When a little boy’s gender atypical gift request to the North Pole is denied, a series of heart-felt letters from the child nudge Santa Claus out of the closet, and into the culture wars and the scandal that has come to be known as ‘Santa-Gate’. The Santa Closet is a funny, sensitive and imaginative tale that pulls at the holiday heartstrings while asking the question “How do we speak honestly and openly to children, and each other, about LGBTQ+ lives and issues”?
Out Front Theatre Company’s vision is to strengthen the LGBTQIA+ community in Georgia by exploring and celebrating the universal human experience through the lens of gender and sexuality. We achieve this by challenging the intellects and imaginations of audiences and artists, creating remarkable and transformative theatrical experiences, and providing a safe space for LGBTQIA+ events and people. We are committed to inclusivity and have implemented internal policies of color-conscious casting (in which race is acknowledged and ideally deepens theatrical conversations), ensuring season programming includes female identified playwrights and playwrights of color without exception, employing minority identifying creative teams, and we continue to work on identifying and implementing strategies that further diversify our patron base as well as our artistic hires. For more information, please visit www.OutFrontTheatre.com
