NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Communications Group is accepting purposes for the 2023 Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) program. Applications will likely be accepted till Tuesday, March 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Where as earlier RLC cohorts have comprised a spread of theatre leaders alongside one arts journalist, the 2023 RLC will comprise a cohort of three exceptionally gifted early-career journalists and critics of coloration who’re dedicated to uplifting the tales of BIPOC and Black theatres, Indigenous theatres, and all different theatres of coloration (BITOC), upholding equitable practices within the U.S. theatre area, and who exhibit the potential to affect the theatre area in a constructive means.
In addition to these at present working as writers, RLC additionally encourages candidates who could not formally establish themselves as a journalist and/or critic, however who’re dedicated to analyzing theatremaking, opening dialogue in regards to the relevance of theatre in in the present day’s cultural panorama, and who’re fascinated with reinventing journalism and cultural criticism. RLC believes that writers of all codecs could be cultural mirrors, whether or not short-form (social media and social networking, spoken phrase, and poetry) in addition to long-form (blogs, podcasts, articles, op-ed, essays, and many others.).
Participation within the RLC cohort contains skilled growth actions through the 2023-24 program interval, registration (together with transportation) for the National Critics Institute on the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, particular person paid writing included in American Theatre journal and on TCG’s social media and social networking platforms, networking alternatives with veteran leaders within the area and a nationwide community of friends, one-on-one profession counseling with TCG workers, a one-year subscription to ARTSEARCH®, and entry to the RLC Toolkit, together with publications and useful resource supplies.
| TCG will maintain an Instagram Live on Feb. fifteenth at 2 p.m. ET with Rising Leaders of Color alumni TJ Acena and Cristina Pla-Guzman, M.S. to talk about their careers in journalism and the way the RLC cohort helped form their experiences within the area. |
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