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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.

Last month Madison Mae Williams, a dramaturg with a focus on new plays, did the field proud in a national TV appearance.

She may be alone onstage for the performance, but she contains—and reflects—multitudes.

As she steps into a new role at D.C.’s Folger Theatre and Library, she’s focused on how a repurposed Bard can help build community.

In her successful soap writing career, she used new-play development skills she honed at the O’Neill and New York Theatre Workshop, among others.

The 8 individuals in this year’s cohort don’t just make theatre; over the past year and going forward, they are all about making change.

Lyons is out to change the theatre canon, and serving ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ on Broadway is just the one step along the way.

When the pandemic cut short a crazy-busy schedule, Aponte used the time to fulfill a dream of giving back to his community.

With a focus on experimental opera, Miguel Flores’s career has him looking forward toward a more human-centric way of working.

He’s grateful to be back in front of audiences, and also hopeful that a year-plus of down time has shown the field the true value of artists’ work.