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== Theater ==
The Backdoor Playhouse was founded in the 1960s. Its current theater seats 200 spectators. In the academic year 2014/15, they produced a selection of at least five plays, among them ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'', ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>Nicholas S. Ryan, Curriculum Vitae, Georgia Senate Appointee Applications, [https://archive.org/details/6423130-GA-Senate-Appointee-Applications-Batch-2/page/n341/mode/2up?q=%22Backdoor+Playhouse%22 Batch 2, 2015].</ref> The playhouse attracted news coverage in the summer of 2022, when the local Upper Cumberland Pride, the Lambda Gay-Straight Alliance, and the Tech Players staged a drag performance in the on-campus theater. A video excerpt of the performance, in which a child pays a drag performer money while the performer mouths the words "Take Me To Church," was posted on-line by child protection activist Landon Starbuck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Camp |first=Emma |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Tennessee Tech Punishes Student Groups Who Hosted Drag Performances |url=https://reason.com/2022/09/21/tennessee-tech-punishes-student-groups-who-hosted-drag-performances/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611135531/https://reason.com/2022/09/21/tennessee-tech-punishes-student-groups-who-hosted-drag-performances/ |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Reason.com}}</ref>