Stage Fright Festival

Portland’s Only Queer Horror Theatre Festival

| THE 2026 FESTIVAL LINEUP IS ALIVE! || GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! |

| THE 2026 FESTIVAL LINEUP IS ALIVE! || GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! |

Jeff Desautels and Amica Hunter, co-producers of the Stage Fright Festival.

OUR Bloody Mission

To produce original theatre by professional and emerging independent artists, of the highest artistic integrity, centering trans and queer creators and audiences. The horror genre has a special and symbiotic connection to queer culture. We believe in the power that theatre and horror have to build and bond communities.

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Claudia and The Perimenopausal Housewife
Claudia and The Perimenopausal Housewife

Claudia and The Perimenopausal Housewife began as a silly little email story Jeff wrote to announce The Black Cat Cabaret, then somehow got a sequel… and now, naturally, it has become a blog series.

If you enjoyed those increasingly unhinged email stories, welcome back. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, fret not — this post includes the first two installments, plus a brand-new chapter announcing the 2026 Stage Fright Festival lineup.

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Festival Lineup Announcement
Festival Lineup Announcement

This year’s festival will feature full length productions, “double features” of shorter scares, script readings, interactive installations, a mask-making workshop, and variety performances by both local and international talent including Candy Roberts (Critics Pick: Orlando Fringe Festival), Nancy Boys (Official Selection: LA Westside Comedy Festival), A Little Bit Off (Best of Fest: Saskatoon Fringe), and more.

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From the Desk of Festival Co-Producer, Jeff Desautels
From the Desk of Festival Co-Producer, Jeff Desautels

Welcome to our blog.

Here at Stage Fright, we champion dying media long abandoned by the ruling class. First, theatre. And now, the website. Some call us behind the times. Increasingly, others are calling us prophetic — as the glittering castles of hypercapitalism begin to crumble and burn, we’re over here on the sidelines, producing our little plays and writing our little blogs.

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