Diversity News

Matthew Shilvock, Tad and Dianne Taube General Director of San Francisco Opera, have announced the appointment of Georgi Kelly as Chief Philanthropy Officer.

The City of Boston announced the celebration of Latino Heritage Month with Fiesta en la Plaza, a diverse program of cultural activities that will take place over four weekends in the renovated City Hall Plaza.

The World Premiere of Ukraine: Our Home presented by Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival in association with the Canadian Association of Crimean Tatars and Lighthouse Immersive comes to Toronto on Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17. 

Discover the inaugural season of Kyoung's Pacific Beat, a peacemaking theater company based in Brooklyn. Featuring a hybrid of virtual and live events, the season titled 'Community Safety, Community Cares' runs from September 2023 to April 2024 in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Discover how the Oceanside Theatre Company and Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside are providing a free after-school theatre program for youth ages 9-19. Learn more about the program and how to register your child today!

On the heels of a sizzling summer, The Music Center and its TMC Arts programming division, its resident company campus partners (Center Theatre Group, LA Opera, LA Phil and the Los Angeles Master Chorale) and Gloria Molina Grand Park are ready to embrace the fall season with an abundance of exciting and unique experiences for all Angelenos and visitors.

The French Institute Alliance Française, FIAF, has announced the appointment of Violaine Huisman to the position of Director of Cultural Affairs. Huisman is a French-American festival curator, writer and translator who has contributed to FIAF's programming since 2005.

The New Jersey Symphony has announced that it has made the difficult decision to consolidate its concert program weekends for the upcoming 2023–24 season, which begins this October and continues through June, as part of an overall budget reduction plan.

The Paul Taylor Dance Company's 2023 Season at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, from October 31 through November 12, will include fourteen dances by five choreographers – Ulysses Dove, Amy Hall Garner, Larry Keigwin, Lauren Lovette, and Paul Taylor – and feature world premieres by Lovette, PTDC's Resident Choreographer, and Keigwin, Taylor Company Commissioned choreographer.

Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre (KOAC) will host 'La Serenissima':  KOAC Harry Kiyooka 2023 Memorial Fundraiser for the second year on September 16, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The REV Theatre Company has announced the company for the final production of its 65th anniversary season – “A Chorus Line.”

Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, has announced that “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” will be the fifth show in its 25th Anniversary Main Season. Based on Mark Haddon's best-selling 2003 novel, the play is written by Simon Stephens and will be directed by resident artist Darryl B. Hovis.

Portland Center Stage will kick off their 2023-24 season with a spectacular high-energy musical that's all about community: directed by Isaac Lamb, HAIR begins preview performances on September 30, opens on October 6, and runs through November 5 on the mainstage.

Pandora Productions has announced the retirement of long-time Producing Artistic Director and actor Michael J. Drury.  After nearly 25 years at the helm of the critically acclaimed Louisville theatre company Pandora Productions, Michael J. Drury is stepping down from his role to retire at the end of the 2023-24 season.

The award-winning Honens Festival will return to Calgary September 7 to 10, 2023 to wrap up the warmth of summer. One of Canada's premier classical music events, this year's Festival consists of eight extraordinary performances-half of them with free admission-over four days.

The Oceanside Theatre Company (OTC) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside (BGCO) are offering a free theatre program for youth ages 9-19 from August 29 through November 19 at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside and the Brooks Theater.

Gloucester Stage Company has announced the world premiere of TALL TALES FROM BLACKBURN TAVERN, written by John Minigan and directed by Bryn Boice. The production will open on Friday, September 1, and run through September 24 at Gloucester Stage Company's historic waterfront theater.

​​​​​​​TheatreSquared (T2) Artistic Director Robert Ford and Board President Todd Simmons today announced that the board of directors has invited Shannon A. Jones, TheatreSquared's talented general manager, to serve as the company's new executive director.

Live & In Color returns to Salem, CT this September celebrating its 9th season of developing new and inclusive works of art. Live & In Color is an innovative theatrical program during which artists spend time in a rural retreat setting creating work that gives voice to underrepresented communities onstage in the beautiful and inspiring setting of the Bingham Camp.

In an exciting announcement, Treasure Valley Children's Theater (TVCT) has officially welcomed Allison Terenzio as its new Executive Director. With a wealth of experience in education, performing arts and nonprofit management, Ms. Terenzio is poised to lead the theater company into a new era of creativity, growth, and community engagement.