Part 1 of Out at School begins with a scene called “We Still Have to Fight” which introduces one of the major themes of the play: LGBTQ parents and students have to fight and advocate to make sure their families are recognized and legitimized at school.
Part 1 ends with Kate Reid’s song Pushing the Envelope which speaks to the ways LGBTQ parents and students have to explain their families and relationships to school principals, teachers and staff.
To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.
About Gailey Road Productions:
Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all. Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years.
Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling. We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage.
Part 2 of Out at School features two scenes that discuss the ways Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are celebrated in schools. It ends with Kate Reid’s song Let Love Be The Way which continues Kate’s reflection on the ways LGBTQ parents and students need to explain themselves at school.
In the song, Kate talks about how LGBTQ families often need to justify their identities, bodies, and pronouns at school. The entire song is composed of a set of questions directed to school principals, teachers and staff who identify as heterosexual and cisgender and asks them to think about their answers to these questions.
To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.
About Gailey Road Productions:
Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all. Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years.
Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling. We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage.
Part 3 of Out at School ends with a scene called “Risk Hope” summarizing another key theme of the play. Although they currently have to fight and advocate to make sure their families are recognized at school, LGBTQ parents and students still maintain hope that schools are capable of change and that one day they won’t need to be pushing the envelope.
Part 3 ends with Kate Reid’s song Risk Hope which puts out the idea that storytelling, for example the stories and testimonies the families share in Out at School is vital to creating social change both inside and outside of school.
To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.
About Gailey Road Productions:
Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all. Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years.
Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling. We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage.
