Special Limited Run of Standing On Ceremony:The Gay Marriage Plays at CDC Theatre

An exciting opening is planned for the 99th season at CDC Theatre in Cranford. The oldest continuously producing community theatre in New Jersey, CDC Theatre will launch the new season with the 2017 Short Play Festival. The festival will present a program of short plays and monologues about gay marriage and will feature the collection Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. Originally produced in Los Angele and New York in 2011, the work includes short plays and monologues by such renowned playwrights Mo Gaffney, Neil LaBute, Paul Rudnick, Moises Kaufman.

The NY Observer described Standing on Ceremony as “holding a magnifying glass to the highs and lows, joys and fears, courage and silliness, of people bucking trends and making history.” Edgar Hidalgo, who serves as co-producer and is one of five directors lending their talents to the festival, explained that “One of CDC Theatre’s goals with this special event is to expand on the conversation that Standing on Ceremony started six years ago. In 2015 the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell made gay marriage the law of the land, and the goal of the additional plays is to explore what the institution of gay marriage, and the work and struggle to get there, continues to mean to so many in light of that great milestone.”

The show will run for three nights on September 7th, 8th and 9th 2017 with performances at 8pm. Visit www.cdctheatre.org for tickets and further information. Call 908-276-7611 and ask about Group and Senior discounts! Funding has been made possible in part by the NJ State Council on the Arts, Dept. of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.