It’s a meaningful moment to welcome you back to the theatre not only for our return season since Covid-19 shut down the theatre industry but also in producing The Rocky Horror Show amidst a multi-state outlawing of gender-based performance. It’s both outrageous and frightening that the production you are about to witness either currently does or may soon violate the law in as many as 14 states.

As anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments continue to spread across the country and become law, and a pervasive insidious lack of human empathy abounds, to do anything other than what we are would violate who we are. And so an all-new pride edition of The Rocky Horror Show was born! While certainly staying true to the inherent camp within the piece, we aimed to add a layer of artistry in recognizing Brad Majors as one of the first genuinely bisexual protagonists written into the musical theater canon and by positioning the piece as Brad and Janet’s story - a journey of two individuals so oppressed by gender norms, that it takes a wild adventure into this fantastic castle of chaos to find their true selves, and in doing so, still choose unity in each other. Moreover, we pay tribute to the remarkable queer trailblazers who have come before in a few carefully placed Easter eggs throughout. Did you catch Marsha P. Johnson’s headpiece? What about our nod to Eddie Windsor? Through all of our choices, we’ve remained true to our mission in using this production to celebrate the beauty and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community in all of its glorious colors.

Without you, our audience and supporters, Iron Crow Theatre, could not exist. Thank you for supporting queer theatre and small professional theatre here in Baltimore. I promise you; it means so much to so many; here in Maryland and across the country.

Happy Pride,