EDI
A Statement in Support of Our Community on November 6, 2024
TBA staff are feeling a lot of things right now: grief, anger, fear, and uncertainty among them. There is no Bay Area theatre without the women, immigrants, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Jewish, Muslim, and disabled culture makers whose shoulders we stand on and who enrich our community today. Theatre has long been a haven for those of…
Read More20 Years Ago: A Letter to the Editor. Now: The Getting Played Symposium.
By Kathleen Antonia Tarr This year is the 10th anniversary of the Getting Played Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards which I founded in response to what I observed as rampant discrimination in casting, direction, and production. 2015 was also the year I delivered the General Session at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar…
Read MoreStatement in Support of Our Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Community Members
We here at Theatre Bay Area are heartsick over the recent attacking, smearing, and scapegoating of LGBTQIA+ people, particularly trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people both here in the Bay Area and across the US. Theatre Bay Area stands in firm, unequivocal, unconditional support of our LGBTQIA+ community members of all ages. Drag and other…
Read MoreIntroducing TBA’s Community Accountability Agreement
Theatre Bay Area’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Working Group, a team comprised of Board & staff, worked throughout 2022 to create the TBA Community Accountability Agreement. In January 2023, we are proud to introduce this document to our members and grantees. This agreement sets the groundwork for TBA’s active role facilitating EDI in our…
Read MoreFY2022 CA$H Theatre Accountability Report
To hold ourselves accountable in dismantling white supremacy culture and other biases in TBA, we are collecting demographic data on grant applicants and awardees. While there’s more work to do, we’re proud to say that 95.5% of CA$H Theatre Grants in our 2022 fiscal year went to BIPOC theatre-makers — view the full EDI Accountability report.
Read MoreTBA & Anti-Racism: Accountability and Action
Theatre Bay Area acknowledges the social unrest and racial reckoning occurring throughout the country and the national arts field. We have heard the demands put forth by We See You White American Theatre and the BIPOC Living Doc Equity Action Plan. TBA recognizes the enormous labor taken to develop these tools, and we want to…
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