﻿Daveed Diggs (center) as Thomas Jefferson in "Hamilton." (Photo by Joan Marcus)

Last November, we witnessed two troubling examples of university productions disrespecting a playwright’s intent in regard to casting. Clarion University in Pennsylvania had to cancel their production of Lloyd Suh’s Jesus in India after neglecting to inform the playwright that they had cast white students in roles written for South Asian actors. This news came on the heels of Katori Hall’s eloquent objection to a production at Kent State of The Mountaintop that featured a white actor playing Martin Luther King Jr. Diep Tran’s article on AmericanTheatre.org (“On the Rights of Playwrights and White Tears”) provides further context to events that have ignited both productive debate and reprehensible personal attacks.

While aspects of these issues are complex, there are a few core principles worthy of unambiguous defense. The first principle is the creative control of the playwright over critical aspects of their work. We stand in solidarity with the Dramatists Guild’s letter in defense of playwrights’ right to approve changes made to their text, which includes but is not limited to changes made to the characters’ race and ethnicity.

The second principle is the importance of ending the harmful practice of white actors playing characters of color—what is often called brownface, yellowface, redface, or blackface. While theatre has always been a place for transformation, we must also acknowledge the past oppressions and ongoing inequities facing people of color, including an uneven playing field where the vast majority of opportunities, onstage and off, are held by whites. In addition, appropriating the identities of communities of color has historically reinforced racial stereotypes and subjugation. For example, some of the most abhorrent, racist policies of our country—the Jim Crow laws—were named for “Jump Jim Crow,” a theatrical caricature of blacks performed by a white actor in blackface. This context helps illuminate not only the protests surrounding productions like The Mikado and Cry, Trojans! but also the celebration of the racially diverse Founding Fathers of Hamilton.

What’s required now is a color-conscious, not colorblind, casting approach. Color-conscious casting intentionally considers the race and ethnicity of actors and the characters they play in order to oppose racism, honor and respect cultures, foster stronger productions, and contribute to a more equitable world. Without it, we risk perpetuating a system that privileges whiteness with greater access and opportunity, and appropriates the cultures of communities of color.

Yes, this can be a complex and nuanced discussion. Yes, we enter into those discussions with different perspectives and familiarity with the issues. Yes, the missions of educational institutions are different from those of professional theatres. It is critical, however, that we don’t let those differences and complexities keep us from acknowledging the systemic racism that afflicts our country, nor our power as storytellers and community builders to end it.

The third principle is that no individual, regardless of their stance on these issues, deserves to be singled out for harassment and threats. Unfortunately, we’re seeing an increase in aggressively hostile rhetoric directed toward people of color who take a stand on these issues. There is a place for respectful disagreement and thoughtful debate—we need more conversation that leads to action, not less. But when debate is replaced by a parade of online insults from strangers, it’s clear we’ve crossed the line from debate to hate—and our community should not be willing to tolerate these deliberate attempts to silence and threaten artists of color. We oppose all attempts to silence and diminish these artists who have bravely taken a stand for equity and the rights of playwrights. We stand with Lloyd, Katori, and all advocates for racial justice.

We had originally hoped to secure 100 signatures to include in the Jan. ’16 print issue of American Theatre, but when we received more than 1,300 by press time, we decided to publish all the names in the online version of the letter. Those signatures—which include artistic directors, managing directors, artists, educators, trustees, and students from across the country—are below, in order of submission.

Ann-Carol Pence, Co-Founder / Associate Producer, Aurora Theatre

Jeremy B. Cohen, Producing Artistic Director, The Playwrights’ Center

Christopher Hibma, Producing Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program

Sam Osheroff, Artistic Director, Riverside Theatre

Barbara Brooks, Producing Artistic Director, Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company

Hans H Gruenert, Managing Director, off the WALL productions

Amanda Delheimer Dimond, Artistic Director, 2nd Story

Jonathan McCrory, Director Of Theatre Arts, National Black Theatre

Kristin Marting, Artistic Director, HERE

Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director, The Old Globe

Jennifer Green, Artistic Director, Piven Theatre Workshop

Anthony Rodriguez, Producing Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre, Inc

D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati

Sean Daniels, Artistic Director, Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Nancy Simon, Professor Emerita, Whitman College

J. Nicole Brooks, Actor Writer Director, Lookingglass Theatre Company

Jim Kleinmann, Artistic Director, PlayGround

Robert Hupp, Producing Artistic Director, Arkansas Repertory Theatre

Amanda White Thietje, Managing Director, Mixed Blood Theatre

Timothy Evans, Executive Director, Northlight Theatre

Hal Cropp, Executive Director, Commonweal Theatre Company

Cynthia Fuhrman, Chief Operating Officer, Portland Center Stage

Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director, 5th Avenue Theatre

Adrian Budhu

William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., Playwright, Actor, Director, Independent artist

Qui Nguyen, Playwright

Michael Barker, Managing Director, Marin Theatre Company

Ellen Richard

Shawn LaCount, Artistic Director, Company One Theatre

Greg Copeland, Board Member, Ojai Playwrights Conference

Steve Stettler, Producing Artistic Director, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company

Liz Carlson, Artistic Director, Naked Angels

Kelly Miller, Director of Developmemt, New Neighborhood

Hannah Fenlon, Program Associate, artEquity

Wendy Gillespie, President & CEO, Starhawk Productions

Tiffany Wilhelm, Deputy Director, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Kim Allen Bent, Artistic Director, Lost Nation Theater

Michael Fields, Producing Artistic Director, Dell’Arte International

Kendra Ross, Cultural Worker,

Steve Martin, Managing Director, Childsplay

Jeremy Paul, Artistic Director, Theater Ninjas

Andrew Hamingson, Executive Director, St. Ann’s Warehouse

Meghan Pressman, Managing Director, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Justin Anderson , Associate Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre, Inc.

Teresa Coleman Wash, Executive Artistic Director, TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc.

James C. Nicola, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Sam Laffey, Design and New Media Manager, Pittsburgh Glass Center

Victor Maog, Artistic Director, Second Generation Production (2g)

Kristoffer Diaz

Geoffrey Sherman, Producing Artistic Director, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director, McCarter Theatre Center

Nelson T. Eusebio III, Director,

Joel Sass, Freelance Director,

Cristina Alicea, Artistic Director, Vermont Stage

Ellicia Elliott, Artistic Director, The Rude Mechanicals

Megan Sandberg-Zakian, Director in Residence, Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Sophia Hall Cripe, President , South Coast Repertory

Jason Nodler, Artistic Director, The Catastrophic Theatre

Vincent J. Cardinal, Artistic Director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre

Rachel Grossman, Ring Leader, dog & pony dc

Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, Pasadena Playhouse

Mark Plesent, Producing Artistic Director, Working Theater

Julie Friedman, Managing Director, Dobama Theatre

Rebeca Udden, Executive Artistic Director, Main Street Theater

Molly Smith, Artistic Director, Arena Stage

Ariana Cook, Managing Director, Cara Mía Theatre Co.

Meghan Beals, Artistic Director, Chicago Dramatists

Randy Reinholz , Founding Artistic Director , Native Voices at The Autry

Jean Bruce Scott, Producing Executive Directot, Native Voices at the Autry

Keri Kellerman, Managing Director, Playwrights’ Center

Gretchen E. Butler, Managing Director, Serenbe Playhouse

Lisa McNulty, Producing Artistsc Director, Women’s Project Theater

Nathan Motta, Artistic Director, Dobama Theatre

Evan Linder, Co-Artistic Director, The New Colony

Claudia de Vasco, Founder, Shock Pulse

Sara Marsh, Artistic Director, Dark & Stormy Productions

Sean Graney, Artistic Director, The Hypocrites

Tami Dixon, Producing Artistic Director, Bricolage Production Company

Stacia Rice, Artistic Director, Torch Theater

Edgar Dobie, Executive Producer, Arena Stage

Tiffany Cothran, Managing Director, Crowded Fire Theater Company

Deborah Stein

Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director, Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

Stephen Nunley, Managing Director, Kitchen Theatre Company Inc.

