Open captioning is one of the most cost-effective and tech-friendly ways to start engaging with better accessibility practices in your theatre. I'm thrilled to be able to share the following packet of information with any theatre artist looking to start working toward a more universally accessible theatre!
Feel free to preview the document or download it and distribute.
Feel free to preview the document or download it and distribute.
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Hear from some of my favorite artists on equity, accessibility, and inclusion:
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I had the supreme privilege of interviewing 13 artists for Broadway World about how they hoped to see Boston's theatre scene improve over the next decade. Their words and experiences speak to the inaccessibility of theatre in regards to ability, class, race, gender, and education. I strongly encourage anyone invested in improving theatrical accessibility across the boards to read and listen to what they have to say.
An Introduction: Boston Theatre in the '10s and What it Means for the '20s A brief overview of growth within Boston's theatre scene over the past decade. |
Part 1: Making Space for Gender-Queer Voices (and Making Sure to Pay Them too!)
An interview with stage manager/ producer, Geena Forristall; marketing associate, Gavin Damore; and playwright/actor Michael Rosegrant about Boston's relationships with trans and gender-expansive theatre artists.
Part 2: Can Boston Support Fringe Work?
An interview with playwrights, M Sloth Levine, Rosa Nagle, Melinda Lopez; and dramaturg, Ramona Rose King about what Boston's aversion to fringe and experimental work has to do with the city's elitism and biases.
Part 3: Making Theatre Spaces Safe and Accessible
Actors Jacques Matellus and Kelsey Ferdinand relay the events in which an accident in a Massachusetts theatre landed Matellus in the hospital for weeks and the effects that has had on his future. Actor and director Elbert Joseph shares his concerns with Boston's ignorance of the Deaf artists in our community.
Part 4: Making Sure Diversity is Equitable
Actor/ director Michelle Aguillon, actor Krystal Hernandez, and playwright/ actor/ singer Dev Blair comment on Boston's increased attempts at diversifying representation on stage and what that actually means for artists of color.
An interview with stage manager/ producer, Geena Forristall; marketing associate, Gavin Damore; and playwright/actor Michael Rosegrant about Boston's relationships with trans and gender-expansive theatre artists.
Part 2: Can Boston Support Fringe Work?
An interview with playwrights, M Sloth Levine, Rosa Nagle, Melinda Lopez; and dramaturg, Ramona Rose King about what Boston's aversion to fringe and experimental work has to do with the city's elitism and biases.
Part 3: Making Theatre Spaces Safe and Accessible
Actors Jacques Matellus and Kelsey Ferdinand relay the events in which an accident in a Massachusetts theatre landed Matellus in the hospital for weeks and the effects that has had on his future. Actor and director Elbert Joseph shares his concerns with Boston's ignorance of the Deaf artists in our community.
Part 4: Making Sure Diversity is Equitable
Actor/ director Michelle Aguillon, actor Krystal Hernandez, and playwright/ actor/ singer Dev Blair comment on Boston's increased attempts at diversifying representation on stage and what that actually means for artists of color.
And while you're here... if you wanted to edit this document--- a crowd-sourced 'Theatre Accessibility Tell-All'--- to help reflect the accessibility offerings of theatre in Massachusetts, I wouldn't complain at all!
