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Queer Theatre-Taking Center Stage

Diversionary’s Queer Theatre program gives voice to the stories of LGBT people, and is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation New Connections Fund. The program honors the ideas, the energy and commitment people have made to write LGBT stories. More than 70 new plays with LGBT themes get submitted to the program each year.

DANCE/THEATRE April 22-25, 2010. Inspired by Theatre/Created through Dance. Peter G. Kalivas, project artistic director, engages local choreographers to bring past Diversionary productions to life through new dance pieces. Underwritten by California Institute for Contemporary Arts, with additional support from the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.

SEXTET One night only! Wednesday, October 14, 7:30pm. A concert reading of a Queer Opera in Six Scenes. Composed by Nicolas Reveles. Directed by J. Sherwood Montgomery. What do Walt Whitman, the rapture, and a gay bath house all have in common? Those are among the unusual subjects explored in Sextet, shedding light on various aspects of gay desire: for community, for power, for acceptance, for family, for sex and for love. Reveles is The Geisel Director of Education and Outreach for the San Diego Opera.

THE ZERO HOUR by Madeleine George. One night only! Monday, March 8, 7:30pm. A reading, featuring Amanda Sitton and Jacque Wilke. O and Rebecca want love to be all they need, but the fact that Rebecca has not yet come out to her mother is threatening their happiness. Meanwhile, Rebecca’s classroom teachings of the Holocaust are seeping into her evening subway rides, in this tour-de-force with two actresses playing all the roles. Developed at PlayLabs, New Dramatists, New York Theatre Workshop and O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Tickets: $12 ($9 for Diversionary subscribers).

Amanda Sitton and Jacque Wilke

LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOOM. By David Zellnik. One night only! Tuesday, November 17, 7:30pm. A reading directed by Igor Goldin, and featuring Tm Zohar, Ira Spector, Markuz Rodriguez and Andy Collins. Set in New York in 1996, this comedy is about (variously): disability, gay porn, the pharmaceutical revolutions of the 90s, Chairman Mao, and the rise and fall of post-AIDS euphoria. At turns funny and serious, part comic fantasy, part love story, the play explores how to construct a life, a sex life, and a friendship after ten years of believing you would die very soon.


Tom Zohar	Ira Spector	Markuz Rodriguez	Andy Collins