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Hit the Wall - Centre Stage

  • The Pavilion Theater at Penn State The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 (map)

HIT THE WALL Centre Stage at the Pavilion Theater at Penn State presents Hit the Wall. Written by Ike Holter and directed by Robert W. Schneider, Hit the Wall tells the story of the historic Stonewall Riots with a spirit of rebellion and self-affirmation. Saturday, October 7th at 2:00 pm. Please reserve tickets through the SLSG (814-238-0132) by September 23, 2023.

It’s the summer of ’69, and the death of music icon Judy Garland has emboldened her gay followers. A routine police raid on an underground Greenwich Village hotspot erupts into a full-scale riot, the impetus of the modern gay rights movement. That’s the well-known, oft-rehearsed myth of Stonewall, anyhow. Smash that myth against the vivid theatrical imagination of playwright Ike Holter, add a howling live rock ‘n’ roll band, and you get HIT THE WALL. Remixing this historic confrontation reveals ten unlikely revolutionaries, caught in the turmoil and fighting to claim “I was there.” - https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/the-plays/hit-the-wall/