Why’s It Gotta Be? Theater Group is a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater group based in Western Massachusetts telling stories that are fresh, queer, and gender diverse.

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Why’s It Gotta Be? Theater Group is pleased to announce our inaugural production: Legoland, a dark comedy by Ride the Cyclone author Jacob Richmond. Penny and Ezra Lamb have been home-schooled on a hippie colony their whole lives - and they&rs
Thank you to everyone who came out to our December dining fundraisers at #RedRobin and #Chipotle - together, we were able to raise $248 and $265 respectively for our first production! If you weren’t able to make it out and would like to consid
Thanks to a large donation, we’ve raised $1,894 toward our first production - almost halfway to our $4,100 goal, and over halfway to funding our venue rental! We recognize financial constraints are real for some - if every person who follows o
Still hungry? Come “eat” with us (again) by eating with us! Thursday, December 18th, when you dine at #RedRobin in Holyoke, MA and present the attached flyer, 20% of sales will be donated back to WIGB to help support our first production