The series runs Friday October 16th - Thursday, November 26th, 2020.
Diversionary Theatre, the Nation's 3rd Oldest LGBT Theatre will present the AmeriQueer Series streaming online as an audiocast and featuring a program of new plays never before performed in San Diego. The series will run Friday October 16th - Thursday, November 26th, 2020.
The AmeriQueer Series is a collection of plays presented as audiocasts exploring the LGBTQ experience within the American identity as a framework for the 2020 election season. These works are insightful, compassionate, and a healing antidote to our politically volatile moment. About this the series, Executive Artistic Director, Matt M. Morrow says, "I'm thrilled to welcome back Josh Irving Gershick to Diversionary, and introduce MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Samuel D. Hunter to the Diversionary family. At a time when our community is deeply considering the DNA of our country, these new works provide a humane and thoughtful look at what it means to be LGBTQ and American."Written and Directed by Josh Irving Gershick
Featuring George Takei
Companion plays focusing on the descendants of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Lewiston and Clarkston explore the LGBTQ point of view within the legacy of America's westward expansion.
Lewiston:Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Vanessa Stalling
Clarkston:
Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Matt M. Morrow
Audio Streaming: Friday, November 13th - Thursday, November, 26th, 2020
Clarkston examines our tenuous future by focusing on a young queer descendant of Clark, who, after making the long journey west from his Connecticut home, finds himself stranded in a landscape of chain restaurants and big box stores. As he forms a bond with a local kindred spirit, the truth about life in the great American frontier comes into stark relief.For more information visit: Diversionary.org
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