DJ Kurs, Artistic Director, Deaf West Theatre

Sigrid Sutter

Erin Quill, Actor/Writer, Fairy Princess Diaries

Mrinalini Kamath, playwright,

Chil Kong, Co-Artistic Director, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble

Frances Hill, Artistic Director , Urban Stages

Seema Sueko, Associate Artistic Director, The Pasadena Playhouse

Tom Quaintance, Artistic Director, Cape Fear Regional Theatre

Karen Carpenter, Artistic Director, William Inge Center for the Arts

Don Nguyen, Playwright,

Jennifer Thorn, Associate Artistic Director, MOXIE Theatre

Emalie Mayo

Lydia G. Garcia, Resident Dramaturg, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Jackie Baker, General Manager, Bricolage Production Company

Mia Rosenfeld

William Kiley, Jackalope Theatre

Reginald L. Douglas, Artistic Producer, City Theatre

Meredith Anne Patt, Audience Services Manager, East West Players

Sharon Fogarty, Co-Artistic Director, Mabou Mines

Ginny Bartolone

Ben Bartolone

Jeffrey Carpenter, Artistic Director, Bricolage

Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Executive Artistic Director, MOXIE Theatre

Hugo Medrano, Producing Artistic Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre

Monika Ramnath, Development Manager, East West Players

JuCoby Johnson

Matthew J. Pugliese, Managing Director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre

Patrick Mulcahy, Producing Artistic Director, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Ping Chong, Artistic Director, Ping Chong & Company

Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director, Marin Theatre Company

Lily Shaw, Program Manager, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

Dean R. Gladden, Managing Director, Alley Theatre

Jacqueline Lawton, Dramaturg , PlayMakers Repertory Company

Max LeventhalWoodruff Arts Center-Alliance Theatre

Tlaloc Rivas, Assistant Professor of Theatre, The University of Iowa

Eileen Rivera

Megan Monaghan Rivas, Associate Professor of Dramaturgy, School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University

Guillermo Rodriguez

Tiffany R. Vega, General Manager, Hi-ARTS

Michelle Ang

Michael John Garcés, Artistic Director, Cornerstone Theater Company

Susan Albert Loewenberg , Producing Director, LA Theatre Works

Brad Rothbart, Freelance Dramaturg and Theorist,

Clark A. CruikshankStudio 57

Bruce Allardice, Managing Director, Ping Chong + Company

Adil Mansoor, Founding Member, Hatch Arts Collective

Emma Meyerson

Philip C. Sneed, Executive Director, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

Priscila Garcia-Jacquier

Ashley MacBoston Children’s Chorus

Al Heartley

Lila Karoline Xu

Caitlin Roper

Marcel L. Walker

Janet Stanford, Artistic Director, Imagination Stage

Rob Lutfy, Associate Artistic Director, Cygnet Theatre

Linda Kanyarusoke

Libby Peterson, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications, Yale Repertory Theatre

Sarah Benson, Artistic Director, Soho Rep

Emily Anne Gibson

Connor Rohr Driscoll

Carlyle Brown, Playwright, Carlyle Brown & Company

Jay Owen Eisenberg

Loretta Greco, Artistic Director, Magic Theatre

Paul Daigneault, Artistic Director, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Sharon Friedenbach Morris

Zev Valancy, Literary Manager, Stage Left Theatre

Sharon Graci, Artistic Director, PURE Theatre

Roger W. Tang, Editor, Asian American Theatre Revue

Adam J. Frank, MFA Candidate, Theater Management, Yale School of Drama

Ann Harada

Joseph Haj, Artistic Director, Guthrie

Peter Joseph Smith, Company Dramaturg , Mad Cat Theatre Company

Nick O’Leary

David Cote, Theater editor, Time Out New York

Joel Richardson

Caroline V. McGraw, Playwright,

Tiffany AntoneLittle Black Dress INK

Suzanne M. Cohen, Managing Artistic Director, Mirror Stage

Ellen Abram, Manager of Institutional Giving, Magic Theatre

Martha Wade Steketee, freelance dramaturg, critic, and editor,

Sooyoung Hwang

Marjorie Chan, Artistic Director, Cahoots Theatre

Sid Solomon, Actor, Teaching Artist, and Actors’ Equity National Councilor,

Rachel Chavkin, Artistic Director, the TEAM

Laurie Stone

Nella Vera, Theater marketer

Jon Steinhagen, Resident Playwright, Chicago Dramatists

Wendy Rosenfield, Theater Critic

David Copelin

Tracy Liz Miller, Co-Founding Producing Artistic Director, The Bridge Initiative: Women in Arizona Theatre

Raúl Castillo, Actor/Writer, LAByrinth Theater Company

Anne G. Morgan, Literary Manager, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

Leslie Noble

Julia Frieri Cassisi

Matt M. Morrow, Executive Artistic Director, Diversionary Theatre

Indu Iyer

Francesca McKenzieCripple Creek Theatre

Emika Abe

Mallery Avidon, Playwright

Charlene V. Smith, Artistic Director, Brave Spirits Theatre

Nicholas Hanson, Associate Professor and Chair, University of Lethbridge

Patricia Garza, Artistic Development Program Manager, Center Theatre Group

Michaela Johnson

Cavan Hallman

Herman Daniel Farrell III, Playwright,

Angela Jo Strohm

Marsha Harmann/a

Thomas McKechnie

Hannah Gomez, Actor

Kelli Crump, Patron Services Manager, Magic Theatre

Ronald J. Zank, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Culver-Stockton College

Chelsea Whitaker

Saymoukda Vongsay, Playwright, Asian American Studies, UMN

Gregg Henry, Artistic Director, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

Cassandra M. Murray, Middle School Theatre Teacher

SK Kerastas, Visiting Artistic Associate, Berkeley Repertory Theatre / TCG

Lydia R. Diamond, Playwright

Rebecca Novick, Associate Artistic Director, California Shakespeare Theater

Keith Hight, Co

Desdemona Chiang, Director

Shawn C Harris, Founder, Crossroads Theatre Project

Jennifer Marshall, Producing Artistic Director, The Edge Theatre Company

keith hight, Coordinator for the Theatre / Dance , College of Southern Maryland

Brian Clowdus , Founder & Executive/Artistic Director, Serenbe Playhouse

Amanda Friou, Director

Linda EssigArizona State University

Meredith Groves

A. Rey Pamatmat, Playwright

Shelby Reilly

Courtney Sale, Associate Artistic Director, Indiana Repertory Theatre

Eric Ting, Artistic Director, California Shakespeare Theater

Dominic D’Andrea, Producing Artistic Director, The One-Minute Play Festival

Cassandra Tse, Artistic Director, Red Scare Collective

Rebecca Calkin

Yi Zhao

Dan Bacalzo

Courtney Meaker, Playwright

C. Richard Costes

Dr. Ann Haugo, Associate Professor, School of Theatre and Dance, Illinois State University

Cate Brewer

Isaac Ho

Andy Lowe, Production Manager, East West Players

Bi Jean Ngo, Founding Member, Theatre Artist, Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists

Jenna Horton

Janet Allen, Executive Artistic Director, Indiana RepertoryTheatre

Angela Lin

Eloisa Cardona, Actor

Karen Hartman, Senior Artist in Residence, University of Washington

Joseph Steven Yang, Executive Director, StoryTown Studios

Zakiyyah Alexander, Playwright

Kurt Blaugher, Director of Theatre, Mount St. Mary’s University

Sophia Skiles, Theater Actor and Adjunct Faculty, Theater and Performance, SUNY Purchase

