Crowdsourced Resources for
POC Theatre Artists
This Google Doc created by Roger Tang (gwangung@uw.edu)
ASIAN AMERICAN
Asian American Theatre Revue News Blog by Roger Tang
Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists
Asian American Pacific Artists Against Anti-Asian Violence
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Ua3Ehn_bOmPNfhCPX_0FMEUe0TVhgtx-b1IayS2GDc/edit#gid=0
Asian American Directors [Created by Peter J. Kuo]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OmVhGjdRGuJzWFvNT0njM2vDViq1OGozpjJBdrkjmk/edit#gid=0
Asian American Artists of Boston
https://aataboston.wordpress.com/resources/
Asian American, Pacific Islander and South Asian Directors in Southern California
By Network for Asian American Theatre Professionals
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftnn0e8zw7nzFh4SYn_f-n6NUusoukQsbAzcoq_fcjmOwaPQ/viewform
Asian American Performance Site by Dan Bacalzo
https://danbacalzo.wordpress.com/
Backstage Pass Blog by Lia Chang
https://backstagepasswithliachang.wordpress.com/
Puget Sound Asian American Performers Database (Pork Filled Productions)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Towt8AkjXpxhgXXG7aClpcaTy-569wiwdOJIlONUqWk/edit?usp=sharing
(to join, use https://forms.gle/EcWVjxQf43rHqrhv5)
Puget Sound Asian American Designers/Admins/Directors/Playwrights (PFP)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qn8Lepmhr7aoovlQRn5SyS19qT6FI_ZJWxtHuX2aO3M/edit?usp=sharing
(to join, use https://forms.gle/r4qC7boSu57csRw38)
South Asian Theatre Artists
Natasha at sinha.tash@gmail.com
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EzT2tJZOLnqB1MwE_owVUW5rutp5R5gnHOIN0G-M3A4/edit?fbclid=IwAR0wjlacjDmYEKvaQ8sETUPdxDg54j7YgGRpgmCGOcxet0vxDIg0KTuXrEU#gid=744883849
Join at https://goo.gl/forms/zeDPhyxo0dTaVjLT2
FILIPINO AMERICAN
Filipinx American Artist Network (Performing Artists) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zB9DyhCxJhWlRLOL9BVKmUTcJS13l_5-bY-k_Nx3Dso/edit#gid=1472782676
Facebook group for Filipino American Theater news/announcements
https://www.facebook.com/groups/filipinoamericantheater/
Filipino American theater news from USA.Inquirer.net (Walter Ang)
http://usa.inquirer.net/byline/walter-ang
Filipino American Theater History Book
https://www.amazon.com/Barangay-Broadway-Filipino-American-Theater/dp/0999686518
BLACK
Black Female Directors [Created by Jocelyn Bioh]
Black Monologue Archive [Created by London Carlisle]
Black Women Filmmakers [Created by Danielle A. Scruggs]
https://www.blackwomendirectors.co/
Black Directors / Choreographers / Creatives
Black Directors / Choreographers / Creatives
Black Theatre Girl Magic
Join via this form.
DEAF
Deaf Talent Directors [Created by Tyrone Giordano]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eTOqxPK-qLbtIMsfgCcd5fkqiZZnWXvGyTbZQCEz1pQ/edit#gid=0
Deaf Theatre Artists and ASL Interpreters Issues and Concerns
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LmaBw_S6Y_EbwtkELdrs26s0aKrjjHLVwKHH73lqCxU/edit
Plays with Deaf characters and/or by Deaf Authors
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HDVAao8gEilrknYtRdAlgviJbRvjAkgSctWn3Mu5UrY/edit#gid=0
DIALECT COACHES
Global Majority Dialect Coaches
https://www.globalmajoritydialectcoaches.com/?
We are a collective of Accent and Dialect Coaches working in the Arts, TV/Film, Academia, and other sectors, all of whom identify as BIPOC, or of the Global Majority, or POC.
DIVERSE / POC
ALTERNATIVE CANON TO 1945
Non-Western plays, plays by Black, Indigenous, people of color, by women and by queer writers from before 1945.
