Andréa Agosto Joins Diversionary
Diversionary Theatre in University Heights, San Diego, is thrilled to announce that Andréa Agosto will be joining their team as part of Diversionary’s new Artistic Fellow program. The Artistic Fellow program will serve to elevate and train a future LGBTQ BIPOC artistic producer who will collaborate on programming and production as a peer, working eye to eye with theatre leadership. This position has been created as part of Diversionary Theatre’s anti-racism action plan in addressing WE SEE YOU WHITE AMERICAN THEATRE and Black Lives Matter. It will be a rotating opportunity to help foster and elevate LGBTQ BIPOC leaders in the theatre.
Agosto has been on stage many times at Diversionary (Homos, Cardboard Piano, Significant Other, Bull in a China Shop). About her addition to the team, Executive Artistic Director, Matt M. Morrow, says “I’m thrilled to welcome Andrea Agosto as Diversionary’s inaugural Artistic Fellow! She is not only a Diversionary fave, but also a San Diego theatre star, and a viciously talented theatre artist and educator. I’m grateful for her partnership in launching this program designed to elevate and give voice to future generations of LGBTQ BIPOC theatre leaders. I look forward to collaborating with Andrea on our work all season long! “
Regarding joining Diversionary and launching the new Artistic Fellow Agosto says, “I am looking forward to being on the front lines of creating and producing meaningful theatre and theatrical opportunities and advocating for LGBTQ BIPOC artists and works.“
ANDRÉA AGOSTO (She/They) is a performing arts educator, and performer, Andréa Agosto is ecstatic to be working with Diversionary in a new position. The majority of her San Diego stage credits are at Diversionary (A Kind of Weather, Significant Other, Bull in a China Shop and Homos or Everyone in America). Agosto attended UMKC where she studied film and theatre. For her graduate studies, she looked towards language, literacy, and sociocultural studies. She believes the marriage of her arts and sociocultural studies has informed how she views the arts, as well as how she discusses the two which is evident in the Intersectionality and Justice panels she facilitated for Diversionary. She aims to continue exploring these issues, and advocating for LGBTQ BIPOC artists.
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Who
Diversionary Theatre, the nation's third oldest LGBTQ Theatre.
What
Diversionary Announces the online streaming performance of CANCELLED, a new musical by Kit Yan (Queer Heartache) and Melissa Li.
When
Sunday, October 4th, 2020 at 2pm
Where
Streaming on ZOOM. Visit Diversionary.org for more information and access.
About Diversionary Theatre
Founded in 1986, Diversionary Theatre is recognized as one of San Diego’s best theatres, and proudly showcases the most vibrant and diverse group of talent the city has to offer.
As the third oldest LGBTQIA+ theatre in the nation founded by and for members of marginalized groups, Diversionary Theatre has long been an inclusive space for the queer community and our allies. Intersectionality has always been a priority in our work both on and off stage, and we continue to be committed to social justice and inspiring positive change in our communities, starting from within our own organization.