Sara Chambers, Artistic Director, Broken Spectacle Productions

Richard Chan

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, Center Stage

Jennifer Lim, Actress

Sharr White

Seth Tankus, Playwright, Riot Productions

Chay Yew, Artistic Director, Victory Gardens Theater

Rajesh Bose, Actor

Freddie Ashley, Artistic Director, Actor’s Express

Mark Jackson, Theatre Maker

Jeff Aguiar, Strategic Communications Director, UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Morgan Jenness, This Distracted Globe Consultancy

Nandita Shenoy

Jon Patrick Selover, Artistic Director, The Western Stage

Benjamin S McCormack, Technical Director, CMU, Student

Justin Maxwell, Assistant Professor, The University of New Orleans

Michael Golamco

Sonja Parks, Actor/Activist

Melissa Hill Grande

Jamie Feinberg, Artistic Director, Not Your Mom’s Musical Theater

Quentin Talley, Artistic Director, OnQ Performing Arts

C.Denise Johnson

Abe Rybeck, Executive Artistic Director, The Theater Offensive

Philip Dawkins, Ensemble Playwright, Victory Gardens Theatre

Beto O’Byrne, Co-Founder, Radical Evolution

Christianne Myers

Eston Fung

Scott Ripley, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

Mariana Carreño King, Playwright, Director

Evan Brechtel

Patricia Milton, Playwright

Aracely Reyes

Eric Pfeffinger, Playwright

Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, Playwrights, Directors & Actors,

Ariel Estrada, Founder/Board Secretary, Leviathan Lab

Madeline Sayet

Sue Birch, Artistic Director, Theatre Britain

Zachary Booth

Rebecca J Ennals, Artistic Director, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Jonathan Castanien, Stage Manager, Artists at Play

Nicholas Pilapil, Producer, Artists at Play

Tony Adams, Artistic Director, Halcyon Theatre

Rafael Antonio Renderos

Bree Bridger

Jeremy Pickard, Artistic Director, Superhero Clubhouse

Doug WrightPlaywright

Mina Morita, Artistic Director, Crowded Fire Theater Company

Greg Watanabe, actor, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors

Fin Coe, Associate Artistic Director, Halcyon Theatre

Kimber Lee, Playwright

Matt Super

Kana Hatakeyama

Jenn Adams, Director of Community Engagement, Halcyon Theatre

Elyse A. Griffin

Claudia Alick, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Hoon Lee

Sam Hurwitt

Kathleen Culebro, Founding Artistic Director, Amphibian Stage Productions

Tayyba Maya Kanwal, Managing Director, Next Iteration Theater Company

Bex Ehrmann

Rachel Fink

Michael Cursio

Donald Kolakowski, Freelance Director

Edith Freni, Playwright

Larry Powell, Playwright/Actor

Heather Alicia Simms

Jenny Koons

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Jefferson A. Russell, Actor, GALVANIZE, a network for artists of color

Chip Decker, Artistic Director, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte

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Joy Meads, Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist, Center Theatre Group

Ann Filmer, Artistic Director, 16th Street Theater

Ashley Smiley

Rajiv Joseph, Playwright

Chris Woodworth, Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Ryan Meisheid, Associate Managing Director, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Malkia Stampley, Producing Artistic Director, Bronzeville Arts Ensemble

Joshua Ryan Taylor

Jeff Turner, Professor of Theatre Arts, Hamline University

Kate Sutton-Johnson, Set Designer

Andrew Hinderaker, Playwright, Ensemble Member, The Gift Theatre

Jonathan Spector, Artistic Director, Just Theater

Daniel Elihu Kramer, Producing Artistic Director, Chester Theatre Company

Lee Trull, Director of New Play Development, Dallas Theater Center

Ann Michels

Lisa Chan-Brown, Producer, HBO

Eileen J. Morris, Artistic Director, The Ensemble Theatre—Houston, TX

Richard Soto

Trevor Boffone, University of Houston

Sarah Howe Coleman

Meg Lowey, Program Assistant, Theater for Young Audiences, The Kennedy Center

Kenny Allen, Managing Director, Evolve Theatre

James Dean Palmer, Director

Margaret Toomey

Richard Azurdia, Actor/Producer

Christina Gorman

Jennifer Ryen, Director of Individual Giving , Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Seayoung Yim

Dianne K. Webb, Artistic Director, Next Iteration Theatr Co.

Geetha Reddy, Playwright

Aaron Snook

Bobby labartino

Stephen Karam

Ellen Fairey, Playwright

Tammy Ryan

Zac Moon

Jacob Juntunen, Head of Playwriting MFA & PhD Programs, SIU (Southern Illinois University)

Steve Serpas, Playwright

Nicholas C. Pappas, Playwright

Shaun Bennet FauntleroyChudeau Productions

Evi Stamatiou

Mikie Mayo, Co-founder, Kid Haus/IGJP

JaBen Early

Valerie Weak, Actor

Jessica L Speck, Teacher, Maryland Public School

Brad Akin, Literary Manager, Steep Theatre

Elaine Avila, Playwright, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Theatre Without Borders

Laura Eason, Playwright

Brian Otaño, Playwright

Ken Narasaki, Writer

Jeremy Hersh

Amber Kessler Freer

Peter Armado

Julia Cho, Producing Artistic Leader, Artists at Play

AJ Epstein, Artistic Director, West of Lenin

Meghan McGrath

Jennifer Maisel, Playwright

Chiara Klein, Yale School of Drama

Carla Pantoja, Actor/Fight Director

Aoife Spillane-Hinks, Co-Artistic Director , Then This Theatre

Sammie Choy, Director

Ken Narasaki, Actor/Writer/Story Analyst

Chil Kong

Jenny Crissey, Teatr Brama

Scott Ryan Fuss

Lia Kozatch

Brendon Fox, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Washington College

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Diana Burbano, Playwright

Damian Lamar Lockhart

Shannon Matesky

Kathy Zhu, Duke Asian American Theater

David White, Playwriting Professor, Towson University

Richelle Harrington Calin, Stage Manager

Thomas Bigley, Associate Artistic Director, The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company

Jeanette Farr, Playwright

David Shih

Harold Steward, Artistic director, Fahari Arts Institute

Suzy Fay, Artistic Associate, Dramaturgy, Lark Play Development Center

Marc Masterson, Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory

Walls Trimble, Acting Apprentice, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Bridget Kelso Anthony

Martín Zimmerman, Playwright

Stephen Park, Actor

Cristine Figueiredo

Dax Valdes

Kari Bentley-Quinn, Co-founder/Playwright, Mission to (dit)Mars

Ricardo Vila-Roger, Teaching Artist, University of Pittsburgh

Trent Blanton, Associate Professor of Theatre, Rider University

Hannah Wolf

Melissa Gawlowski

Danny Bernardo

Dana Leigh Lyman

Melanie Keller

Meghan E. Healey, Chair of the Department of Drama, Theater, and Dance, Queens College CUNY

Charlotte Canning , Frank C. Erwin Jr Centennial Professor of Drama, University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance

Matt McGeachy, Company Dramaturge, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada

A.J. Allegra, Artistic Director, The NOLA Project

James McNeel

Irma Mayorga

Lucy Carr, Casting Director, Oak Park Festival Theatre

Jocelyn Prince, Site Coordinator—Almira School, Cleveland Play House

Chalia La Tour, Yale School of Drama—MFA student

Mark Routhier, Director

John Rooney, Assistant Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Melinna Bobadilla, Actor, Educator

