Last week Shrek the Musical, the show currently running at the PACE Center, had Douglas County facebook pages all stirred up. Cast members flew rainbow flags during the musical number Freak Flag and some ticket holders not happy, including one of the major sponsors of Parker Arts. August Stoten of Sasquatch Productions joins me today to talk about the producer’s side: the request to remove the flags and how the cast voted to fly the flags anyway, with one actor briefly stopping the show to deliver a powerful message of inclusion before continuing the performance.

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Actor Lucas Barta’s Facebook post with Bekah’s speech and the performance of the song, complete with flags, starts at 7:57 but you should listen to what Lucas has to say as well.

Westword piece

Parker Arts statement on Facebook

Find tickets for Shrek the Musical, running through Feb 8.

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