Welcome to the Archive Version of the online On the Purple Circuit, which ran from 2000-2021. Bill Kaiser founded the Circuit as a newsletter in 1991, and, in 2000, Demian joined as co-editor. Demian programmed the site, expanded the scope of the Circuit, as well as retouched all the images.

Demian needed to stop working on the Purple Circuit in order to realize his other projects, such as publishing the book “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights,” now available on Amazon, and to publishing his “Photo Stories by Demian” books based on his more than 6 decades as a photographer and writer.

QueerWise and Michael Kearns have committed to offering a continuation of the Purple Circuit. The new Web address is purplecircuit.org. Bill Kaiser continues as editor and can be reached at purplecir@aol.com

Bill and Demian express their appreciation for the hundreds of writers, directors, actors, and publicists who sent their articles and play data. They have toiled mightily to bring our gay, lesbian, trans, and feminist culture into public view, and appreciation.

On the
Purple Circuit

The Purple Circuit promotes GLQBT
and feminist theater and performance.


Bill Kaiser, founder (1991), publisher, editor - purplecir@aol.com - 818-953-5096
Demian, associate editor (2000), Web builder, image retouch (since 2003)
Contents © 2022, Purple Circuit, 921 N. Naomi St., Burbank, CA 91505
Openings   ||   Touring Performers   ||   Features   ||   Playwright Listings

Theater Directory   ||   Opportunities & Resources   ||   Media for Sale

Influential Plays   ||   Archives   ||   Web Sites & Contacts

How to Write a Press Release   ||   About Us
Web Sites & Contacts
Theaters / Companies || Writers / Composers || Foundations & Organizations
To be included in this article of gay, or gay-friendly, sites and persons, please send to purplecir@aol.com the following:
     • Show, Person or Resource
     • Location
     • Web Site
Theaters / Companies

Writers / Composers

Foundations & Organizations
  • AfroSolo Arts Festival - afrosolo.org [site inactive]
       Annual Festival || 762 Fulton St., #307, San Francisco, California 94102 || 415-771-2376; fax 415-771-2312
  • Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation - aabbfoundation.org [site inactive]
       Grants || 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive #A4, Palm Springs, CA 92262 || archwrite@aol.com
  • Asian American Writers’ Workshop
       Contests, Open Mics - support of writers, literature, community || New York, NY
  • Gay and Lesbian Theatre Discussion List - groups.yahoo.com/group/gaytheatre [site inactive]
       Dedicated to the discussion of gay and lesbian theatre issues, gay and lesbian theatre artists, and gay-themed plays, musicals, revues, and other theatre works. Useful for promoting your writing, music and productions.
  • New England Review
       Publication || Middlebury, Vermont || nereview@middlebury.edu
  • One Institute & Archives
       Archives, Presentations, World’s largest research library on gay, lesbian, bi and transgendered heritage and concerns || 909 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 || 213-741-0094; askone@onearchives.org
  • Pink Network (Le Reseau Rose) - out.ca [site inactive]
       Network, Canadian/Quebecois performance resources || 514-409-B OUT (2688)
  • Provincetown Fringe Festival
       Showcase || Asbury Park, New Jersey
  • Robert Chesley Foundation
       Grants supporting playwrights in gay and lesbian theater || Victor Bumbalo, c/o Robert Chesley Foundation,
    828 N. Laurel Ave., Los Angeles CA 90046 || victortom@aol.com

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