Sarah Aziz

Cin Martinez

Barbara Tanzillo, Tanzillo & Son LLC

Steven Wilson, Artistic Council/Casting Director, The Hypocrites

Melinna Bobadilla, Actor, Educator

Eric Colleary, Harry Ransom Center, Curator of Theatre & Performing Arts

Ralph Remington

Brendan Dalton

Janet L. Preus, Co-founder and Board Member, New Musical Theatre Exchange

Lisa A. Wilde, Dramaturg, Rep Stage

Julie Felise Dubiner, Associate Director: American Revolutions, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Ashley Birt

Kelley Ristow, Co-Founder, The Back Room Shakespare Project

Samuel LindenYale

Samuel Linden, MFA Student, Yale School of Drama

Ariel Sibert, M.F.A. Candidate, Department of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama

Danielle Ozymandias, Artistic Director, Broads’ Word Theatre

Callie Kimball

Kurt Beattie, Artistic Director, ACT Theatre/Seattle

Marisa Levy, Stage Manager

Mitra I. Arthur

Corrine YapSarah Lawrence College

Dipika Guha

David A. VanCleave , Artistic Director , Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre

Alexandria Chappell

Christie Craft

Antoinette Crowe

Godfrey L Simmons Jr, Artistic Director, Civic Ensemble

Julian Elijah Martinez

Leonard Thomas

Glenna Brucken

Anita Gonzalez, Professor of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan

Lavina Jadhwani, Director

Michelle Feda, Graduate Student, Illinois State University

Marisela Treviño Orta, Playwright

Marie-Reine Velez, Producing Artistic Leader, Artists at Play

Gugun Deep Singh, Performer & Producer

Jason Najjoum, Yale School of Drama

Leora Morris, Directing Student, Yale School of Drama

Rebekah Heusel, Stage Management MFA Candidate, Yale School of Drama

Paula Tomei, Managing Director, South Coast Repertory

Yvette Z Vandermolen, Teaching Artist

Kim Jordan, Writer/Actor/Co-founder, The Intersections Project

James Wygle, Fordham Theatre

Michelle Bombe, Director of Theatre, Hope College

Alison Christy, Dramaturg

Jeanette Harrison, Executive Director, AlterTheater Ensemble

Rikki Jo Hickey

Marshall Jones, III, Producing Artistic Director, Crossroads Theatre Company

Paul Juhn

Jason B. McIntosh

Carrie Klewin, Artistic Director, 3rd Space Theatre Collective

Esther Kim Lee, Professor, University of Maryland

Amelia Cheever, Costume Designer/Professor of Theater

Betsy Anne Huggins, Education Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Velina Brown

Elizabeth Ung

Christine Toy Johnson

Toby Schine, Executive Director & Producer, Boston Children’s Theatre

Bobby Foley

Maizy Perdue

Sarah B. Mantell, Playwright, Student, Yale School of Drama

Ed Decker, Founder & Artistic Director, New Conservatory Theatre Center

Pink Pasdar

Dámaso Rodriguez, Artistic Director, Artists Repertory Theatre

Annie MiddletonYale School of Drama

Michael Gene Sullivan, Actor/Writer/Director

Demosthenes Chrysan, Actor

Jenny Connell Davis, Playwright

Katherine Kavanagh , Professor and Theatre Program Director, BMCC/CUNY

Calvin MacLean, Producing Artistic Director, The Clarence Brown Theatre

Shelby North, Yale School of Drama

Charles T Parrott, Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University

Michael Whatley, Assistant Production Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Angela Farr Schiller, Professor, Kennesaw State University

Elizabeth Carter, Actor

Courtney Jamison

Lawrence Schober

Deanna L. Zibello, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary’s College of CA

Laura Axelrod

Dylan McCullough

Rusty Thelin, Co-Artistic Director, Real/Time Interventions

Stephanie Machado, Yale School of Drama

Jeff Sachs, MFA Student, Arizona State University Theatre for Youth

Elizabeth Mak

Stacey Cabaj, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

Abigail DiGeorge

Shawn Northrip, Theater Teacher, George Mason High School

Charlie Jake Sanchez, Marketing Director, Urban Theatre Movement

Chad Kinsman, MFA Candidate, Yale School of Drama

Alirio Zavarce, Artistic Director, AJZ productions

DeAnna Supplee

Alexandra Meda, Artistic Director, Teatro Luna

Jessica HurleyApplied Mechanics

Marilyn Tokuda, Arts Education Director, East West Players

Christion Tyler Edwards, Theatre Student

Jen Waldman, Artistic Director, Hangar Theatre

Giselle G. Garcia

Aubrey Malito

Katherine Kovner, Artistic Director , The Playwrights Realm

Genne Murphy, MFA Playwriting, ’18, Yale School of Drama

Cheryl Anderson

Joe Carlson , Educational Programs Manager , AEA and Synetic Theater

Jennifer Uphoff Gray, Artistic Director, Forward Theater Company

Anika Harden, Actor

Emily Nola Kelly

Wendy Ouellette, Stage Manager

JT Friedman, Art Student, Fordham University

Samantha Rosentrater

Amanda Salazar

Agustin Contreras Jr

Topher Cusumano, Founder, Gnome Haus Media, LLC

Andra Ward Jr., GTA, West Virginia University

Chris A. Eng, Doctoral Candidate in English, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Amie Brockway, Producing Artistic Director, The Open Eye Theater

John Byron Brooks, Mr.,

Dominique Serrand, ArtDir., The Moving Company

Jamie Legaspi

John L. Teopaco

Cole Wimpee, Artistic Director, Aztec Economy / Brooklyn NY

Tiana Bias

Erin B Mee, Artistic Director/Assistant Professor, This Is Not A Theatre Company/NYU Dramatic Literature

Olivia George

Kristen Froebel

Jessica Johns Hayes

Jenna Bosco, Actor

Amanda Damron, Actor

Meagan Dilworth, Actress

Jaclyn Perlmutter, Playwright

Tamara Carroll, student, University of Texas at Austin

Rachel Dickstein , Artistic Director, Ripe Time

J.L. Reed, Actor/Teaching Artist,

Tori Sampson, Playwright, YSD playwright

Kristin Idaszak, Playwright

Mara Isaacs, Executive Producer/Founder, Octopus Theatricals

Sarah-Jayne Ashenhurst

Bert van Aalsburg

Tamara Fisch, Freelance Director

Theresa Squire, Costume Designer

katie pearl, co-Artistic Director, PearlDamour

Molly McMahon, Artistic Director, BoxFest Detroit

Myha’la Herrold

Emily DeTar

Melissa Hart, Actor/Singer/Teacher

Rebecca Miller

Suzanne Delle, Assistant Professor of Theatre, York College of Pennsylvania

Naomi Iizuka

Phill Giggey, Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor, Signature Theatre Arlington, VA

Ismail Mahomed, Artistic Director, National Arts Festival (South Africa)

Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Lisa Biggs, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Amelia Windom, Apprentice, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Stephen Brackett

Addison Williams, Apprentice, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Lynn Lammers, Artistic Director, Kickshaw Theatre

Jonathan Shandell, Associate Professor of Theater Arts, Arcadia University

Ryan Oliveti, Artistic Associate, Serenbe Playhouse

Lauren Woehrer

Mia Joshi

Ashley Alexandra Johnson Kennesaw State University

Jacqueline Goldfinger

Maura Dunnigan

Kim Miyori

Genesis Oliver

Mike Floyd, Costume Designer

Trevor Biship, Director

Lucas Nguyen

Marielle Young

Ella Turenne, Artist, Activist

Jennifer Cendaña Armas

Kenneth Lin

James Still

Brandon Dressen

Robert Kerr

Nathan LampNorthwestern University

Rachael Hayes

Debargo Sanyal, Actor

Krista Fogle

Ashley M Oliver

Leah Franqui

Anne Mulgrave, Manager of Grants and Accessibility, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Christine Mok, Assistant Professor of Drama and Performance, University of Cincinnati

