Christine Toy Johnson Oral History Preview - Theatre 2020 Project

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The pandemic has reignited important conversations about race, representation, and equity within the theatre profession. Actress and playwright Christine Toy Johnson has been an advocate for this work for decades, and in an interview with the Ransom Center’s Theatre 2020 Project, she explains her frustrations and hopes for a more representative theatre.
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Since COVID-19 was named a global pandemic in March 2020, theatre professionals and organizations around the world have struggled to respond. Some theatres have closed permanently. Artists are adapting to new ways of telling stories. Many theatres are reckoning with longstanding systemic racism, onstage and off. During this period of upheaval and transformation, the Theatre 2020 Project is documenting how theatre professionals around the world have been impacted by the events of the past year to help future artists and scholars understand this unprecedented period of change.
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