In 1989, founding Artistic Director Abe Rybeck and a group of artist/activists formed The Theater Offensive to expand on the success of the gay men's guerrilla theater troupe, United Fruit Company. The Theater Offensive mounts and produces festivals and individual productions by national and local queer performers, and also serves as a development environment for new theatrical work. In addition, The Theater Offensive works to build community through education, outreach, and political activism. In this photograph, Abe Rybeck and other actors from United Fruit Company are posing in costume outside a concrete building.
Creator
Debbie Rich
Subject
Theater Offensive
Rybeck, Abe
United Fruit Company
Publisher
The History Project, Inc.
Rights
Please credit Debbie Rich. Email info@historyproject.org for information about rights, reproductions, etc.
Stephen Harrington, Abe Rybeck, and Scottie Madden of Theater Offensive, posing with puppets
Date
1988-03-20
Description
Stephen Harrington, Abe Rybeck, and Scottie Madden of the Theater Offensive standing in a row with five puppets. Each man is speaking into a microphone.