Category: Theater

Featured Artist Update: Melisa Tien

Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this fall. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Featured Artist Update from: Melisa Tien, Writer I’m part of an anthology of plays called Theater Artists Making Theatre With No Theater. Written in Spring 2020, published in Fall 2020. Last time I checked (yesterday) it … Read More

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Featured Artist Update: Esco Jouléy

Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this month. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Featured Artist Update from: Esco Jouléy, Actor, Singer, Dancer, Movement Artist, Clown & Creator Help Fund a Black, Non-Binary Artist and Clown Create Art and Self-Employ!!!! Hi Friends, I hope you are finding reasons to laugh … Read More

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Featured Artist Update: Shay Thomas

Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this month. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Shay Thomas was our superstar assistant with NYC meetings and performances! Here is their update: Halloween is my favorite holiday, so it’s important to me that I celebrate. To honor the holiday, I’m co-producing with Lemonade … Read More

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Fractured Atlas Oppression Guidelines

Via Fractured Atlas Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Community Guidelines: Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Community Guidelines Fractured Atlas Mission Statement Fractured Atlas empowers artists, arts organizations, and other cultural sector stakeholders by eliminating practical barriers to artistic expression, so as to foster a more agile and resilient cultural ecosystem. Definitions For the purpose of this Policy, Fractured Atlas … Read More

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#BwayforBLM

Via Broadway for Black Lives Matter Again: Not Your Average Summer Reading List: A Resource Goody Bag to Aide the Journey of Unpacking/Unlearning Bias A few tips:  Always start with Black stories written by Black Authors. Give yourself grace, don’t be afraid to ask questions, ask for help, and make mistakes; that’s how we grow. … Read More

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Resources from Slave Play

Via Slave Play:  RESOURCES A LIST OF ARTICLES, FILMS, AND BOOKS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND SLAVE PLAY FROM A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. ESSAYS “VENUS IN TWO ACTS.” SAIDIYA HARTMAN, SMALL AXE, 2008. Hartman maps out the systemic violence visited upon the bodies and memories of enslaved black women and girls. “WHITE FRAGILITY.” ROBIN DIANGELO, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGY, 2011. The author examines the … Read More

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