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Roguish Goblin Stories

Making the marginalized the main character.

What would it feel like to see someone like you onstage or in a book?

At Roguish Goblin Stories, we’re building the theatre company to make it happen.

Our founder, Beks Roen, grew up in mostly rural Indiana, and they’ve done theatre on both coasts and big cities, but our stories—rural, queer, Hoosier—kept getting flown over. We want our stories on stage, screen and page, with our artists salaried.

So, Roen came back home to Indiana and started a new kind of theatre that’s joining queer, classical and new fantasy stories with Hoosier Hospitality to make theatre that’s free to attend and pays artists well.

When you subscribe to RGS, you’re helping artists make a living, and you get to see someone like you on stage, screen and page.

Pricing

What you get:

  • All shows on demand

  • Events calendar with upcoming shows

  • FREE access to ebooks of my poetry, plays and fiction

  • Behind the scenes videos

  • In-depth sneak peeks of upcoming projects

Our Location

For our Indiana shows, we partner with local venues in Greater Lafayette.

We are well-connected to Chicago and Indianapolis via air and shuttle.

Information about the LAF airport can be found here.

Shuttle information for Chicago/Indy/Lafayette can be found here and here.

(in development) For our Ohio shows, we are looking to partner with local venues in Cleveland, Akron, and surrounding neighborhoods.

  • "This restored my faith in humanity."

  • "This is literally ME!!"

  • "Everything I love!"

  • "We need more stories about being non-binary!"

  • "The free tickets allowed me to preview the show for my kids!"

  • "Crying in my car to your music. So powerful."

  • "Really helpful. And I have a lot to learn!"

    -RGS follower

  • "Beks has a love of language and problem solving...a great grasp on theatre. Their greatest quality: honestly there to help: not to drive home a point, not prop themselves up, not to take someone down. To help. Approaching with a good intention and a great attitude."

    -Chris Smith, playwright

  • "Are you a fan of inclusive fantasy and Shakespeare stories? Then you should definitely get a subscription to Roguish Goblin Stories!"

    —RGS Subscriber

  • "Adventurous connection is a PERFECT description!"

    -RGS follower

  • "Beks Roen is a Shakespearean actor and a great writer of sci-fi and fantasy works. I’ve have had the pleasure working with him and it has been great to read all of plays he has written."

    —RGS Subscriber

New Shakespeare Podcast!

Welcome to “An Aspec Guide to Shakespeare,” a show for those who’d rather hear their dog bark at a crow than someone swear they love them.

As an aspec Shakespeare actor, I want to create the resource I haven’t had yet. A space made by and for aspec community to shine, where scholars can share ideas and artists can turn dramaturgies into action (and productions).

If you want sneak peeks of upcoming guests, along with a bunch of other queer storytelling goodies, you can subscribe to Roguish Goblin Stories!

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New Memoir Podcast!

Welcome to “Our Lives Aren’t That Interesting,” a show for those who feel like they aren’t worth mentioning, Spoilers: you are. And the world is better with you in it.

I am so excited to be bringing you this podcast. So many of you have been asking for a memoir of not just me, but my parents, because of the…let’s say adventurous stories we’ve lived through.

We want to share what we’ve learned, how we celebrate in the midst of everything going wrong, why our first dog was terrified of the toaster: the funny, the heartbreaking, and everything in between.

All to remind you that you are valuable even when you’re just living, and the world is better with you in it.

So be prepared for lots of energy, my dad and me getting sidetracked while my mom just shakes her head, and the lessons we’ve learned that help make our lives better.

If you want bonus content including bloopers, along with a bunch of other queer storytelling goodies, you can subscribe to Roguish Goblin Stories!