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Subverse Aphrodesia provides theatrical production and general writing support in the greater Scranton area. Founded informally in July 1999 by Alicia Grega as an umbrella for her freelance endeavors, our specialities include: playwriting and dramaturgy, artistic coaching and consulting, public relations, visual design, concept marketing, editing, project troubleshooting, event production, arts journalism and photography.
We are particularly invested in the development of innovative new works, artistic experiments and community collaborations, and the greater professionalism of the arts in Northeast Pa.
About our creative director:
writer/photographer & theatrical artist
Alicia Lynn Grega
Trained as theatrical director and playwright at Drew University (’94), Alicia Grega has worked full-time as a features writer and theatre critic since January 2001 at the electric city/diamond city arts & entertainment weekly newspapers published by The Times-Tribune for Northeast Pennsylvania.
Alicia was appointed to the Lackawanna County Council for Arts, Culture and Education in 2008 and is on the board of directors of First Friday Scranton. She has volunteered as the coordinator of the Jason Miller Playwrights’ Project at Scranton Public Theatre since April 2008 and teaches performance and playwriting as part of ARTS Engage.
Also a photography enthusiast, Alicia was awarded an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship for Arts Commentary from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in January 2009. In April 2009, she was one of 23 writers from across the country selected to attend the fifth NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg in Los Angeles. She resides in West Scranton, Pa. with her 12 and 14-year-old daughters.
Resume: linkedin.com/in/aliciagrega