From Then to Now to When: Treasure Treasure on Art, Identity, and Creative Freedom

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What does it mean to transform a lifetime of experience into art? In this episode of From Then to Now to When, we spend time with Treasure Treasure (she/her) — a Pittsburgh-based performing artist, comic, composer, filmmaker, and multi-instrumentalist whose stage career spans more than three decades. Driving through the city together, Treasure reflects on her early years as a child actor working in New York City, navigating an intense professional world while also growing up as a trans kid without the language to fully understand her identity. Those experiences, along with the questions and frustrations they created, eventually became creative fuel. Treasure recently premiered her theatrical work “Agnus Teaches Acting” at The New Hazlett Theater, a piece that imagines an acting teacher who goes rogue and transforms class time into her own unexpected performance. Beyond the stage, Treasure’s debut EP HYPNEROTOMACHIA is available on all platforms and in rotation on 91.3 WYEP in Pittsburgh. Her short film exploring trans identity and school portraiture was recently exhibited at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and received honorable mention in the 2nd Annual “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” Award, presented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Through theater, music, and film, Treasure continues to explore identity, freedom, and the power of creative expression. “I want to live. I want to explore. I want to learn. I want to grow. I want to create.” This is From Then to Now to When — a video series exploring the past, present, and future of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Treasure Treasure on Art, Identity, and Creative Freedom

What happens when you clean out an old queer nightclub and refuse to throw history away? In this episode of From Then to Now to When, we sit down with Harrison Apple (they/them), co-director of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project, to explore the hidden archives of Pittsburgh’s queer nightlife; from ballroom culture to trans organizing to the ethics of preserving deeply personal artifacts. What began in 2009 as an art student helping clear out a club became a radical archival practice rooted in consent, oral history, and care. From crumpled-up notes that read “Fuck off” to deeply intimate journals, Harrison reflects on what it means to hold queer memory responsibly and how looking back at solidarity across movements helps us move forward. Learn more at: pittsburghqueerhistory.com This is how we remember. This is how we take care of each other.
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THEN → NOW → WHEN | Harrison Apple & the Pittsburgh Queer History Project

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PA House committee advances bills to strengthen LGBTQ protections, including nondiscrimination laws, expanded hate crime protections, codifying same-sex marriage, and ending the “LGBTQ panic defense." Read the full story link in bio.

Artist @wowitstreasure (she/her) has spent decades transforming life into art.

Treasure Treasure reflects on growing up as a child actor in New York City, navigating identity, and channeling those experiences into theater, music, and film.

Her work spans more than 30 years, from her theatrical piece “Agnus Teaches Acting” at The New Hazlett Theater to her debut EP HYPNEROTOMACHIA, now in rotation on 91.3 WYEP.

Through art, Treasure continues to explore identity, freedom, and creative transformation. Read more link in bio.

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Artist @wowitstreasure (she/her) has spent decades transforming life into art. Treasure Treasure reflects on growing up as a child actor in New York City, navigating identity, and channeling those experiences into theater, music, and film. Her work spans more than 30 years, from her theatrical piece “Agnus Teaches Acting” at The New Hazlett Theater to her debut EP HYPNEROTOMACHIA, now in rotation on 91.3 WYEP. Through art, Treasure continues to explore identity, freedom, and creative transformation. Read more link in bio.

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