Friday, July 26, 2019
Confessions of a Sexist Playwright
HowlRound Theatre Commons: Thanks in part to the #MeToo movement, mansplaining, gaslighting, and privilege have become familiar terms in theatre communities. Whether in the rehearsal room, the office, onstage, backstage, or in the scene shops, straight, white, male, cisgender, and temporarily able-bodied privilege is being called out. Up and down the lines of production, people are challenging inequity and speaking truth to power. And while calling out oppressions and isms is crucial, for many theatremakers the call needs to come from inside the house.
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I really appreciate this playwright's willingness and ability to delve into his gender privilege, it is a very interesting analysis. More importantly I think it is interesting that he does this through the lens of a play he wrote. I think it is really important as an individual with any type of privilege to be constantly checking what you can be doing to open a conversation about how we can making the world, and theater space as more accepting and open. I think there is a general belief that theater is exceptionally accepting and open, and while this is mostly true, it is also important to acknowledge that we always can improve. Thankfully, the theatrical community is mostly very accepting, and always willing to listen to a new conversation. In my opinion, we must be careful to always consider how we as a group can improve and create a space where everyone is entirely and unequivocally equal.
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