AAPAC, Indie Theatre Fund Offers Travel Grants for NYC AAPI Artists
Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate incidents, the new fund will subsidize transportation for Asian American performers who don’t feel safe riding mass transit.
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AAPAC Visibility Report Shows Gains for Black Actors But Persistent Funding Disparities
While the report shows some progress, it also calls into question the field’s funding disparities and the scarcity mindset.
Invisibility and Objectification Can Kill: American Theatre’s Anti-Asian Problem
The racist stereotypes and erasure perpetuated on white-dominated U.S. stages have real-world consequences outside the theatre.
AAPAC Report Reveals Larger Pattern of Inequities in NY Theatre
The report shows that white actors, directors, and writers were overrepresented on Broadway and on nonprofit stages.
Fighting Viral Hate With a Hashtag
Asian Pacific Islander theatres and artists fight a rise in xenophobia in the reaction to a global pandemic.
Minority Actor Hiring in NYC Dips From ‘Hamilton’ High
The Asian American Performers Action Coalition has released their latest demographic study of actors working in New York City, with new data for playwrights and directors.
Hard Questions, Tough Truths at Beyond Orientalism Forum
At a recent forum about cultural appropriation, artists shared stories of microaggressions and mapped solutions for the future.
Offscript: Who’s in the Room?
This week representatives from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition school American Theatre editors on better ways to talk about cultural appropriation and yellowface, and offer tips both for interpreting problematic works from the past and for creating new, more diverse work.
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Reports on casting demographics, new-play programs, theatre as autism therapy, and more.
