Welcome to OVC Talks: Pretty, Witty and Gay: Queer Representation in Musical Theatre
The video will be Followed by live Q&A with Joe Slabe at the zoom link below
Topic: OVC Talks: Pretty, Witty and Gay: Queer Representation in Musical Theatre
Q&A with Joe Slabe to follow the talk
May 31, 2021 8:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Joe Slabe
Joe is an internationally recognized writer, composer and musical director with a Masters Degree in musical theatre from Goldsmiths College of the University of London. Honours include a Calgary Critics' Award for Best Production of a Musical for Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age, five awards from the New York Musical Festival for Crossing Swords, and four Betty Mitchell Awards for his musical direction. Joe is the founding artistic director of Forte Musical Theatre Guild and received the 2004 Greg Bond Award for outstanding contributions to musical theatre in Calgary. His last name rhymes with "The Bay".
One Voice Chorus (OVC) is celebrating its tenth season as Calgary’s LGBTQ2S+ and allies choir. Over the past ten years we’ve explored issues of acceptance, transition, and reconciliation through song. It has been a journey of community building and nurturing that has connected us with so many amazing groups working to make Calgary a more inclusive place to live.
Our choral community has explored many issues over the past few years partnering with local organizations like Calgary Pride, The Calgary Gay History Project, Skipping Stone Foundation, and Calgary’s former artist in residence Sheri-D Wilson to name a few. The future of OVC is bright with the light of opportunities to collaborate and present on issues facing our community. We are always grateful for the opportunity to share our community stories.