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Read Kate Opalewski for Pridesource, on 10 years of the Ringwald

Other Voices September 05, 2016

The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale is not the gay theatre. It’s the unpredictable theatre that prides itself on telling great stories that blur the lines between race, income, religion, and sexuality.

Sure, it’s co-owned by a gay couple, Artistic Director Joe Bailey and Media Director Brandy Joe Plambeck, and while they agree they are the “gayest” theatre in town, Plambeck said “we don’t want to have to be any one thing because we’re more than that. We would rather not have that limitation.”

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