American Theatre Leadership Change
[Created by Rebecca Novick and Evren Odcikin]
BIPOC Digital Tech Folks [Created by Claudia Alick]
Film/sound editors, stage managers familiar with Zoom and producers who use digital platforms. Please add your info if you feel comfortable and I will share with folks hiring.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a1ZfB-zRMuZq3d9PfyrqhmOAHXqGkmkRdkCUux7PJGw/edit?fbclid=IwAR1BDW-OKrGP2YFe9n2ytT62AHW9Pql-d6lNCWvV-P9sIEvic2DVU2v432k#gid=0
BIPOC Directors [created by Kareem Fahmy]
Additions through Google Form
BIPOC Marketing Freelancers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mqfWXake9fUXt3b2I5lNDpEf_M4CWgH_Rl_sDStPYlQ/edit?fbclid=IwAR0IYC5MUM4h8mYm7hYZv7I3CpYpGCR0UVUVl8cO6ndkgsjrjtwQ0mmuBac#gid=1914709569
BIPOC Musical Theatre Writers [created by Yvonne DeMoss]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YSfYDyzsVEUjhMvhRqhfjSoo4ytPPGcvchtrIi6Lptc/edit?fbclid=IwAR1x20LnP98N5vtGmlHjQnfMy3qMTGzJBdDiKGb72ZQ05eAQxK99mZcI1u0#gid=0
BIPOC Stage Managers [created by Jonathan Castanien]
Add your self at this Google Form
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lTS439VHDJS-3bNdhq2R_T829qkuj8y8DA3X-DYPz7I/edit?fbclid=IwAR36Y83I3mX85KHRLNsDfu7vMDinb6gm-fl4ZHG-8OK-bsAVwiUGa1k8hQY#gid=1507869193
BIPOC Swap List Replace a Western play with a more diverse alternative
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrNaae60biRBsRTgX3oGPuZ7qMliQrBNgPYdJO40c64/edit?fbclid=IwAR1gO6HSWNQwHuZcTByj9wBw_B6BowGkPLmp9coy58ODVd4E0Xm1kmRL4js#gid=0
CHICAGO: Chicago Minority Actor Database
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_FXXN_q6brTPsakNz6fbHeWTrTpCX6SUsS7Vw7i735Cr50g/viewform
Diverse Monologs (Drawn from world theatre)
http://diversifyingtheclassics.humanities.ucla.edu/our-translations/90-monologues/?fbclid=IwAR0G4DmX27PHcl7cqhMk_kz0D1IAR93Gftb-1MoHJYv7X9UIkbU9KaBeV-8
GREATER LOS ANGELES: BIPOC
To request placement on this list, go to Request Form Link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vYtGcEHHk-yi53FLCXEqfcGxNH5CdCJTAcsXqXPP6pY/edit?userstoinvite=rosa.l.navarrete%40gmail.com&ts=5f4958f0&fbclid=IwAR3Omm-gAq9iyXwXqZv89QJ4m1jcs9uOX4Gk8hUZLH2jHuCQFozzcQ5TCEc#gid=1723256287
SEATTLE: Theatre Artists/Technicians of Color & Beyond [Created by Margaret Toomey]
Underrepresented Theater Critics
[Created by Nicole Serratore MildlyBitter@gmail.com
and Jose Solis Mayen jose.solis.mayen@gmail.com]
Voiceover Artists of Color [created by Edward Hong]
Tinyurl.com/BIPOCVO
DESIGNERS
Diverse Designers and Technicians
Theatre Designers and Technicians of Color
(Created by Megan Sandberg-Zakian megansz@gmail.com)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aHAyQ9Kd4uzh6cG0xLeRp7n1Bp1ARWZrpTGrXVe8MMM/edit#gid=0
Designers of Color [Created by David 'dstew' Stewart]
http://www.productionondeck.com/curated-sites
CHICAGO: Designer Pay Scale
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1myTM4B4VGfv21iJovNLYiIopUtsDClzSGLsFOsAZHi4/edit#gid=0
DRAMATURGS
Dramaturgs of Diversity
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E-5oR9ahDFh8RXAW5OM-vyfEN-SUZLpylHP3rSxd5fg/edit#gid=0
Dramaturgs of Color (No Excuses List)
Women/Non-Binary/Two Spirit Dramaturgs of Color
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18giUcpJjzezji6R_KQdEQbanrcKUBoMbPJlq0686y2g/edit#gid=0
FEMALE
Female Playwrights
Women+ In Theatre Job Opportunities
INDIGENOUS
Indigenous Direction
For those who want to create accurate work about, for and with Indigenous Peoples
[Created/ran by Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe]
https://www.indigenousdirection.com/
Indigenous Artist Network (all disciplines)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pWQoc6qozvvI7wbjUiXKsYWr21G9jJEGQs1lxJ2GzrQ/edit?usp=sharing
LATINX
Latinx Designers
http://howlround.com/sites/default/files/LatinaoxDesignerListasof12.12.16.pdf
Latinx Stage Managers
Latinx Stage Artistic Personnel
Latinx Theatre Scholars
Latinx Theater Directors
Lists only active directors with at least 2 fully-realized productions in the past five years, or recent experience in new or devised work.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xdQJZ5MVmY3gvqUXcXXqJFsRIfSB2hwgt0yz8mWELpQ/edit#gid=0
Latina/o/x Designers and Technicians
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14te0lHTVmQuPF4UAVButcGdvgi1dbUTlAUnU7rcfRk0/edit?usp=sharing
MIDDLE EASTERN
Noor Theatre’s list of Middle Eastern Theatre Artists
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsDhZTL_juD3gqxYTtFH8OwsplPmon_WKcj0OiVC3Iswil4w/viewform
Consulting group for artists and organizations engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond
https://www.maiadirectors.com/performer-database
SOUTH ASIAN
South Asian Theater Artists
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EzT2tJZOLnqB1MwE_owVUW5rutp5R5gnHOIN0G-M3A4/edit?usp=sharing
TRANS
Trans Playwrights
Trans* Theater Makers List
The T-List
Transgender Professionals in Theatre, Film, Television, Music, and New Media
[Created by Shakina Nayfack]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CHOlSeyHDzOBciP4F5tmu7GeNlxI8OXJqff9qUev8KU/edit?usp=sharing
QUEER
Ring of Keys
- national network of queer women+, trans, and gender non-conforming professional artists working on and offstage in musical theatre
- artists who self-identify as queer, bi, trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, lesbian, and the diversity of genders that queerness contains