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Developed by Bread & Water Theatre, The Rainbow Theater Festival is a series of events centered on providing our patrons with new and innovative programming centered on the GLBTIQ experience and Gilbert Baker's original Rainbow Pride Flag.  The festival focuses much of its programming within the months of March, April and May.

In 1978, Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco artist designed the Rainbow Pride Flag so that the gay community could have a symbol to rally around.  This original flag had eight stripes each representing a different facet of gay life.  Pink (sexuality), red (life), orange (healing), yellow (sun), green (nature), turquoise (art), indigo (serenity/harmony) and violet (spirit).  When the flag was later mass produced pink and turquoise were dropped and indigo was changed to blue due to production constraints.