A dramatic retelling of Stormé DeLarverie’s role in sparking the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
Set in the tense lead-up to the 1969 Stonewall uprising, this production follows Stormé DeLarverie, the mixed-race, gender-nonconforming lesbian widely credited with resisting police during the raid that helped ignite the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. At a time when New York City’s LGBTQ+ community faced frequent police harassment, arrests for cross-dressing, and criminalized social gatherings, Stormé and her chosen family lived under constant threat.
On a June night in Greenwich Village, her confrontation with officers outside the Stonewall Inn became a turning point in queer history—echoing acts of civil disobedience like Rosa Parks’ in the broader fight for equal rights. The play explores the events and societal conditions that led to that historic moment, focusing on the personal and political life of one of its central figures.