Larry Davis, Performance Company Lead, Kaiser Permenente Educational Theatre

Stefanie LauArtists at Play

Elin Rose Hill, Co-founder, Catalyst Arts Atlanta

Emily Cordes

Yvonne Joyner Levette, Board Member, 651 Arts

Emily Cordes

Lily Junker

Laura Shamas

Donatella Galella, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside

Debbie Chinn

Veronika Duerr, Co-Founder, The Weird Sisters Theatre Project

Josh Ginsburg

Ibi Owolabi

Tiffany Trent

A.P. Andrews, Playwright

Sarah Duncan

Casey Wortmann

Ed Cook III, Scenic Carpenter, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Godfrey L Simmons Jr, Artistic Director, Civic Ensemble

Daniel M. Mayeda, Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition

Dominique Morisseau, Playwright,

Daniel Abse

Mahogany L Bronwne

Soren Gillaspy

Jessica Stepka

Victoria Evans Erville , Artistic Director , Women’s Will theater

Armando Molina, Artristic Director, Company of Angels Theater

Jeff Kirkman III, Theatre Artist

Jeff Stolzer

jana k napoli, president, AEFoundation

Nicole C. Limon

William (Bill) Earl Ray, Director/Actor,

Zoe Hurwitz, Yale drama

Pamala Mijatov, Artistic Director, Annex Theatre

Kikora Franklin, Associate Professor of Theatre/Dance,

Alison Nicole VasquezSan Antonio College

Dawn Monique Williams, Director,

Lily KeltingFreie, Universität, Berlin

Goldie Patrick, Founder/Executive Director, FRESHH INC THEATRE COMPANY

Salome C. Egas, Production Manager, Ballet Nacional Integrado del Ecuador

Gene Alexander Peters, A.B.D., President & Founder, SANKOFA EXHIBIT CONSULTANTS

Benja Kay Thomas, Actress

Trevor Scott Floyd

Czerton Lim, Assistant Professor of Scenic Design, SUNY Fredonia Theatre and Dance

Portia Kamons, Producer/Director of Development, En Garde Arts

Jenna Vershen

Kilusan Bautista, Performing Artist, UNiVERSALself

Tracy H. Evans

Wyckham Avery, dog & pony dc

Shay Wafer, Executive Director, 651 ARTS

Megan Wildebour

Tanya Dean

Dina Janis, Artistic Director, Dorset Theatre Festival

Brent Englar

Christiana Molldrem Harkulich

Claire WillettPlaywrights West

Bertie Ferdman, Assistant Professor, BMCC

Jackson Gay

chandra thomas, actor | writer | producer,

Laurie Woolery, Associate Director of Public Works, The Public Theater

Stephani Etheridge Woodson, Associate Director , School of Film, Dance and Theatre, ASU

Katy Savard

Flordelino Lagundino, Artistic Director, Leviathan Lab, Generator Theater Company

Rachel Abrams

Isaiah Wooden

Patrick Mullins, Artistic Director, Virginia Stage Company

Joan Channick, Associate Dean, Yale School of Drama

Michelle Lopez-Rios, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Jake Ryan Lozano, Yale School of Drama

Baize Buzan, MFA Acting Candidate, Yale School of Drama

Andrea Lepcio

Rosalind Faires

Nicole Shero, Co-Founder and Producing Director, Hatch Arts Collective

Jason A Fleece

Jen Plants, Carl Djerassi Playwriting Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Megan Chang

Gerard Stropnicky

Bilal Dardai, Ensemble Member, The Neo-Futurists

Amy Stoller, Dialect Designer, Stoller System, LLC

Emily Mann, Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, McCarter Theatre

Allison Jaye, Performer, Instructor, PDNYC, NYFA

A. Nia Austin-EdwardsPURPOSE Productions

Ethan Lipton, Playwright,

David Samuel

Tijuana Ricks, Actor

John ThornberryTheatre on the Bay, UW-Marinette

Chris Herbie HollandArtists 4 Change NYC

Lauren M Gunderson

Angela Dumlao

Ryan Duncan

Brandon Carter

Tyler Reilly

Alyssa K. Howard, Stage Manager

Arti Ishak, Social Media Manager, Something Marvelous Festival

Patrice Foster

Jireh Breon Holder, Yale School of Drama

Travis Ballenger, Artistic Associate , Dallas Theater Center

SteVon Edwards, MPH

Michael Halberstam, Artistic Director, Writers Theatre

Michele Shay, Director, Acting Instructor, New Studio, NYU Tisch Drama

Peggy R Samuels

Miriam A. Monasch

Meghan Dixon

Sam Wals Fine

Lia Chang, Actor/Producer, Bev’s Girl Films

Rachael C. Smith

Marina McClure, Director,

Penelope Lowder, Arts Instructor,

Nayasia Coleman, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Priscilla Lindsay, Chair, Theatre & Drama, U. of Michigan

Gary Anderson , Artistic Director, Plowshares Theatre Co

Tamara Lynne, Creative Director, Living Stages Theater

Tori Keenan-Zelt, Playwright,

Steve Burch, Professor, University of Alabama

Daryn Robinson, Business and Theatre Student, Loyola University Chicago

Jon Fraser, Professor of Theatre, Long Island Univ./Post campus

Audra Yokley

Kate Mulley, President, Vox Theater

Sara Jean Accuardi, Playwright

Peter J Roth, Head of R&D, The Manhattan Project – Cleveland Lab

Ralph B. Pena, Artistic Director, Ma-Yi Theater Company

Aimé Donna Kelly, Actor

Edward Mawere, Actor, Paonessa Talent Agency

Erma Duricko, Artistic Director, Blue Roses Productions

Daniel Fredrick, Actor

Jacob Kim

Karl Iglesias , Associate Artist, The Bronzeville Arts Ensemble

Miranda Cornell, Artistic Director, Semicolon Theatre Company

Cheryle Clarke

Conrad A. Panganiban, Playwright, Bindlestiff Studio

Jeremy Gable, Playwright

Ilana M Brownstein, Director of New Work, Company One Theatre

Anna Grace Carter

Kate Zavin

Carol SpringHalfMad Theatre

H. Elizabeth Mitjans

Maureen Sebastian

Neil James Reda, Technical Director, Davidson College

Cynthia Fleming, Executive Artistic Director, Salt Lake Acting Company

Susan Kattwinkel, Associate Professor, College of Charleston

Angela K. Ahlgren

Kristine M. Reyes, Playwright, 2014-15 Dramatists Guild Fellow

David Lozano, Executive Artistic Director, Cara Mia Theatre Co.

