Black, Queer, and Here
In a post-‘Moonlight’ world, writers like Michael R. Jackson and Jeremy O. Harris are making the case for LGBTQ stories that go beyond the gay white experience.
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.
Rooms Where It Happens: St. Louis’s Rising Leaders of Color
Five colleagues I got to know over the past year through TCG’s professional development program, which adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
Qui Nguyen Is Telling the Story of Asian America
How ‘Vietgone’ and ‘Poor Yella Rednecks’ subverts the Asian-as-foreigner trope to tell a distinctly American story.
Why the Tony Awards Should Recognize Off-Broadway
Increasingly, the best theatre in America can be found Off-Broadway and regionally. It’s time for the Tonys to recognize that.
Uptown vs. Downtown? Tear Down This Wall
Experimental theatre artists Heidi Schreck, Daniel Fish, Taylor Mac, and Young Jean Lee aren’t so much joining the Broadway conversation as leading it.
How ‘The Prom’ Is a Milestone for Queer Girls
The new musical on Broadway follows on the heels of ‘Fun Home’ and ‘Indecent’ to show that bi/pan/queer/lesbian women have stories worth telling.
How an EDI Advocate Can Improve Your Rehearsal
When working on a show with sensitive topics, such as an adaptation of ‘Dracula’ with violence and blood, a diversity advocate can help you work through the uncomfortable conversations.
Things I’m Thankful For: Female Playwrights of Color
10 plays by women of color running Off-Broadway at one time may not seem momentous, until you realize we’ve never seen it before.
Come Together, Right Now
A historic gathering for theatres of color in St. Louis turned out to be a powerful and unexpectedly timely convening.
Rising to the Occasion: The 2018 International Black Theatre Summit
For Monica White Ndounou, diversifying pedagogy and the canon isn’t just an obligation, it’s an opportunity.
