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The sexual misconduct allegations rocking L.A.'s largest LGBTQ theater company

The sexual misconduct allegations rocking L.A. s largest LGBTQ theater company
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May 28, 2021, 5:00 AM·17 min read
Andrew Diego s Facebook post was the center of Celebration Theatre s sexual misconduct investigation of artistic director Michael Shepperd, who was fired this week. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
As the longtime artistic director of Celebration Theatre, the city’s leading LGBTQ stage, Michael A. Shepperd has been an outspoken advocate for social justice. As a gay Black theater-maker, Shepperd has pushed for inclusion and diversity in the arts. And as a successful director and actor someone who has landed not just on Broadway but also in TV series such as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “NCIS” and “Criminal Minds” he has been an inspiration to a younger generation trying to break into the business. ....

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Men allege sexual misconduct within L.A. Celebration Theatre

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As the longtime artistic director of Celebration Theatre, the city’s leading LGBTQ stage, Michael A. Shepperd has been an outspoken advocate for social justice. As a gay Black theater-maker, Shepperd has pushed for inclusion and diversity in the arts. And as a successful director and actor someone who has landed not just on Broadway but also
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TV series such as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “NCIS” and “Criminal Minds” he has been an inspiration to a younger generation trying to break into the business.
But in interviews with The Times, nine people who worked with Shepperd, 58, painted a different portrait of the artistic director, and two men accused Shepperd of sexual misconduct in incidents spanning 13 years. The men also allege Celebration mishandled complaints about Shepperd’s behavior and ultimately chose to keep him in his leadership position until this week, when the theater announced his termination and said an internal investigation ha ....

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The sexual misconduct allegations rocking LA's largest LGBTQ theater company

LOS ANGELES — As the longtime artistic director of Celebration Theatre, the city s leading LGBTQ stage, Michael A. Shepperd has been an outspoken advocate for social justice. As a gay ....

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Celebration Theatre fires artistic director Michael Shepperd

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In an interview with The Times, Diego also accused Shepperd of groping backstage during performances and making a graphic sexual proposition. “I think there needs to be space created to have an open and ongoing conversation among queer theater executives about this theme of how we use sexuality amongst each other in our work and our work spaces,” Diego told The Times, “and how we end up in ways big and small bringing repulsive behavior into our spaces.”
Shepperd, who had served as artistic director or co-artistic director of the theater from 2008 to 2011 and again from 2013 to the present, denied the accusations and in a statement criticized the investigation as “a secret report that Celebration Theatre has refused to share with Michael or even provide details thereof.” ....

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