The links below have been collected by Drama League staff, alumni, artists and colleagues to share knowledge regarding the need for systemic change in our field, and actions we can each take to dismantle racism, ableism and the many oppressions operating in our field.  This list is by no means comprehensive; it is intended more as a point of departure for your own explorations.  If you have suggestions for articles, resource lists, or story additions, please contact us at education@dramaleague.org with the URL address.

THE AMERICAN THEATER AND ANTI-RACISM

1. We See You, White American Theater

2. White Silence in American Theatre Training and Practice (And The Urgency of Disrupting It)

3. The Ground On Which I Stand

4. An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy

5. Race, Whiteness, Black Lives Matter: Lessons for Theater

6. Playwrights of Color, White Directors, and Exposing Racist Policy

7. Black Theatre Commons

8. Latinx Theatre Commons

9. The American Theatre Was Killing Me

10. Four Black Artists On How Racism Corrodes The Theatre World

11. What I Think About When I Hear That Broadway Is Racist

12. On Racial Justice: A Letter From Billie Holiday Theatre Artistic Director Dr. Indira Etwaroo

13. Blackspace: Manifesto

14. New Black Math

15. How White People Conquered the Nonprofit Industry

16. Why “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” Is Obsolete

17. Theatres Not Speaking Out List

18. Silence of White Theaters on Anti-Black Violence is Deafening

19. Diving into Racial Equity: The MAP Fund’s Exploration

20. Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy by Helicon Collaborative

21. A New World Awaits Us 

22. Female and Trans Playwrights

23. Asian American Stage Directors 

24. Black Female Stage Directors

25. Latinx Stage Directors

26. Black Technicians and Designers

ANTI-RACISM IN REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE

1. Phrases We Should Work To Eliminate in the Rehearsal Room

2. Decolonizing Theatre/La Descolonización del Teatro

3. Whiteness, Patriarchy and Resistance in Actor Training Texts

4. Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches

5. Conscientious Theatre Training: Nicole Brewer

6. Black Queer Playwrights to Support

7. Plays and Musicals by Black Playwrights

8. The Ferguson Theatre Syllabus - Claudia Alick & Megan Sandberg Zakian

9. Staging Black Protest: Play List by Lisa B. Thompson

10. Black Theaters Across The United States

11. Latinx Theatrical Designers You Should Hire

12. Latinx and Chicanx Theatre Scholars You Should Bring to Your Institutions 

13. Latinx Stage Managers and Technicians You Should Be Working With 

14. Latinx Dramaturgs, Coaches, Choreographers, and Artistic Personnel You Should Hire

15. Latinx Directors You Should Hire

16. How To Solve Design’s Diversity Problem

17. Keeping “Insecure” Lit: HBO Cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on Properly Lighting Black Faces

ANTI-RACIST RESOURCES

1. White Supremacy Culture

2. Black Lives Matter

3. Movement for Black Lives

4. How To Be An Anti-Racist

5. Black-Owned DEI Companies + Consultants

6. Dismantling Racism

7. Black Liberation Reading List

8.  Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers

9.  Anti-Racism Resources for White People

10.  Claudia Rankine: On Whiteness

11.  White Fragility: Michel Martin interviews Robin DiAngelo

12.  Talking About Race: The National Museum of African American History and Culture

13.  ArtEquity

14.  75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

15.  Explaining White Privilege To A Broke White Person by Gina Crosley-Corcoran 

16.  Invasion of America Interactive Map (Indigenous Land Loss Map) by University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt

17.  Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation between Audre Lord and James Baldwin

ANTI-OPPRESSION RESOURCES

1. The Future of Theatre is Accessible

2. Act on Accessibility

3. Accessibility in theatre – infographic

4. Disabled Bodies in American Theatre 

5. “On Your Feet!”: Addressing Ableism in Theatre of the Oppressed Facilitation 

6. Disability is not just a Metaphor

7. A Disabled Actor Prepares: Stanislavsky, Disability, and Work at the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped

8. Disability Justice Resources

9. Beyond the Bathrooms: Cultivating Meaningful Trans Inclusion in Theatrical Spaces 

10. Drawing a Line: Addressing Sexual Harassment in our Theatre Communities

11. Black Trans Media

12. LBGTQ Healthcare Services