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Largest Queer Theatre In L.A. Fires Director For Sexual Misconduct

Michael A. Shepperd, artistic director of Celebration Theatre, has been terminated following an internal investigation of allegations that he groped and propositioned an actor backstage during the company’s 2019 production of The Producers. Shepperd, describing Celebration Theatre as “a queer safe space” where flirting and physical affection were common, maintains that any and all contact between him and his accuser was consensual. – Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)

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