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2009-2010

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The Gay and Lesbian Times is
a season premiere sponsor.

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Financial support for Diversionary Theatre is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is a
season premiere sponsor.

MUSIC. DICKENS. BONDAGE.

Yank!

 

A new musical based on Oliver Twist.
Book, Lyrics, Additional Music by Gila Sand. Music by Paul Leschen.
Directed by James Vasquez.
Music Direction by Tim McKnight.

 

Dickens’ famous tale re-imagines Oliver as an attractive young man searching for love. A gender-bending dark comedy with Victorian erotica!

 

An Official Event of
San Diego Pride

 

July 9 - August 9, 2009

30th Anniversary

No Exit

By Martin Sherman

A co-production with
ion theatre company
Directed by Glenn Paris

 

Yellow stars. Pink triangles.
Dignity. Courage. Comfort. Survival.
A riveting story of love in the midst of the Holocaust.

 

October 29 -
November 22, 2009

WEST COAST PREMIERE!

Scrooge in Rouge

by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Igor Goldin

 

Gratuitous nudity and snappy one-liners! A Jewish matron, a flamboyant aging homosexual and a Midwestern craftswoman collide in this outrageous and poignant comedy.

 

December 3, 2009 -
January 2, 2010

WEST COAST PREMIERE!

As Much As You Can

by Nona Shepphard
Directed by Rosina Reynolds

 

Jeni loves Val and Val loves Jeni. Is having the right to marry a reason to tie the knot? Funny, touching, timely and ingenious.

 

Underwritten by Joann Clark

 

February 11 - 28, 2010

…nrgy…1dr…sx…scrts……lol

Facing East

by Stephen Karam
Directed by Jason Southerland

 

Sex. Secrets. Performance-art blogs and blackmail. A typical day when you're a teenager in Salem, Oregon.
A fiercely funny and edgy new play.

 

March 25 - April 11, 2010

 

 

Moscow

Book and Lyrics by Nick Salamone
Music by Maury R. McIntyre

 

Trapped in limbo, three gay men stage a musical production of Chekhov’s The Three Sisters. A compelling fusion of music, emotion, melancholy and lust.

 

May 6 - 30, 2010

 

Queer Theatre Series

 

Queer Theatre

 

Queer Theatre honors the ideas, the energy and commitment people have made to tell LGBT stories. In addition to readings of two or three promising new plays and playwriting workshops, Diversionary is proud to tell our stories.

Dance Theatre

Artistic Direction by
Peter G. Kalivas

 

New dance works inspired by past
Diversionary productions.

 

Underwritten by California Institute for Contemporary Arts

 

April 22 -
April 25, 2010

 

Queer Theatre Readings

Dates to be announced

 


Sextet
A Queer Opera in Six Scenes
Composed by Nicolas Reveles
Directed by J. Sherwood Montgomery

 

Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom

by David Zellnik

 

The Zero Hour

by Madeleine George