GayFest!, Philadelphia’s LGBT theater festival, returns for its fifth year Friday, Aug. 7, through Saturday, Aug. 22. The lineup includes four Philly premieres as well as staged readings and one-time performances.
The festival will take place at Plays and Players Theater in Rittenhouse and Studio X in South Philadelphia. The festival opens Aug. 7 with “At the Flash,” a one-man performance starring David Leeper as a cast of characters from the five-decade past of gay bar The Flash before its reopening.