The Alchemy of Funding Theatres of Color
A new study from SMU DataArts found the metrics of success for smaller, community-oriented theatres to be both similar and different from their larger peers.
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Cultural Staying Power
How 2 arts organizations of color, Apollo Theater and Cultural Odyssey, have persevered despite funding disparities and other challenges.
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.
We’re Back! Wait…Are We Back? What Is ‘Back’ Again?
Theatre is happening and we are here to cover it, in spite of it all.
There Is No Metaphor
This moment has pushed us past even our most prescient preparations for crisis and challenge, but we can face it together.
Come Back to the Theatre? First, We Need to Talk
As theatre workers prepare for a return to in-person theatre, they have lingering questions about what kinds of spaces and conditions they’re returning to.
Second-Act Problems: What Comes Next Is Up to Us, and Also Not
Poised between a troubled but familiar past and the uncertain promise of a transformed future, is it any wonder we’re having trouble with the next act of our lives?
Checking In With This Year’s Rising Leaders of Color
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.
The Critical Revolution Will Be Tweeted
The pandemic led to innovative, alternative forms of theatre. Can theatre criticism keep up?
All the Screen’s a Stage: A Transmedia Manifesto
As theatremakers celebrate the return to in-person, in-venue performances, it’s imperative to keep open the doors offered by digital theatre and celebrate its place alongside the stage.
