Diversity News

​​​​​​​ Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) announced today that it is one of 20 boards recognized as a finalist for the 2022 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards.

This week, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) shared that one of the inaugural SDCF Lloyd Richards New Futures Resident Artists, Shá Cage, is completing her residency with Cornerstone Theater Company by directing Michael John Garcés's play, 36 Yesses.

Christmas Village in Philadelphia presented by Bank of America will once again return to LOVE Park and City Hall for its 15th consecutive season.

The year now ending at CIM was one of transformation. On virtually every front, and always with students as the top priority, CIM in 2022 made dramatic change, setting the pace for everything a world-class conservatory in the modern era needs to be. 

Boom Arts is presenting the U.S. premiere of the solo theater performance OKINUM following its run at the International PuSh Festival in Vancouver, BC, and in Berlin, Germany. OKINUM will have a limited three-day engagement February 9-11, 2023, at the Hampton Opera Center.

ArtsBridge Foundation is continuing its 2022-23 arts education series in the new year with masterclasses, field trips and workshop series events from January through May, with a summer session also added for August.

After performing to sold-out houses for four weeks of previews this fall, The Never Too Late Show starring Don Reed, an inspirational comic tale about never giving up, will return to The Marsh Berkeley for a full run.

Ars Nova has announced 13 new artists and groups selected for 2023 residencies. Ars Nova’s dynamic slate of artist residencies and commissions supports outside-the-box thinking and encourages innovative, genre-bending work.

Theater for the New City will present its 48th annual Thunderbird American Dancers Pow Wow and Dance Concert from January 13 to 22, 2023.

Stars from the current shows playing on Mirvish stages - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Fisherman’s Friends: the Musical - will perform a holiday concert in the West Wing of Toronto’s historic Union Station on Thursday, December 15, at 12:30 pm.

The Africa Institute announces the Indian Ocean region to be the third edition of its 'country-focused season'— an annual initiative exploring one African country or African diaspora community through a range of scholarly and public programs.

Everyman Theatre has announced it has received a $2 million gift from philanthropists Susan W. Flanigan and George A. Roche  — the single largest unrestricted gift in Everyman's history. This contribution makes it possible for theatre leadership and the Everyman Board of Directors to strengthen the organization's operations and make strategic investments in these uncertain times. 

Visions and Voices, USC's premiere arts and humanities program, will present the Gibney Company on Friday, January 20, 2023. The world-class, New York-based contemporary dance company's performance at historic Bovard Auditorium is free and open to the public.

Gary Schweikhart, president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's most highly coveted recognition of theatrical and performance excellence, has announced the nonprofit organization's expanded team of judges for the 2022-2023 theater season, including seven new judges.

Arizona Theatre Company will celebrate the start of the new year with one of the most prolific plays of all time, The Glass Menagerie, with support from Corporate Production Sponsor UnitedHealthcare.

RED BULL THEATER will rediscover the hit 1968 musical Your Own Thing and to give it its the first New York presentation in decades with a star-studded cast lead by Eddie Cooper, Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper, Tony Award-winner Santino Fontana, Olivier Award-winner Lesli Margherita, Simon Pearl, Michael Pilato, Jennifer Sánchez, and Vaden Thurgood. 

Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver Arts & Venues and the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs have announced the winners of the 2022 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Arts & Culture.

PostClassical Ensemble (PCE) rings in 2023 with a new stirring program for chorus and orchestra that celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music. “Amazing Grace,” perhaps the most universal of folk hymns, has inspired people all around the world for centuries.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts has announced the appointment of four new members to the Board of Directors.

Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA/the Biennial) has announced the appointment of Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López as co-curators to guide TBA's exhibition for the third edition of the city-wide art event taking place from September 21 - December 1, 2024.