The Future of Crowdfunding for Theatre Artists of Color

Leer en español In 2019, I spent about six months traveling throughout Colombia and Ecuador, where my family is from and where I also hold citizenship. I was learning more about what it means for me to be a citizen of Colombia and Ecuador along with how to use my…

Originally Published on TCG Circle — I love that this year’s TCG Conference, a reflection of where some of the theatre industry nationwide is at, interestingly aligns with where I am in my artistic and professional practice. After attending The Melanin Collective’s POC Entrepreneurial Bootcamp in Washington, D.C. …

Originally Published on TCG Circle — Over the past months, the TCG Conference team has been at work with collaborator/co-curator Viviana Vargas of Advancing Arts Forward, putting together a Conference space dedicated to self and community care. This year’s Conference WellSpace offers the unique opportunity to explore financially sustainable models of self-care, while also acting as…

Some hiring tips you may not have considered. — While working in the Diversity & Inclusion office at Actors’ Equity Association, I had the pleasure of hearing from various stakeholders in the process of casting a show. When I say “inclusive casting,” I’m talking about casting actors of color, actors with disabilities, women, trans and gender non-conforming actors, and…

Let’s get the people together. — Starting affinity groups is an actionable step you can take to fuel power for change. There is something about gathering, about creating space held together by the group, that opens the door for change to occur. …

Six of my key takeaways after attending La Raza for Liberation’s Decolonizing Unconference in Austin, Texas in January 2019 — Food (In)Justice. One of my first takeaways was around thinking about food justice, veganism, and the animal rights movement differently. I learned the current vegan and animal rights movements aren’t taking into consideration intersectionality when it comes to people of color. For example, the movements often don’t consider the food…

An Interview with The Movement Theatre Company on #25kin25days —

Let us figure out what it is that we want so we can move closer to our goals as they move closer to us. Vision boarding is a way to create a physical manifestation of what we want. …