Diversity News

Fresh from its acclaimed debut at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, GROWTHesque, a unique play about a Sri Lankan teenager's coming of age in a country spiralling into crisis takes centre stage at Theatre Row, New York City on November 5 at 4pm as part of United Solo 2022.

The hit public radio and podcast series Selected Shorts returns to Kean Stage on Saturday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m.

During Sound Theatre Company's 2023 season, an unprecedented number of new works will hit the stages: two world premieres, the Seattle premiere of a Pulitzer-winning play currently on Broadway, and a playwright-in-residence' latest work in development.

The Walt Disney Company has announced a $1 million grant to Florida A&M University's (FAMU) School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC), over the next five years, for the establishment of the Disney Storytellers Fund at FAMU.

The Lincoln Theatre will host the return of the highly acclaimed Central State University Chorus in “Sounds of Blackness: A Celebration of African American Music,” highlighting the contributions of African American composers and arrangers.

The American Dance Guild will return to live performance with their yearly ADG PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, their first live production since the Covid pandemic. 

The Brevard Music Group and JazzSeries.com, in conjunction with the Regalitos Foundation (a Florida 501 (c)3 non-profit foundation), are proud to announce our partnership with The Tangiers Concert Hall in Palm Bay, FL. Brevard Music Group's goal at the Tangiers Concert Hall is to continue to bring live national entertainment to Brevard County at affordable prices.

 Steppenwolf Theatre Company has appointed PennyMaria Jackson as its new Director of Marketing and Communications.

PS CLASSICS has announced that the new album December Songs for Voice and Orchestra – performed by Victoria Clark and composed by Maury Yeston – is now available for iTunes Pre-Order.

The Marsh Berkeley will inspire audiences this fall with The Never Too Late Show starring Don Reed, a comic tale about never giving up. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, this new work by fan favorite Don Reed chronicles his travails and perseverance through the Hollywood gauntlet to late night television.

​​​​​​​Theatre Raleigh announces its 2023 main stage season, including such award-winning musicals as 'Jersey Boys,' and 'The Prom' and the world premiere of N.C. playwright Allan Maule's 'The Weight of Everything We Know.'

After performing Frederick Douglass NOW on Martha's Vineyard, a site where Douglass himself spoke 145 years earlier, Obie Award-winning playwright, actor, and educator Roger Guenveur Smith will bring his acclaimed one-man show to the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) in Pittsburgh as a continuation of his partnership with the Center as its inaugural guest theater curator.

Continuing its efforts toward greater diversity and equity in performing arts careers, the Arsht Center (@arshtcenter) is participating in a newly launched BIPOC Executive Leadership in the Arts Program as part of Live Arts Center of North America (LACNA).

7 Stages, Turtle Island Trading, Zintkala Zi PowWow and the Little 5 Points Business Association join forces to bring the inaugural First Voices Festival to the people of Little 5 Points.

The Shotgun Players have announced their 2023 season of stunning and provocative theatre celebrating diversity and connection.

MorDance presents Works in Progress on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 7:30pm at Martha Graham Studios, 55 Bethune St, NYC. This intimate showing is an opportunity to peer into the creative process and hear from the artists themselves.

Adult Contemporary/Pop songstress December Rose has just released her latest single, 'Best Is Yet To Come,' an anthem of empowerment fitting for any difficulty. Written during the height of the pandemic, the track details a return to better days and a connection to a personal source of hope.

FAIRWAYS TO HAPPINESS is Doug Morrione's intriguing documentary that opens wider the doors of perception about happiness and the pathways to realizing it. The film goes online (iTunes, Amazon, Google Play) on November 17th.

Milwaukee Rep will present the theater’s first Sensory Friendly All Access performance to Much Ado About Nothing on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:30pm in partnership with Pink Umbrella Theater and Stepping Stone Educational Services. 

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has announced that Kendra Ekelund will join HVSF as the new Managing Director of the company.