vine (Playwrights Horizons), The Grown-Up (Humana Festival), Amazons and their Men (Clubbed Thumb), Doris to Darlene, a cautionary valentine (Playwrights Horizons), Act a Lady (Portland Center Stage), Finn in the Underworld (Berkeley Rep), Futura (NAATCO), Kid-Simple (Humana Festival), The Museum Play (Washington Ensemble Theatre), and a children’s musical, The Flea and the Professor (Arden Theatre). Harrison is the recipient of the Horton Foote Prize, Guggenheim and Hodder Fellowships, the Kesselring Prize, the Roe Green Award, the Heideman Award, Jerome and McKnight Fellowships, and a NEA/TCG Residency. A graduate of Stanford University and the Brown MFA program, he is an alumnus of New Dramatists. Harrison has developed TV series for Sundance and TNT, and wrote for three seasons of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”
ABOUT AUSTIN RAINBOW THEATRE
Austin Rainbow Theatre is the new home for LGBTQIA+ performing arts in Central Texas. ART’s mission is to provide affordable theatre that focuses on creating belonging, reducing stigma, honoring diverse LGBTQIA+ history and stories, and amplifying LGBTQIA+ artist and community voices.
ART began its mission in 2021 with an exploratory production of The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project. This production was meant to gauge the necessity of an LGBTQIA+ theatre company and the response from the Central Texas community. After the outpouring of support from patrons, as well as the gratitude from members of the queer community, it was clear ART would be around for a long time!
PERFORMANCE DATES
Friday, April 12, 2024 @ 8 PM
Saturday, April 13, 2024 @ 2 PM (ASL Interpreter)
Saturday, April 13, 2024 @ 8 PM
Sunday, April 14, 2024 @ 2 PM
Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 8 PM
Friday, April 19, 2024 @ 8 PM
Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 2 PM (ASL Interpreter)
Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 8 PM
PERFORMANCE ADDRESS
Trinity Street Playhouse
(First Church of Austin – 4th floor)
901 Trinity Street
Austin, TX 78701