Second Annual Intersections Festival Comes to Seattle This Marcch

Intersections: A Celebration of Seattle Performance will be happening for the second year, this March 21-24, 2019 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in the Delridge neighborhood. Intersections showcases performers in improv, sketch, stand-up, burlesque, storytelling, spoken word, music, theatre, and dance; however, it doesn't end there.Intersections remains committed to its focus on equity, inclusion, and representation. "Seattle is a diverse city," says Jekeva Phillips, one member of the all-womxn team, "Why are we only seeing the same faces and hearing the same voices?" Phillips (who is featured in City Arts Magazine's 2018 Future List) was approached about the project by Natasha Ransom, and Kinzie Shaw of FEELINGS, an Improv duo which aims to amplify intersectional feminism in the face of a white-cis-hetero patriarchy.

The four-day festival will feature a myriad of comedy-related acts from Seattle's best and brightest POC, Queer, Trans, non-binary, and neurodiverse performers. Each show is a different experience loaded with a variety of acts. No show in the festival will be the same, so the Intersections team strongly encourages patrons to be a part of it all. "We are so excited to be in the audience for this festival," Say co-founders Natasha Ransom and Kinzie Shaw "The talent is just unbelievably good and we want to soak as much of it in as possible."

Don't miss our Giving Party, coming up Saturday March 9th from 2-4pm at Capitol Cider. It's completely free to attend! For more information about the festival, like Intersections: A Celebration of Seattle Performance on Facebook or visit the website: www.intersectionsfestival.com

Intersections is funded in part by 4Culture, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Planned Parenthood, and KEXP.