Diversity News

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) held its 2022-2023 Annual Board of Trustees Meeting in the Community Room of the Dayton Metro Library's Main branch in downtown Dayton on the afternoon of June 15, 2023. Board of Trustees President Ed Tomme and DPAA President & CEO Patrick Nugent presented the report to approximately 55 stakeholders.

In honor of Pride, Jersey City Theater Center will present the Jersey City debut of the documentary Strength Through Visibility: 20 Years of Pride in Jersey City in partnership with Jersey City LGBTQ+ Pride Festival (Jersey City Pride) and a developmental reading of new musical entitled HEAVY HEAD. HEAVY HEAD: A Musical is a modern retelling of the Medusa Myth.

Super Estrella Online, La Tocada and The Music Center will present Amandititita, El Conjunto Nuevo Ola and The Pacifico Dance Company on July 8, 2023.

Super Estrella Online, La Tocada and The Music Center will present Flor Amargo, Los Jornaleros Del Norte and The Pacifico Dance Company on August 12, 2023.

Collingwood Music Festival has announced additional events at the festival, running July 8 – 15.

Pushcart Players, New Jersey's Emmy-nominated and award-winning touring theater for family audiences has announces their 2023-24 Season of productions and educational programs. Founded in 1974, Pushcart will be celebrating 50 years of stirring up serious fun for young people nationwide.

E'maj Entertainment Television Network, a groundbreaking media platform dedicated to empowering people of color, is thrilled to announce its official launch on Juneteenth, June 19, 2023.

The mixed-use Gateway Building is the location of the BBox Theater. It is this year's home of the VARIATIONS ten-minute theater festival, which, for 2023, is VARIATIONS ON THE END, under the capable wing of Rapid Lemon Productions. Jalice Ortiz-Corral directs all eleven of these brand-new playlets by local playwrights.

The Capitol Theatre's summer stage series will continue with Prairie Nurse by award-winning Filipino-Canadian playwright Marie Beath Badian, directed by Megan Watson - a hilarious culture-clash comedy based on a true story.

Súper Estrella Online, La Tocada Alternativa and The Music Center will present México A Flor De Piel with Flor Amargo, Los Jornaleros Del Norte, Pacifico Dance Company and DJ Eduardo Soul.

Super Estrella Online, La Tocada Alternativa and The Music Center will present Tropicaliente Amandititita, El Conjunto Nuevo Ola, Pacifico Dance Company and DJ Boris Ponce on July 8, 2023.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles and Desert Daze will present Imarhan Tuareg Desert Rock on July 28, 2023.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles and the Fowler Museum & The NEA will present: Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time and SK Kakraba on July 30, 2023.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles and Boombox in the Park will present Monalisa, Inka One, Ben Diggin, DJ Analog & Mantron on July 29, 2023.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles and Mano y Mano to present Los Yesterdays and Thee Illusions on July 14, 2023.

theSpaceUK is announcing the full 2023 programme with over 360 shows on sale at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The 2023 line-up features the return of Fringe favourites along with a packed programme of new writing and new companies. 

Acclaimed children’s drama school Perform has announced the initial celebrity guest line up for Perform in The Park’s: Evenings in The Park With… produced specially for the festival by Green Room Ents and Lambert Jackson.

Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C) will present ‘Sweet Mama’, the new music theatre work by award-winning actor, playwright and director Candy Bowers. Renowned for her radical and visually stunning body of work, ‘Sweet Mama’ sees Bowers throw down on a subject that is close to her heart: eradicating Type 2 diabetes.

Celebration Theatre and Greenway Arts Alliance present a limited return engagement of TALES OF THE TRANSCESTORS, with a collection pf original vignettes directed by Shaan Dasani (he/they).  

The Palace Theater presents the 2023 – 2024 2nd Act Series and “I Wrote That!” Author Talk Series.