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By: Curious Theatre Company On: October 18, 2016 In: Curious & Curiouser Blog, Uncategorized Comments: 0
We are committed to diversity.
Help us move the conversation forward.

diversity-panel-2-frontCurious likes to push the envelope and are committed to exploring ways to do even more. Want to join the conversation? We are hosting a robust discussion on diversity in programming via a three-panel series. Our first panel spoke to why diversity is a vital issue.The upcoming second session brings our city’s artistic directors together for a deep-dive into how to make diversity an institutional priority and why they have (or have not) done so.

Panel II: The Artistic Side
Monday, November 7 at 7 pm
Curious Theatre Company
1080 Acoma Street, Denver

Panelists
donnie l betts, Director
Amanda Berg Wilson, Artistic Director of The Catamounts
Kent Thompson, Artistic Director of the Denver Center Theatre Company
Chip Walton, Artistic Director of Curious Theatre Company
Moderated by Lisa Kennedy, Journalist and Author
Topics
How do you make diversity an institutional priority?
How can we foster a diverse pool or artists?
Shifting the conversation from color-blind casting to color-aware casting.
How can we support playwrights of color and their unique voice?
Challenges face and overcome in programming for our community.
Stay tuned for our third panel that includes administrators discussing the tactics and realities of budgeting for and selling diverse plays in our market to be held on December 5.