Bay Area Theater Accountability Workgroup

“We intend this to be a space where we can commit to the difficult, complex, and constructive conversations around Black liberation, Indigenization, equity, justice, and accountability.”

RESEARCH PROJECT: Bay Area Theater Accountability Workgroup

COVERAGE: June 2020 to June 2021

RESEARCH PARTNERS: Shannon Davis, LeeAnn Dowd
Sonia Fernandez, Margo Hall, William Hodgson, Jeffrey Lo, Mina Morita, Rose Oser, Julius Rea, Leigh Rondon-Davis, Lauren Spencer, Eric Ting, Dawn Monique Williams, and Anthony Jackson.

The Accountability Workgroup is made up of the Bay Area’s Artistic, Managing, and Executive Directors organized as a response to the current movement for racial justice.

Meeting bi-weekly, we intend this to be a space where we can commit to the difficult, complex, and constructive conversations around Black liberation, Indigenization, equity, justice, and accountability; unpacking how racism impacts our art, our artists, our organizations, and our community. This year-long gathering is to strengthen relationships between us, so that we may learn together and hold each other accountable in transforming practices within and between our organizations. We see this as an opportunity to be a resource to each other and a collective committed to meaningful and lasting change in our community and in the industry. This initiative is collectively hosted by approximately 14 volunteer BIPOC and White community leaders.