Tari Stratton

Mary B. Robinson

Radha Blank, Writer

Jessi Walters, Actor, Bag&Baggage

Courtney Harge, Artistic Director, Colloquy Collective

Carmelita Becnel, Production Stage Manager, Princeton University

Jyana S. Browne

Samantha Cooper, Playwright/Actor/Theatre Maker,

David B. Byrd, Managing Director, Clarence Brown Theatre

Paul R. Tetreault, Director, Ford’s Theatre Society

Sandy Harned

Angel Luis Rivera, Chief Diversity Officer, CUNY/Kingsborough

Ron Himes, Producing Director, The Black Rep

Tabitha Allen

Emma Goidel, Playwright, Orbiter 3

Sturgis Warner

Clinton C. Lowe, Actor, Artists 4 Change

Kate Bussert, Artistic Director, Chiasmus Productions

Hailey Bachrach

Jill Wurzburg

Keiko Green, Artist & Community Liaison, RED STAGE

Jordan Whittington

Jennifer Decker, Artistic Director, Mildred’s Umbrella theater

Chema Pineda-Fernández, Associate Artist, Teatro de la Séptima Generación / Seventh Generation Theatre

Seth Bauer

Aimee Decker

Krystal Wilson, Actress,

Corinne Hayoun

Jennifer L. Nelson, Resident Director, Mosaic Theater Company

Jon Jon Johnson

Michael Gene Jacobs

Emily Schwend, Playwright,

Morgan Zipf-Meister

Tara Bowler, Stage Manager

Rob Buscher, Festival Director, Philadelphia Asian American Film & Filmmakers

Isabella Sazak

Kevin Hourigan, MFA Candidate, Yale School of Drama

Mhegan Lee, Actor

Lauren Dubowski

Alison Roberts

Caitlin Fisher-Draeger, Co-Artistic Director, Anon It Moves

Pearl Paramadilok

Kelvin Dinkins Jr., General Manager

Lisa Hori-GarciaSFMT

Dan Wolf, Artistic Director, Felonious

Matt KahlerThe Hypocrites

Lisa Rothe, Director,

Kimberlin Briana Torain, Student, North Carolina State University

Alex Lubischer

Claudine Cheatem, Company Manager, Pyramid Theater Company

James Bundy, Artistic Director, Yale Repertory Theatre

Carolyn BuckBuck Consulting

Joanie Schultz, director, Ms.

Laura Esping

Peter J. Kuo, Founder, Artists at Play

Nicole Virginia Accuardi da Vinci Arts Middle School

Susie Falk, Managing Director, California Shakespeare Theater

Shelley Butler, Freelance director

Kathy Janich, Dramaturg

Scott Marden, Director

Montserrat Mendez, Writer/Producer, MozzleStead

Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll, General Manager, UNIVERSES

Anthony Methvin, Artistic Associate, Diversionary Theatre

Margaret Dunn, Dramaturg,

Rodney Garza

Jessica Ford, Costume Designer

Deborah Girdwood, Director of Access and Inclusion, Children’s Theatre Company

Junelle Johannah Taguas, Collective Member, San Francisco Mime Troupe

Paul A. Slee, Executive Director, Ensemble Studio Theatre

Mary Kathryn Nagle, Executive Director, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program

Janet Brown, President & CEO, Grantmakers in the Arts

Heather M Kitchen

Tyler Rivenbark, Playwright and Adjunct

Sheila Tapia, Actor AEA, SAG-AFTRA

Amy Mueller, Artistic Director, Playwrights Foundation

Carlton Turner

David Muse, Artistic Director, Studio Theatre

Stephanie N. Morales

Naveen Bahar Choudhury, Playwright

Mark Lamos, Artistic Director, Westport Playhouse

Rebecca Martinez, Director / Theatremaker

Ashley Chang, MFA Candidate, Yale School of Drama

Mac Rogers

Michael Robertson, Managing Director, The Lark

Dustin H. Chinn

Lou Moreno, Artistic Director, INTAR Theatre

Jennifer A. Kokai, Assistant Professor of Theatre , Weber State University

Mark David Kaplan

Krystel Gapasin, East West Players

Elisabeth Karlin

Rob Urbinati, Director of New Play Development, Queens Theatre

Albert Cowart, Playwright, Robey Theater

Gil Cates, Jr., Executive Director, Geffen Playhouse

Ajene D. Washington, Workshop Coordinator, New Federal Theatre

Gail Lopes, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Caitlin Nolan

Tom Ross, Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre Company

Victoria Nolan, Managing Director, Yale Repertory Theatre

Amy Mihyang Ginther, Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Cruz

vickie washington, Founding Director, rtw~reading the writers

Pauletta Oliver

Linda Ames Key, Drama Teacher, Fordham HS for the Arts

Jerome Davis, Artistic Director, Burning Coal Theatre Company

Melanie White

Deena Selenow, Director,

Alex Mallory

Nathan Jeffrey, Director of Education and Outreach, Taproot Theatre Company

Laraine George

Noel Raymond, Co-Artistic Director, Pillsbury House Theatre

Deven Hartley, TV/Film/Theatrical Agent, BMG

Faye M. Price , Co-Artistic Director, Pillsbury House Theatre

Daniel Gary Busby, Department Chair/Artistic Director, UC Irvine Department of Drama

Lawrence Colin Hancock, Georgia Southern University

Cynthia Huffman, Immediate Past President, Board of Trustees, Intiman Theatre

Leslie Ishii, Diversity Liaison, East West Players

Amy Smith, Co-Director, Headlong Dance Theater

Nicole Gladwin, Stage Manager

DeJuan Mason

Baylie Heims

Dacyl Acevedo, Actor/Writer/Solo Performer,

Katie Watkins, Performer/Deviser, KatieWatkinsPDX

Hannah Sachs, Smith College

Daniel Carlyon

Jami O’Brien

Kathleen Cromie

Wallace Sterling, Professor Emeritus, University of Akron

Maia McCarthy

Ithica Tell

Adriana Baer, Artistic Director, Profile Theatre

Kate McCreary

Alanna E.M. Gordon Taproot Theatre Company

Samuel Taylor

Damon Gupton

Anu Yadav, Actress/Playwright,

Snehal Desai, Associate Artistic Director, East West Players

Meaghan Boeing, Breaking Bard

Chris Myers

Daniel Hanchett

Courtney Kessler Jeffrey

Margarett Perry, Director

Sandra de Helen

Ruthie Pincus, Executive Director, Stage the Change, Theatre as a Social Voice

Kelly O’Rourke Tallman

Anna Troiano, Marketing Associate , Theatre Communications Group

Kevin Bitterman, Associate Director, Artistic and International Programs, Theatre Communications Group

Eleanor Savage

Kyoung H. Park, Artistic Director, Kyoung’s Pacific Beat

Elizabeth Herron, Stage Director

stephen richard, Managing Director, Center Stage

Jenni Werner, Literary Director/Resident Dramaturg, Geva Theatre Center

Lisa L. Abbott

Tim Jennings , Executive Director, Shaw Festival

Lanna Joffrey

Kate Langsdorf, Writer

J Lanceta

Lindsay Barenz

Young Jean Lee, Artistic Director, Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company

Clint Ramos, Set and Costume Designer

Emilya Cachapero, Director of Artistic and International Programs, TCG

Phil Chan , Cultural Curator, IVY

Chi-wang Yang, Director,

Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza, Playwrights

Jennifer Dorr White

Sha’Na Lynnette Smith

Farah Bala, Actor | Producer | Educator

Fabian Obispo , Composer/Sound Designer

Peter Kim, Associate Producer, NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company)

Jessica D. Lee

David Henry Hwang, Playwright

Rick Shiomi, Playwright/Director

Sarita Ocón, Actor; Founding Core Member of BALTAN, Bay Area Latino Theatre Artists Network

Georgette Kelly, Playwright

Raelle Myrick-Hodges, Curator of Performing Arts, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans

J Hernandez

James T Armitage

Heather Cohn

Darl Andrew Packard, Executive Director, Killing My Lobster

Jeremy S. Bloom, Sound designer

John Lopes

Howard Sherman, Director, Arts Integrity Initiative, New School College of Performing Arts

Clarence Coo, Playwright

Nicole Jost, Playwright

Amy Hill, Theater Artist

Timothy Douglas

Lisa Ramirez, Playwright/Actor, Ubuntu Theater

Aya Ogawa, Playwright/Director

Margo HallCampo Santo

Oscar Arguello, Playwright, Robey Theatre company

Lisa Lacy, Executive Director, Images Theatre Company

Julie Kramer

Mohammad Aghebati, Theater Director, DayOne Ensamble

Ching Valdes-AranActor/Director

Caron Atlas, Director, Arts & Democracy

Jane Jung, Managing Director, The Civilians

Porsche McGovern, Lighting Designer

Joan Osato, Producing Director, Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project

