StageQ proudly presents Anna, Leona & The Lady Luck, winner of Best Drama and other awards at the Columbus (OH) National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival in 2004. The play is written by Jeffery Kin and directed by Jeremy Thomas Poulsen.

StageQ, Madison’s theatre company dedicated to promoting gay-themed plays and plays by LGBT playwrights, offers fourteen performances of the play October 7-29, 2005, at the Bartell Theater, 113 East Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

Performance dates and times are: Thursdays, October 20 and 27, at 7:30 pm; Fridays, October 7, 14, 21, and 28, at 8:00 pm; Saturdays, October 8, 15, 22, and 29, at 4:30 and 8:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 (Thursdays and Saturday matinee) and $15.00 (Friday and Saturday evenings) per person.

A special sneak preview benefit performance for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) will be presented Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 7:30 pm.  PFLAG is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. Its local chapters provide opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Anna, Leona & The Lady Luck is directed by Madison newcomer Jeremy Thomas Poulsen. Jeremy comes to Madison with extensive theatre experience in Kansas City, Missouri. The play is essentially about compassion, or the lack of it, in contemporary society. Audiences will understand the references in the title by the time they leave the theater. They will also walk away inspired to take a closer look at their fellow human beings, no matter who they are. Even strangers.