ABOUT US

We are a 14-member coalition of theater leaders that seeks to create an equitable funding landscape for theaters, artists and administrators of color by addressing systemic imbalances that exist in public and private sector funding.

Master of the Currents, TeAda Productions

Towne Street Theatre

California: The Tempest, Cornerstone Theater Company

VISION

The Artistic Directors of Color Alliance - Greater Los Angeles (ADCA) desires a just and equitable future where the diverse artists and the communities we represent will see their stories exemplified in a universe of thriving, well-supported, and robust theatrical organizations that are both culturally specific and multi-cultural like Greater Los Angeles.

Below is a list of interconnected values that elucidate the principles we have embraced from the inception of the Alliance.

VALUES & PRINCIPLES

  • Accountable Equity

    • Beyond celebrating diversity, our theaters are dedicated to generating, producing and staging works that reflect voices that have been historically excluded.

    • Grounding our work in communities whose stories we tell

    • Raising the visibility of BIPOC Theaters, Artists, and Administrators

    • Going beyond land recognition statements, we commit to building opportunities for dialogue and collaborative projects, productions, and other endeavors with indigenous artists and communities.

  • Advocacy and Shared Leadership

    • Recognizing the historic under-representation and under-funding experienced by the BIPOC theater community and insisting on credible change from both public and private funders

    • Committing ourselves to ongoing learning and knowledge sharing through the dissemination of tools and practices of Alliance members

    • Removing barriers to racial equity within our own practices; leveraging and growing our networks in Greater Los Angeles and beyond; and aligning and coordinating funding to support initiatives that increase racial equity

    • Practicing commitment and accountability to each other (e.g., attending Alliance meetings; completing requested documents; being part of a sub-committee, and participating in ongoing advocacy efforts)

  • Interdependence, Collective Action & Network Building

    • Collectively addressing practices and behaviors in the funding and theater communities that are grounded in systemic oppression

    • Advocating for a healthy ecology that can sustain competitive salaries for BIPOC administrators and artists who are the backbone of BIPOC theaters

    • Insisting the media review the work of Alliance theaters by critics of color