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RESOURCES
As a queer-led company, we support groups and organizations which champion and provide assistance to LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and disabled artists, with whom we could not create art without.
A Google Sheet created by Peter J. Kuo. Self-populated.
A Google Sheet created by Jocelyn Bioh. Self-populated, national directory.
List and profiles of Black women and non-binary filmmakers. Created by Danielle A. Scruggs. Website.
A Google Sheet created by Tyrone Giordano. View-only, contact Tyrone for additions & questions.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eTOqxPK-qLbtIMsfgCcd5fkqiZZnWXvGyTbZQCEz1pQ/edit#gid=0
Largest database of disabled actors in the United States, privately managed by Disability Inclusion Consultant Christine Bruno. Contact her at BrunoDisabilityInclusion@gmail.com or visit BrunoDisabilityInclusion.com for casting inquiries and her full range of services.
Created/administered by Martine Kei Green-Rogers and LMDA. Google Sheet; View-only.
HowlRound is a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide that amplifies progressive, disruptive ideas about the art form and facilitates connection between diverse practitioners.
Native American, Alaskan Native, First Nations, Indigenous, and Aboriginal individuals in theatre. Google Sheet; View-only.
For companies and artists who want to create accurate work about, for, and with Indigenous Peoples. Created/run by Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe.
Working, self-identified Latinx Designers compiled by Latinx Theatre Commons. Also available at https://howlround.com/latinx-theatre-commons.
https://howlround.com/sites/default/files/LatinaoxDesignerListasof12.12.16.pdf
A Google Sheet from Form responses; View-only.
A Google Sheet from Form responses; View-only.
Lists only active directors with at least 2 fully-realized productions in the past five years, or recent experience in new or devised work. Google Sheet; View-only.
Google Sheet from Form responses; View-only.
RESOURCES
A huge list of resources for women of the theater who are hireable as composers, music directors, orchestrators, conductors, arrangers, rehearsal pianists, songwriters, music assistants, lyricists, transcribers, music producers, pit musicians, music educators, and more - many resources for women specifically, LGBTQ artists specifically, and diverse artists specifically.
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Search here to find women of the theater who are hireable as composers, music directors, orchestrators, conductors, arrangers, rehearsal pianists, songwriters, music assistants, lyricists, transcribers, music producers, pit musicians, music educators, and more. Created/run by MAESTRA, a membership group of female-identifying, non-binary, and gender non-conforming composers, music directors, orchestrators, arrangers, copyists, rehearsal pianists and other musicians who are in an underrepresented minority in musical theater. Website.
For organizations and artists engaging with stories from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA). Includes a performer database. Created/run by Kareem Fahmy, Evren Odcikin, Key Member Megan Sandberg-Zakian, and Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
A collection of monologues written for non-binary actors (actors whose identities lie outside the gender binary of male/female.) Created by Key K. Woodzick.
Created and curated by Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Google Sheet; Self-populated. Includes "Other Lists and Links" tab curated by Key Member Megan Sandberg-Zakian.
Ring of Keys is an artist service organization that fosters community and visibility for musical theatre artists - onstage and off - who self-identify as queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists.
Theatre artists from the South Asian diaspora. Google Sheet; self-populated. Curated by Natasha Sinha. Includes "Other resources!" tab curated by Roger Tang.
UPLIFT. AMPLIFY. ADVANCE. Statera takes positive action to bring women* into full and equal participation in the arts. Extensive resources on their website (many of which have also been shared here), mentorship and leadership opportunities, and intersectional feminism at its core.
The Kilroys is a gang of playwrights, directors and producers in LA and NYC who are done talking about gender parity and are taking action. They mobilize others in their field and leverage their own power to support one another.
Celebrating, supporting, and advocating for women theater artists by promoting gender parity at all levels of theatrical production. The Lilly Awards were started in the Spring of 2010 as an outlet to honor the work of women in the American theater. In partnership with the Dramatists Guild, The Lilly Awards have gathered resources and conducted a national survey simply called The Count that accurately showcases which theaters are producing the work of women, and which are not. The Lilly Awards Foundation is dedicated to honoring the work of women in the American theater.
The Mix is a new play resource highlighting plays that feature casts of intersectional and intersecting social identities. The brainchild of Aaron Carter, The Mix was developed by Aaron and Polly Hubbard, Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The list of plays was generated by and for the collective wisdom of professionals in the field; by publishing this list as a resource, we hope to encourage theaters to produce these plays. The Mix was made possible by the generous support of The Joyce Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and The Davee Foundation.
Women/Non-Binary/Two Spirit Dramaturgs of Color. Google Sheet; View-only.
Transgender Professionals in Theatre, Film, Television, Music, and New Media. Created by Shakina Nayfack. Google Sheet; Self-populated.
Parity Productions is the only organization to host a free database of women and trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights, directors, and designers working in professional theatre in New York City.
Founded by Mika Kauffman (they/ze/he), The Trans Entertainment Guild is “an arts advocacy group dedicated to improving working conditions and lives of transgender, gender non-conforming and gender expansive professionals in entertainment.
Trans, gender non-conforming, and gender variant theater professionals. Created by Calvin Anderson. Google Sheet; Self-populated.
Trans Voices Cabaret's mission is to raise the visibility of trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming performers, to build relationships and foster communities with casting directors and theater companies, and to highlight the talents of marginalized performers who are often overlooked by the entertainment industry. New York City is the home of the original Trans Voices Cabaret, created in 2017 by transgender actor and performer, Donnie Cianciotto.
*Kitchen Sink Theatre Company is not affiliated with any of the above organizations; we simply support their mission and wish to offer them as a resource.