Episode 10: Queerness & Politics in Theatre with Pirooz Aghssa

Life in Theatre

This episode features a multifaceted conversation regarding queerness and politics in theatre with Pirooz Aghssa! While listening, share the show on social media! Leave a rating or review if you’re feelin’ it friend, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening, I appreciate you!

The Tea aka Topics: Theatre, Larry Kramer, Politics, Queerness, Homosexuality, AIDS Crisis, Directing, Finding your place, Directors on directing, The Normal Heart, Broadway, ACT UP, AIDS, Playwriting, Gay History, Activism, Art and Activism, Musical Theatre, American Politics, Representation, Gender, Gender Identity, LGBTQ

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Investigate the links below to learn more about Larry Kramer and his legacy.

• For more information about Larry Kramer check out this brief biography from NPR:https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/512714500/larry-kramer-pioneering-aids-activist-and-writer-dies-at-84
• Click the link to read Kramer’s article 1,112 and Counting which first appeared in the New York Native in March, 1983. http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/06/larry_kramers_historic_essay_aids_at_30.php

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