Riz Ahmed, Constanza Macras and Kahlil Joseph are among the performers and artists who will make their Brooklyn Academy of Music debuts in the arts center’s coming season. The slate, announced on Tuesday, also includes BAM favorites like Reggie Wilson and Steve Reich.

David Binder, the organization’s artistic director, explained that the inclusion of new and diverse talent was essential to communicating theme of the season, “Yours Theirs Ours,” which refers to voices that he feels are too often ignored.

“What we’re trying to do is move toward the idea of coming together and providing platforms for artists to express their truths and tell their stories in a world where people are being silenced, disempowered and shut down,” said Mr. Binder in an interview on Monday.

The season’s encouraging theme, he added, was inspired by the affirmative message of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” and the song “The World Is Yours” by the rapper Nas.