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. Black-Centered and/or Black-Led Culture Organizations in New York City

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

4. The Ground On Which I Stand

5. Why I Am Fed Up With Performative Activism From White And Black Theater Makers

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

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

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

9. Black Theatre Commons

10. Latinx Theatre Commons

11. The American Theatre Was Killing Me

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

13. What Racism In Theater Looks Like, And How To Dismantle It

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

15. The Color Line: Black and White Aesthetic Values

16. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger Of A Single Story

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

18. Blackspace: Manifesto

19. New Black Math

20. How White People Conquered the Nonprofit Industry

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 Why “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” Is Obsolete

22. White Theater Leaders' Responses To #GeorgeFloyd

23. Theatres Not Speaking Out List

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

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

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

27. A New World Awaits Us 

28. Female and Trans Playwrights

29. Asian American Stage Directors 

30. Black Female Stage Directors

31. Latinx Stage Directors

32. 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. Developing Community Agreements

7. Safer Space Policy/Community Agreements

8. Black Queer Playwrights to Support

9. Plays and Musicals by Black Playwrights

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

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

12. Black Theaters Across The United States

13. Latinx Theatrical Designers You Should Hire

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

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

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

17. Latinx Directors You Should Hire

18. How To Solve Design’s Diversity Problem

19. 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. Beyond Hashtags and Slogans: When Solidarity Becomes Transformative

6. Race In America: Reimagining Capitalism

7. It's More Than Racism: Isabel Wilkerson Explains America's 'Caste' System

8. Black-Owned DEI Companies + Consultants

9. Dismantling Racism

10. Intent Versus Impact: The Core Of Misunderstanding

11. Black Liberation Reading List

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

13.  Anti-Racism Resources for White People

14.  Claudia Rankine: On Whiteness

15.  White Fragility: Michel Martin interviews Robin DiAngelo

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

17.  ArtEquity

18.  75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

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

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

21.  Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation between Audre Lorde and James Baldwin

22. How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism In Our Own Culture

23. Asian-Americans Are Still Caught In The Trap of the "Model Minority" Stereotype.  And It Creates Inequality For Us All.

ANTI-OPPRESSION RESOURCES

1. The Default Nonprofit Board Model Is Archaic And Toxic, Let's Try Some New Models

2. Time For A Change: What If We Cut The Long Hours?

3. 46 Terms That Describe Sexual Attraction, Behavior, and Orientation

4. The Future of Theatre is Accessible

5. Act on Accessibility

6. Accessibility in theatre – infographic

7. Disabled Bodies in American Theatre 

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

9. Disability is not just a Metaphor

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

11. Disability Justice Resources

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

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

14. Black Trans Media

15. LBGTQ Healthcare Services