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Celebrated LGBT theater director 'is fired over claims he's a sex pest who performed oral sex on one shocked co-worker, inappropriately touched another - and told victim he masturbated to gang rape scene in Jodie Foster movie' Michael A. Shepperd, longtime artistic director at Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre, was fired after at least two actors alleged sexual misconduct He was accused of performing oral sex on co-worker Michael Taylor Gray in 2006, and inappropriately touched actor Andrew Diego, it is claimed Shepperd denied any wrongdoing, and said that any sexual activity was consensual Th...
The sexual misconduct allegations rocking L.A.'s largest LGBTQ theater company Read full article 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 succ...
Print 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. But in interviews with The Times, nine people who worked with Sheppe...