Provincetown

 

 

The 2006 PlanetOut Travel Award: Best Gay Resort Town: Provincetown!"Best Gay Resort Town: Provincetown" — OutTraveler, 2005

Ever since Native American tribes first canoed their way to the spiraling tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown has been a place of magic and escape. Here, at the end of the world, life is lived on the edge. Provincetown’s spirit still calls to the young and the young at heart.

While these days the rest of the country might seem increasingly unwelcome to gay men and lesbians, here in Provincetown you’ll find a warm embrace. Gay life is everywhere.

For those who follow the gay travel and event circuit, Provincetown is currently a destination of choice during the week surrounding the July 4th holiday. The town is successful enough to now offer two full series of events that compete during "Circuit Week" for best boat cruise, most elaborate dance event, and most famous DJ - and for tourist dollars.

Other notable festivals during the year include the Christmas-themed "Holly Folly", "Bear Week", "Mate's Leather Weekend", "Women's Week", "Family Week", "Single Men's Weekend", "Provincetown Film Festival" and the "Provincetown Jazz Festival."

Provincetown is also home to three contemporary resident theater companies: The New Provincetown Players, Shakespeare on the Cape (SOTC), Shakespeare on the Cape is a relatively new company formed by graduates of The Guthrie Theater/University of Minnesota BFA Actor Training Program. In 2005, SOTC performed "Twelfth Night" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at The Schoolhouse, owned by WOMR, 92.1 FM Outermost Community Radio. In 2006, SOTC performed "Romeo & Juliet" and "As You Like It" at The Art House in downtown. SOTC performed a world-premier Tennessee Williams' one-act play, "The Parade or Approaching The End of A Summer" on October 1st, 2006 at The Art House as part of the 1st Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. Original company members: Eric Powell Holm, Elliot Yingling Eustis, Raphael Richter, Tessa Bry, Ben Griessmeyer, and Vanessa Caye Wasche.