¡Queertástico! 2023
It is QUEER. It is FANTÁSTICO. It is ¡QUEERTÁSTICO!
Hashtag: #Queertastico
Location:
IATI Studio
64 E 4th ST - 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Date:
Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 3 pm and 6 pm ET
About
We're thrilled to present our annual Pride celebration, ¡Queertástico! a lively and vibrant fiesta de orgullo where bold, loud, delicate, extravagant queer voices take center stage.
Our diverse lineup promises to make ¡Queertástico! an unmissable celebration of our shared humanity, as well as a bold affirmation of the LGBTQIA+ community's resilience and creativity. Through our work, IATI Theater aims to champion LGBTQIA+ representation and raise awareness of the issues affecting these communities, all while spreading joy, love, and hope.
Now more than ever, joy is a revolutionary statement! So come dance, laugh, cry, and celebrate with us at ¡Queertástico!
Featuring
Nia Calloway
Nia Calloway is a multi-disciplinary artist and astrologer who traverses the worlds of theatre, poetry, music, dance, and the healing arts. Through the combination of written word, sound experimentation, and explorative movement, she aims to create spaces of healing and introspection for her audience.
Ashton Muñíz
Ashton Muñiz is an actor, performance artist, activist and emerging producer whose artistic goal is to instill joy into the world by embracing the realities of the present. Recent acting credits include Andrew Rincon's I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo and Juliet, Matthew Lopez's The Inheritance on Broadway, Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Ashton has collaborated with various artists and curators thus being featured in their works at museums and galleries around the world. Follow @arshton for more!
Paloma
Make way for the OG chola of New York City, Paloma! As a multi-title holding diva, Paloma is one of the most unique, entertaining, and fashion-forward drag entertainers in all of NYC!
Chico Raro
Chico Raro is a Colombian queer artist who does LGBTQ activism through art. Their performances are involved with Opera, jazz, cabaret, punk and electro disco music.
STEFA
stefa marin alarcon aka STEFA* is a vocalist, composer, and multi-media performance artist born and raised in Queens, NY. Using an amalgamation of punk, experimental pop & classical minimalism with maximalist queer aesthetics, stefa builds worlds that offer a somatic decolonial respite for the misfits & displaced yearning for a sense of home. They have shared their work, spirit, and song with Queens Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Museo Del Barrio, The Kitchen, Ars Nova, National Sawdust, Body Hack and many more. They are 2022 Queer|Art|Prize for Recent Work Winner for their cinematic ritual opera, Born With An Extra Rib. www.stefalives.com