Luis Alfaro, Resident Playwright, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Jill Cornell

Linda Chapman, Associate Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Cori Thomas, Playwright

Ena Dallas, Theatre director, OakTech Rep

Dawn L Troupe, Actor/Director/Artist, AEA

May Adrales, Theater Director

Jiehae Park, Playwright

Damon Chua, Playwright

Sam Chanse

Frank Honts

kb saine, President, Black Theatre Network

Asian American Performers Action Coalition, www.aapacnyc.org, AAPAC

Pun Bandhu, Actor

Alleluia Panis, Director, KulArts

Diana Son

Mei Ann Teo, Asst. Professor of Theatre, Hampshire College

Susan Soon He Stanton

Rotimi Agbabiaka, Collective Member, San Francisco Mime Troupe

Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director, PlayMakers Repertory Company

Victor Spielberg Verdejo

Emily C. Ioppolo

Trevor Latez Hayes

John N. Nishio, Ph.D., CEO, Founder, Sol Dance Technologies LLC

Denise M. Chapman

Karen Tsen Lee, Actress

Leigh Wolf

David Pearlstein, Director, Theater Arts Education Alliance

Billicia Charnelle Hines

Jamie Ruml

Isaac Gomez, Literary Manager, Victory Gardens Theater

Amara J Aja, MFA Candidate, The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program

Naomi Iizuka

Luis Miguel Valdez, Founding Artistic Director, El Teatro Campesino

Herbert Siguenza, Culture Clash

Chisom Awachie, Cornell University ’17

Tamara Alvarado, Executive Director , School of Arts and Culture at MHP

Dena Martinez, Actress,

Anna M. J. Holloway, Dramaturg, Actress,

Ron P. Muriera, Performing Artist,

Kathryn Lagana

Somar Lanh, Student,

Lucinda Serrano

La Shy Girl

Aleshea Harris

Sharon Lockwood, Actor

Alisha Tonsic, Executive Director, Network of Ensemble Theaters

Richard Bradford

Pamela Wu Kochiyama , Board Member, Asian Pacifix Islander cultural center

Kristen Sakura Ferris

Katie Craddock

Jennifer Chang, Chalk Repertory Theatre

Shannon Lee DunbarUniversity of Oregon

KenYatta Rogers, Professor/Artist, Montgomery College

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Sarah Griffin, Mrs,

Dave Steakley, Producing Artistic Director, ZACH Theatre

Buffy Sedlachek

Ike Holter, Resident Writer Ensemble, Victory Gardens Theater

Manna-Symone Middlebrooks

Steve Elm, Director

Kashi Johnson, Associate Professor, Lehigh University

Rebecca Ende, Managing Director, Theater J

Dianne Green, Owner, Culture Transforms Community Enterprises

Laura Schellhardt

Marlène Ramírez-Cancio, Associate Director, Arts and Media, Hemispheric Institute

Mary Sprague, SAG•AFTRA

Mónica Sánchez

Nadine Franklin, Director of Theatre, Kishwaukee College

Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

Susan Booth, Artistic Director, Alliance Theatre

Carol Van Keuren, Director of Advertising, Theatre Communications Group

Stephani Fried

Catherine Carr Kelly, Executive Director, Central Square Theater

Roberto Bedoya

Lee Mikeska Gardner, Artistic Director, Central Square Theater & The Nora Theatre Company

Michael Royce, Executive Director, NYFA

Catherine Yu

Dr. Keith Byron Kirk, Head of MA Theatre Studies, University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance

Jane Preston, Deputy Director, New England Foundation for the Arts

Sung Rno, Playwright,

Cherie Patterson

Joseph Meyers, Owner, 3828 Productions

Rachel Hockett, Artistic Director, Homecoming Players

Christopher Oscar Pena, Playwright

Peter Allen, Managing Director, Teatro Visión

Jeff Chang, Executive Director, Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University

Eve Ayanna Bell

Anne Collins, Lobby Manager, Artist, Masquers Playhouse, Pt. Richmond, CA

Rachel Simon

Carolyn Sloan

Andrea Louie, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance

MJ Kaufman

Schuyler Atkins

Maurine Knightonplease see Next Steps box

Peter Corless, Founder, GlobalCommit.org

Stuart Zagnit

Teresa Bayer, Development & Marketing Associate, Ma-Yi Theater Company

Fran Flaherty

Moira Brennan, Program Director, MAP Fund

Scott Shattuck

Nicole O. Leonard

Chloe Brown, Membership & Marketing Associate, TCG

Joette MarksRobey Theatre Company

Diane Paulus, Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director, American Repertory Theater

Leah Nanako Winkler, Playwright

Mary C. Huntington, Founding Artistic Director, The Nora Theatre Company,

Alexis FraszHelicon Collaborative

Holly SidfordHelicon Collaborative

Jessica Lewis, Artistic and International Programs Associate, TCG

Justin Laing

Marya Mazor, Director

Beth Ann Hopkins, Artistic Director, Smith Street Stage

Marloes Colen

E. Quita Sullivan, Program Manager, National Theater Project, New England Foundation for the Arts

Kimberly Senior

Courtney Guthrie, Mx.

Nora Chau, Playwright

Jeanne Sakata

Shaminda Amarakoon, Associate Production Manager,

Cristina Montero

Helen Schultz

Justice Galvan

Michigan

Michi Barall

Jordan Puckett , Associate Artistic Director , San Francisco Playhouse

Timothy Reynolds

Christina Liang, MFA Student, American Conservatory Theater

Jeanne Sakata

Catherine Castellani

Angel Desai

Morgan A M McFarland

Randall Nakano, Actor,

Christopher Mannelli, Managing Director, Victory Gardens Theater

Dom Magwili

Claire Graham

DeLisa M. White, Director,

Sophie Hassett

Chip Keyes, WGA

Jackie Kamm

Athena Hughes

Zakeya Monique, Playwright

Kala W

Jamie Nathan

Tsaitami Duchicela, Co-Founder, Seventh Generation Theatre

Martha Garvey

Nicky Paraiso, Director of Programming, The Club/Dance Curator, La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, La MaMa Experimental Theatre

Sara Lampert Hoover, Director/Choreographer

Simonton Williams

Aley Villarreal

Andrea Thome, Playwright,

June Mesina Ouellette

Jenny Lyn Bader, Artistic Producer, Theatre 167

LaNisa Frederick, Actor/ Artist

Dinorah Carrion

Kelvin Han Yee, Actor

Christine Bacareza Balance, Associate Professor, UC Irvine

Roxanne Berardinelli

Robyn Flatt, Executive Artistic Director, Dallas Children’s Theater

Courtney Flores, Costume Designer,

Jessica Hagedorn

Mashuq Deen, New Dramatists Company Member

Ellen Taraskiewicz

Elizabeth K. Auman, Managing Director, TimeLine Theatre Company

Pharah Jean-Philippe, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company

Jennifer Alice Acker, Director of Education, Serenbe Playhouse

Pharah Jean-Philippe, Founder/Artistic Director, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company

Manda Neill

Richard Seyd, Director, Seydways Acting Studios

Nicholas Metcalfe

Jane Newbold

Regina M. Morones, Resident Artist, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Rachel Lee, Co-director, LOUD: New Orleans Queer Youth Theater

Prudhvila Mulakala

David Schmitz, Managing Director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Anna Shapiro, Artistic Director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Susan Spain, Actress, AEA and SAG/AFTRA member

Francine Thomas Reynolds , Artistic Director, New Stage Theatre

Les Waters, Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Justin Jain

Grace Smith

Kamilah Forbes, Producing Artistic Director, Hi Arts

Umit Celebi

Helen Shin

KT Vigt, Actir, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Winter Miller, Playwright,

