Blackness in Nonprofit Theater: Where Representation Becomes Marginalization

[Lee Cruz]

As a black male growing up in the South, my very presence was a form of trespass; that is, I was never sure where I belonged and where I did not. At home, I was alone. At school, I was different. On the street, I was unsafe. Professional theater, I discovered, was no exception: looking at the administration, production teams, and show selections of theaters within visiting distance, I found no reflections of the black community. What I did find were three very troubling practices: slotting, tokenism, and dehumanization... more

http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/01/29/blackness-in-nonprofit-theater-where-representation-becomes-marginalization/