‘Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.’
Toni Morrison
Southern California Theatre Living Document
The SoCal Living document is going to be an ongoing archive of detailed experiences of racism/ sexism/ homophobia/ transphobia/ microagressions, etc. within the Southern California theater community. This will be similar to the document that exists in the Bay area and has sparked a national movement among theatre communities! If you have experienced harm, and feel in a place to share, please do so here!
Theatre
We See You White American Theatre
Los Angeles Anti-Racist Theatre Standards
List of BIPOC Theatre Artists in Greater Los Angeles
The Joy-Jackson Initiative: Building Systemic Equity in the Arts
Books
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma by Resmaa Menakem
Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison
How to be Anti-Racist by Ibrahim X. Kendi
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Theatre of Oppressed by Augusto Boal