Timothy E. Locklear, Managing Artistic Director of North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre (NRACT) has compiled a list of 25 Essential LGBTQ Plays and 20 Essential LGBTQ Musicals for RDU on Stage.
Check out his list below and be sure to listen to Tim talk about LGBTQ theater on the RDU on Stage podcast (Ep. 48).
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Another Country by Julian Mitchell
Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey
Bent by Martin Sherman
Body Awareness by Annie Baker
Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley
The Drag by Mae West
Hir by Taylor Mac
I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
Indecent by Paula Vogel
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers
The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane
Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! by Terrence McNally
Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally
Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Twilight of the Golds by Jonathan Tolins
Yesterday When I Was Young by Josie Pickering