AMERICAN THEATRE: The Black Theatre Coalition (BTC) has announced a cohort of fellows who will receive one-year placements with Broadway professionals or offices specific to the opening or ongoing operations of Broadway productions. These recipients join a cohort of producing fellows announced by BTC last month.
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Just this past season Broadway saw, for the first time, eight production written by Black dramatists: Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s “Lackawanna Blues,” Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play,” Douglas Lyons’ “Chicken & Biscuits,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s “Pass Over,” Dominique Morisseau “Skeleton Crew” and Keenan Scott II’s “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” the late Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind” and Nottage’s “Clydes.” This is huge because just a few years ago this would have quite simply not happened. Nevertheless, as the article points out, this comes hand-in-hand with a false ‘illusion of inclusion’ (something I know many of tired of). Things are getting better, but they have not been solved. Therefore, reading about incentives (and programs) that seek reshape the industry and empower those who for so long have endured the struggles that come with an inherited racist/biased structure is amazing. The Black Theatre Coalition fellowship is said to provide a $50,000 annual salary and the opportunity to participate in mounting a Broadway production.
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