Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Holly L. Derr reports from The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers's panel on diversity, and examines why diversity is such a huge talking point but still so lacking in action

Stephen Spotswood talks about the one underserved community that usually gets left out of the audience engagement conversation: seniors.

Pearl Cleage writes about color-conscious casting in productions of A Christmas Carol, and the importance of representation during the holidays and beyond.

Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn, and Andrew Kushnir explore gay heritage while questioning whether such a thing can actually exist resulting in a living archive in a play structure.

Holly L. Deer unpacks just how damaging Katy Perry's orientalism really is, why pop culture's racism is running rampant, and how the political ramifications of appropriating other cultures.

Pear Clearge talks about the complexity of her residency at The Alliance as it brings together the subject of ingenuity/institution and context of location.

According to the LA Stage Alliance, there are about 25 female artistic directors in the greater-Los Angeles area. Though I was initially cheered, that number, it turns out, represents only about 8 percent of Los Angeles' artistic directors.

The second of three blogs detailing some of the participants of the Latinx Theatre Commons National Convening. Here are the results to inquiry about how to better support students’ access to Latina/o plays.

In preparation for the upcoming Latinx Theatre Commons National Convening, the Steering Committee asked how the political climate has changed participant's ability to do their work

This Thursday's topic Trans Casting will moderated by MJ Kaufman who wrote the recent HowlRound Journal article: Don’t Call me Ma’am: On the Politics of Trans Casting.

MJ Kaufman offers compelling insight on the politcs of trans casting.

Eliza Bent investigates how and why awards are valuable when the field seems clustered with them.

Adara Meyers offers a brief overview of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Carla Stillwell writes about getting to the root of the diversity problem in the American theater: the mission statement.

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay. This Thursday's topic: "Imagining an Arab American Theater Movement". 

Jamil Khoury talks about the importance and necessity for Arab American theatre to create narratives that are complex and unifying.  

A look into how director Mary Zimmerman brought The Jungle Book, steeped in racial contexts of British Colonization and 1960s America, to today’s conversation of what has and hasn’t changed.

California Shakespeare Theater, under the direction of Jonathan Moscone, has changed route from classic work to new work that explores the diverse culture and artistry of the Golden State.

We need to stop asking to find space for artists of color and instead give them the space. This starts by looking at what plays we are and are not presenting.

Clayton Lord shares insight on the value of diversifying theatre institutions.

Alice Stanley writes about experiencing Chuck Mee's soot and spit, an experimental play about the artist James Castle featuring deaf and cognitively challenged actors.

Keith Josef Adkins talks about the ownership of narrative, ownership fatigue, and the privilege of ownership.

christopher oscar peña and A. Rey Pamatmat talk about writing race in plays.

Stillwell linguistically breaks down the work “diversity” in order to break apart the buzz from the possible changes that can be made.