Welcome to Deconstructing Race, Racism & Theatre! Drop: 🎭 Your name & pronouns 📍 Where you’re joining from 🖤 One reason you joined 📸 A photo of your workspace, rehearsal room, or favorite creative corner Bonus: If your life were a play right now, what would this chapter be called?

Gordon Parks escaped a segregated childhood in Kansas and remade American visual culture—then took his fight from the page to the screen. The best-known Gordon Parks images feel like they arrived already etched into public memory—so complete, so formally sure of themselves, that it can be easy to forget how much resistance they contain. The photographs are not simply records of what happened. They are arguments about what deserves to be seen, what counts as evidence, and who gets to author the story of American life. Read the full story at https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/02/16/camera-as-a-passport/

What would it look like to have a consistent space for white folks to do the work together? Amy and Davina have hosted study Sundays before and are interested in hosting them again. Study Sundays, are a dedicated space for white people to actively unpack and deconstruct racism, not just consume content, would you participate? This would be: - structured learning - honest reflection - real accountability - ongoing practice Not performative. Not passive. Let me know if you’re in. @Davina Kerrelola @Amy Maez @Wendy Taylor @Emma Marceau@Teresa Goss @Jenna Bolt @Krissy Barshevsky @Kristine Polasky @Sayla Pepple @Elle Surech @everyone! PS All the courses are available on demand in the Classroom tab! If you need sliding scale or financial assistance just let me know.

The foundational course designed to help you build real understanding of how race and racism actually function, beyond surface-level conversations, good intentions, or personal anecdotes. This course breaks down key concepts like systemic racism, power, racialization, and harm, while challenging common myths and misunderstandings that keep people stuck. You’ll learn how racism operates not just through individual actions, but through systems, structures, and everyday participation, and how to recognize your role within that without collapsing into defensiveness or avoidance. This course centers impact over intent, and gives you the language, frameworks, and self-awareness needed to engage responsibly in conversations about race. 👉 Doing the Work is the recommended starting point before taking more applied courses like the Allyship Toolbox. Want to learn more about Deconstructing Race, Racism and Theater? Take the course. This isn’t about perfection or being seen as “good.” It’s about building the clarity and capacity to show up differently, consistently, and with accountability.

Several Black creatives from the industry weigh in on issues such as unconscious bias, tokenism, and microaggressions.