The post Stonewall riot era has seen a rise in the theatrical movements- showcasing the gay and lesbian ways of experiencing life, increasing integrity among the LGBT people themselves and at the same time creating an awareness among the straights about the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender) community.

Theater Companies

http://www.glbtq.com/arts/theater_companies.html

About Face Theater is a theatrical company, based in Chicago. They produce theaters and dramas based on the issues of LGBT. The main aim is to reach out to these groups who find it hard to lead a normal life- mostly an object of ridicule for the straights. The plays of About Face Theater promote the interests of the members of LGBT community.

About Face Theater provides a good interaction platform for the youths from LGBT. The gays and the lesbians, who may be otherwise ridiculed, find solace in each other's company at About Face Theater. They take initiatives to reach out to those countless youths who are otherwise left homeless or are subject to sexual discrimination on account of being a LGBT. They also take up issues like HIV and try to create awareness and spread the awareness through their plays.

About Face Theater Chicago

- http://www.ehow.com/about_5074954_face-theater-chicago.html

- It is important that the actors of About Face Theater are gays or lesbians. This is so, because only then they can feel the pangs of what the real world is like and therefore can easily relate to their audience. On a similar note, the audience can easily relate to these actors.

- About Face Theater conducts internships and yearlong workshops for its members. Gays and lesbians in Chicago indeed have a platform- a medium to voice their concerns and also to keep them busy the year round.

What is so special about Face Theater?

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