Diana Wyenn, Director & Choreographer,

Andrew Rincón

Patricia Hinkle

Cantara Christopher, Playwright

Liz Duffy Adams, Playwright

David Lindsay-Abaire

Sal Little

Caitlin Monroe

Lindsay C. Terrell, Associate Executive Director, Piedmont Council for the Arts

Sharifa Johka, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Robert Falls, Artistic Director, Goodman Theatre

Roche Shulfer, Executive Director, Goodman Theatre

Katie Wegmann

Deirdre O’Connor, Playwright,

Saviana Stanescu, Playwright,

Angeles Gottheil, Board Member, Killing My Lobster

Marilet Martinez

Will Dao

Mary Fulham, Managing Director, La MaMa

Samantha Hansel

Alyssa Rosales

Steve Harper, Playwright, Actor, Producer,

Claro de los Reyes, Freelance Theatre Artist

Tania Christopher

Catherine Castellanos, Actor, California Shakespeare Theatre/OSF/A.C.T

Leilani Chan, Artistic Director, TeAda Productions

S. Barton-Farcas, Artistic Director, Nicu’s Spoon Theater

Victoria Andújar

Tabitha Mitchell

LeVanna Atkinson-Williams, Actor/Writer/Stage Manager

Grace MacFarlane

Hugo E Carbajal, Actor/Director

Amin El Gamal

Carol Becker, Director

Charlotte Scott-Frater

Laura Brueckner, Resident Artist, Crowded Fire Theater

Kieran Kredell, Education Associate, About Face Theatre

Damone Williams

Mickey Hubbell, Board Member, Killing My Lobster

Lori Baird, Producer + Host, Talk Therapy: True Stories about Mental Health Performed Live

Beth Osborne, Associate Professor

Alicia Kwok

Isa Epstein

Kaitlin C.

Nicole Miller

Phoenix Quinn

Melanie Uhlir

Nancy Gregory

Sarah Tillery

Samantha Levine

Christopher Perry, President, Animaine Inc.

Elias Brodsky

Artisia Green, Associate Professor, College of William and Mary

Joanna Cazden, MFA, MS-CCC, voice & speech therapist for the arts,

Tommy Coleman

Judith Andrew, Ithaca Shakespeare Company

Alexa Appel

Kate Alexander, Associate Director, Florida Studio Theatre

Brian Flanagan

Donzell Lewis

Tatyana Beck

Holly L. Derr, Artist-in-Residence, Skidmore College

Cusi C Cram, Playwight,

Kyle Haden, Artistic Director, Ashland New Plays Festival

Tirzah Tyler, Director of Production and Facilities, California Shakespeare Theater

C Denby Swanson

Melvign Badiola, Youth Program Manager, Brava! For Women in the Arts

Katie Hayward

Rob Thomas, Managing Director, 16th Street Theater

Johnna Clark

Audrey Wang

Jack Nicolaus, Senior Teaching Artist, Berkeley Rep School of Theater

Gayle Romasanta

Keith Obadike, Artist, Obadike Studio

Dina Hayes

Elena Muslar, Program Assistant, Skirball Cultural Center

M. Drue Williams

Kaypri, Producer, Priscilla Belle Productions

Kirsten Greenidge, Playwright,

Ashantii Dunlop

Jonathan Carr

Amina S. McIntyre, Karibu Performing Arts/Songs of Karibu

Heather Lynn MacDonald

Sheryl Paulson-Price

Olivia Lindberg

Robert Hoyt, Director of Professional Development , The New School for Drama

Timothy Braun, Writer

Sherri Marina, Actress

Jade Wu

George Sapio, Host/producer, Onstage/Offstage (podcast)

John Castillo, Photographer

Robert A. McAlpin

Carla Corona

Lauren Yee

David A. Miller, Assistant Professor, Performance , Bloomsburg University

Catherine Porter, Co-Artistic Director, Peculiar Works Project

Natasha Han-Negrete

Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx, Founding Artistic Director, Arts Bottega

Heather Cant

Jennifer Leigh Warren

Brian Olsen

Nicholas Chamberlain

Randy Gener, 14-year Senior Editor of American Theatre magazine / TCG, In the Culture of One World

Ché Lyonschelyons.com

Gina Pisasale, Resident Dramaturg, People’s Light

Kaytlin McIntyre, Casting Director , Seattle Repertory Theatre

Deepa Purohit, Writer/Actor

David Jenkins

Erica Olson

Adam Immerwahr, Artistic Director, Theater J

Jennifer Ann Goff

Janee Ronca

Natalie persons

Erika Yanin

Barry Rowell, Co-founder/Co-Artistic Director, Peculiar Works Project

Leah Steiner, Co-Artistic Director, Arts Bottega

Marysa Yvonne Angelli

Luci Murphy, member, Artists Against Apartheid

Jeannette Franco, Actor/Health Educator,

T. Tara Turk

Ricky Pak, Producing Artistic Director, Circle Squared Collective

Brittany Bradford , Student, Juilliard

Jennifer Bielstein, Managing Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Ashley Qian

F. Omar Telan

Carla Ching, Playwright

Whitney Hall

Adrian Galley

Mia Self

Elena Meyer

Patrick Jackson

Hannah Siegel

Mfoniso Udofia, Playwright,

Luke Austen-Smith

Liz Morgan

Beth NixonRamshackle Enterprises

Maurice Decaul, Playwright, Brown University

David Adjmi, Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence, Soho Rep

Lara Kim

Erik Ehn, Director, Writing for Performance, Brown University

Judith Nihei, LMFT

Debi Durst

Kevin Sifuentes, Native Voices Ensemble

Jason Loewith, Artistic Director, Olney Theatre Center

Carolina Hoyos, Stage and Film Actress, Native Voices

Olivia Espinosa, Native Voices

Jason Grasl, Native Voices at the Autry

Christopher Salazar

Elizabeth Nearing

Roberta Uno, Arts in a Changing America, Director

Jason Heil, Freelance Actor and Director

Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Dr. Monica White Ndounou, Associate Professor, Tufts University

Sheri Foster Blake, Actor, Native Voices at the Autry

Jamil Mangan, Founder, Casting Actors of Color

Bea KiyoharaNW Asian American Theatre

Carissa Cordes

Catherine Clemo

Kristin Horton, Associate Professor of Practice, NYU Gallatin

Miranda Rose Hall, Playwright

DeLanna Studi

Carla-Rae, Professional Actor, SAG/AFTRA AEA

Aaron Carter

Sheena Weeks, Actor

Kathryn Anne RichNative Voices Theatre ensemble

Judilee Reed, Director, Surdna Foundation

Anna Kull, Director of Community Relationships, The Lark

Brianna Lodwick

Haley Lavris

Maria D.

Renita James

Valeria Negron

Natasha Townsel Jenkins

Rachel Honeyball

Jordan Cline

Steve Woolf, Artistic Director, Repertory Theatre of St Louis

Ravin Patterson, Actor/Playwright

Bianca Bagatourian, President , Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance

Jane Cochard

Michele Weathers, Interim Managing Director, PlayMakers Repertory Company

Juli Hendren, Artistic Director, Tricklock Company

Julie M Morris, National Council,

Maurer Porter, Third Rail Repertory Theatre

Mike Ferrell, General Manager , Magic Theatre

Megan Wanlass, Managing Director, Cornerstone Theater Company

Michael Robins, Executive Producing Director, Illusion Theater

Kevin Moore, President & Artistic Director, The Human Race Theatre Company

Brian Kite, Chair, UCLA Department of Theater

Randy Reyes, Artistic Director, Mu Performing Arts

Jake Taylor

Rick Dildine, Artistic Director, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

Bob Jaffe, Actor

Haley Ellis

Monique Gaffney, Actor

Louise Fong

Kedrin Adler

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