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Annual Queer Horror Theater Festival in Portland, OR
Stage Fright Fest IV: Oct 9-19th 2025 at Coho Theatre

07/08/2026

4 MORE DAYS UNTIL WE STEAL YOUR SOULS… ERR MONEY… ERRRR UNTIL WE ASK POLITELY FOR YOUR $$$

Join us this Saturday, July 11 at 7:30PM (Doors open 7) at Peacock PDX for a strange night of q***r performance, cabaret chaos, raffle prizes, and the official 2026 Stage Fright Festival lineup reveal.

Featuring:

🖤 FRANK the World’s Most Entertaining Entertainer and The Rat (a.k.a. Summer Olsson)
🖤 Drag performance by Bolivia Carmichaels
🖤 Burlesque by Cherry Pie a.k.a Leiana Petlewski
🖤 The Surgery by Nathalie FitzSimons
🖤 Self Cannibal by r.l. routh
🖤 The Innkeeper Cats from Basement Stair Collective
🖤 Song and dance by Laura Loy
🖤 Performance by Mysteria

Plus raffle prizes from some truly fabulous local businesses, including Thunderpants, Betsy & Iya, Firelight Yoga, Hollywood Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Fantasy, Cloud Cap Games, The Raven’s Wing Magical Co-Op, & more!

Every ticket, raffle entry, and donation helps support Stage Fright Festival, Portland’s nonprofit q***r horror theatre festival.

The money we raise goes toward rent, production costs, and paying the artists and performers who make the it all possible.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.
🖤 The Black Cat Cabaret
📍 Peacock PDX
🗓️ Saturday, July 11 | Doors at 7 PM, Show at 7:30

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04/10/2026

Join our live info session this Saturday from noon to 1pm!

Don’t miss your chance to get the inside scoop on what the Stage Fright Festival is all about.

IT’S FREE!!!

💀 Registration and Zoom link at link in bio 💀

04/07/2026

The Stage Fright Festival Scrypt Lab is
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

The Scrypt Lab is a WIP development program for artists building text-driven performances that are rooted in q***r horror.

The lab provides one-on-one, individualized support designed to help you take a work-in-progress idea and shape it into a fully realized piece for the stage.

This lab is for projects that already exist in some form but need refinement, direction, and support to move forward with intention.

DEADLINE to Apply is MAY 1st!

More info and application can be found on our website or at the link in our bio.

04/02/2026

Join us April 11 | 12–1 PM for a live info session!

Thinking about applying to Stage Fright?

Curious what you’re getting yourself into?

Not sure about applying but just want to learn what it’s all about?

Step right up and ask your burning questions!

The webinar will cover:

💀 Where Stage Fright came from (and what we mean by “q***r horror”)

💀 Who should apply and what artists actually get out of it

💀 What is a “fringe model” of producing a festival — and why we use it

💀 What other events will be part of the festival

💀 I don’t want to apply! How else can I be involved, or how do I join a production who has applied?

✨ We’ll also be spilling the tea about our new Works-in-Progress program!!! ✨

‼️REGISTER for the webinar at the link in bio.‼️

Come ask questions, get a feel for the chaos… and see if it’s your kind of thing!

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02/06/2026

Stage Fright Festival Artist Applications
What We Are Looking For
Not sure if the work you have in mind is right for Stage Fright?

We’re looking for pieces that fall into two categories:
Over 45 minutes and Under 45 minutes

But what does that mean—specifically—you ask?

* Ghoulish groans and moans *
Do we have to do all the work for you?

Just Kidding

Here are some ideas and examples of what we’ve had in the past / what we are looking for going forward:
 Burlesque. Cabaret. Musical numbers.
Sultry. Silly. Sinister. Scandalous.
We want it all.

Comedy. Improve. Etc.
Stand-up. Sketch. Whatever.
Make us laugh and scream with delight.

Short plays. Skits. Theatrical delights.
One-act nightmares. Bite-size drama.
Multi-act chaos.
Show us what you got.

Avant-garde. Experimental. Genre-resistant.
If you don’t know what to call it, that’s a good sign.
We like weird s**t.

Puppetry. Object-based performance.
Quirky. Grotesque. Devastating.
Just make it q***r.

Staged readings. Live storytelling.
Tell us a story.
Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us cringe.

Circus-adjacent acts. Physical performance.
Clowning. Acrobatics. Movement.
We like things a little topsy-turvy.

Still Unsure?
If your work lives somewhere between q***r, theatrical, and a little unhinged... we want to see it.

Apply and Surprise Us
Seriously. Don’t be scared. We don’t bite... hard.
What do you have to lose, besides your soul?

Application link in bio.

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02/02/2026

Calling all Q***rdos…

We’re back AND artist applications for Stage Fright Festival 2026 are officially OPEN!

Deadline to apply: May 1st

The stage is hungry. Feed us your souls!

This years festival runs OCT 8 - 28th

For more information and to apply, check out the links in our bio.

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Address

Portland, OR

Website

http://www.stagefrightfestival.com/

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