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Devon Berkshire is a freelance strategist, producer, gatherer, facilitator, and writer. From 2012-2024, she was on the programming team at Theatre Communications Group (TCG), most recently as director of fieldwide programming. With TCG, she helmed many National Conferences in different U.S. cities and virtually, the annual Fall Forum on Governance in New York, and a variety of summits and other programs, including TCG’s first gender equity and climate action initiatives. Devon has spoken at arts conferences around the country, served as a Steering Committee member of the Parent-Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) for the Performing Arts and Media, and was a Leadership Task Force member with Broadway Green Alliance. Prior to TCG, Devon was a co-founder of Studio 42, a New York-based nonprofit theatre company; an actor; a program manager at several nonprofits and corporations; and co-owner of a small enterprise that specialized in experience design. www.devonberkshire.com 

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Video

The First Spark of Collective Leadership

Thursday 15 May 2025
United States
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Essay

Laying a Healthy Foundation for a Fieldwide Transition to Shared Leadership

12 May 2025

Shared leadership is not revolutionary, and it is more than a trend. In this essay, Devon Berkshire and Miranda Gonzalez kick off their series The Evolution of Shared Leadership by exploring the generations of shared leadership practice—especially in theatres of color—and the contemporary push toward more collective leadership.

Essay

Creating a Family-Friendly Work Environment

11 December 2017

Devon Berkshire lays out some tangible steps for decision-makers on creating a more family-friendly work environment.

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Series

The Evolution of Shared Leadership in Theatre

The experiment of shared leadership is not revolutionary. Theatres have operated under different shared leadership models for decades, many of them theatres of color for whom shared leadership is an economic necessity.

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