Can Theatres of Color Get Support Without Strings or Hurdles?
TCG’s THRIVE! regranting program, led by the needs and concerns of BIPOC artists and leaders, aims to rewrite the theatre funding process.
Category Archives: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Daveed Diggs (center) as Thomas Jefferson in “Hamilton.” (Photo by Joan Marcus)
This column is designed to feature voices and issues that are underrepresented in the American theatre. Please send ideas and tips to American Theatre magazine at at@tcg.org.
Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change
For the Broadway League’s first director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, action is going to be as important as words.
Facing Our Failure: The Power of Acknowledging Racism Within the American Theatre
Some Washington, D.C., theatre leaders gathered last month to discuss their anti-racism work, both individually and collectively.
How to Be an Antiracist Theatremaker
Five producers gather to talk about what they do and the power they hold to make change.
Support for Latinidad Onstage: A Lifelong, Not a Month-Long, Job
For Hispanic Heritage Month, four Latinx/Latine play festival producers talk about their vision for a more expansive and inclusive American theatre.
Theatres of Color: How Did They Fare in the Past 18 Months?
The pandemic brought deep-seated disparities to light, but has the theatre field really reckoned with them?
Touch the Wound, But Don’t Live There
Why we need resilience services as much as we need fight choreography.
Sobriety Is a Social Justice Issue Too
Inclusive practices around sobriety help everyone struggling with addiction, but especially people of color in recovery.
‘Why Is Every Single Thing I Say a Problem?’
Artists of color have been placed in leadership positions across the U.S., but are they actually getting the respect and support they deserve?
Overworked, Underpaid, Unheard: Chicago Theatre Freelancers Speak Out
Behind and beyond recent reckonings at the city’s theatres are countless tales of exploitation, harm, and silencing—but it’s not too late for change.
