Founded by Bill Kaiser in 1991 as a quarterly printed newsletter, the Purple Circuit evolved into a website while maintaining its mission to promote LGBTQ+ and Feminist theater/performance.
Bill Kaiser, Editor
Bill Kaiser has been a long-term LGBTQ+ rights advocate with emphasis on cultural perspectives. He and his partner Glen Moore formed Wilde Productions which produced the award winning Oscar Remembered as well as an early AIDS play, ONE. He served on the Celebration Theatre and One Archives boards and helped form The Gay And Lesbian Theatre Alliance as well as Artists Confronting AIDS. He was the Coordinator of Purple Stages, a month long theater festival in 1987 and was curator for the Performing Arts Collection at ONE Archives . He is also a founding member of LA Greens and the peace group Out Against War. He is a Wildean and sponsors events on Oscar Wilde’s birth and death days. In 1991 he helped found The Purple Circuit and was editor of its quarterly newsletter. He has continued to edit its website and promotes LGBTQ+ and Feminist Theater and performance everywhere.
Grey Jeán, Moderator
Grey Jeán is a non-binary musician, artist, and graduate student in counseling. They have been working with Bill to launch and run the Purple Circuit digital re-imagining since its inception.
The Purple Circuit Archives are located here. It contains lists of (mostly American) plays and events that have LGBT and feminist content, starting from March 1999. There are reviews and articles written by Demian, Carolyn Gage, Sky Gilbert, Erik Haagensen, Robert Heide, Bill Kaiser, Michael Kearns, Steven LaVigne, Joan Lipkin, Tim Miller, Robert Patrick, Del Shores, Tom Stoppard, Jason Stuart, Michael Van Kerckhove, Patricia Nell Warren, and Doric Wilson.
