Breaking: Celebration Theatre, L.A’s largest LGBTQ theater, announced that it fired its artistic director, Michael Shepperd, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him latimes.com/entertainment-…
Allegations against Shepperd, who’s been seen as a champion of diversity and equity in L.A.'s theater scene, include groping and propositioning.
Shepperd denied the claims in an interview with the L.A. Times latimes.com/entertainment-…
Shepperd denied the claims in an interview with the L.A. Times latimes.com/entertainment-…
Shepperd was first accused by an actor (who appeared alongside him in 2019’s “The Producers”) of repeated unwanted touching and propositioning at rehearsals and backstage
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In an interview with the L.A. Times, Shepperd called Celebration a “queer safe space” where flirtation and bawdy innuendo were common, and he said any behavior of a sexual nature was done in the context of a consensual relationship latimes.com/entertainment-… 
The Times’ @jessicagelt shares more details from the investigator’s final report ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-…
Earlier this year, @jessicagelt reported about mistreatment and sexual misconduct allegations within L.A.’s Burger Records latimes.com/entertainment-…
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