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Transcript: The Threat of An Inclusive American Theatre

August 7, 2024

If you were at our October 2023 conference, you almost certainly remember Nataki Garrett’s outstanding keynote address. In anticipation of the Annual Conference 2024: Roots Intertwined, we are pleased to share the transcript below. The Threat of An Inclusive American Theatre  By Nataki Garrett Thank you so much, Meredith, and good afternoon, everyone! It feels…

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Announcing Spring 2024 CA$H Theatre Grantees

June 11, 2024

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2024 CA$H Theatre Grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Ramon Abad  Duck Soup is an immersive theatre experience for children and families at Bindlestiff…

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Announcing 2024 Rella Lossy Awardee

June 7, 2024

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award. The Rella Lossy Award honors the memory of Rella Lossy, a lifelong champion of the American theatre and playwriting, by honoring the best new full-length script of a play by an emerging playwright that will premiere in Alameda County, Contra Costa County,…

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Advocacy Alert: Tell Your Representatives To Oppose The 58% Cut To CA Arts Spending

May 16, 2024

Governor Newsom’s revision of the 24-25 California Budget proposes an unacceptable 58% cut to funding for local arts programs. His proposal would: Economic impacts are not isolated: Arts & Culture production drives 8% of California’s economy, producing over $290 billion in direct impact and supporting 847,688 jobs; it also drives 7.3% of state tax revenues.…

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American Conservatory Theater and Theatre Bay Area Partnership Opens New Doors for Melissa Yandell Smith Library

March 4, 2024

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and Theatre Bay Area have forged a new partnership for artists all around the Bay Area to access A.C.T.’s Melissa Yandell Smith Library collection. The Melissa Yandell Smith Library contains nearly 15,000 titles including play scripts, books, videos, language and music recordings, music scores, and theater periodicals. The collection has been…

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Announcing CA$H Theatre Fall 2023 Grantees

December 15, 2023

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Fall 2023 CA$H Theatre grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Aureen Almario Bulong, meaning whisper in Tagalog, is an evening-length, multidisciplinary shadow puppet performance…

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Introducing the 2023 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow

October 31, 2023

Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation announce Rolanda D. Bell the 2023 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow. Bell was introduced as the awardee on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at Theatre Bay Area’s TBAConnect: A Fall Conference for Creatives. Bell, a stage and screen actor based on Oakland, CA, garnered acclaim recently for her powerful…

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Introducing the 2023-24 Arts Leadership Residency

October 31, 2023

Photo by Cheshire Isaacs Kimberly will be working with Central Works co-Artistic Directors Jan Zvaifler and Gary Graves on producing their 2024 season and developing their 2025 season. All Central Works seasons are developed collaboratively, and Central Works plans to fully involve Kimberly in all aspects of leadership work. Kimberly Ridgeway is a Director, Actor,…

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Theatre Bay Area News

Announcing 2023-24 Rella Lossy Awardee

June 26, 2023

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2023-24 Rella Lossy Award. The Rella…

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Catch Up, California: Bay Area for SB 1116

June 9, 2023
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Emergency Rally on June 9 at 12 PM We held an emergency rally for funding…

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It’s Time for Theatre Artists to Talk about VR and Immersive Tech

March 31, 2023
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Theatre Bay Area presents its 2023 Annual Conference: ENVISION, featuring leaders in the local and…

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Catch up California: Ask your reps to fund the live arts!

March 17, 2023

If you’re connected to Theatre Bay Area, you probably know that small performing arts organizations are…

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Introducing TBA’s Community Accountability Agreement

December 19, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Working Group, a team comprised of Board…

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Announcing Fall 2022 CA$H Theatre Grantees

December 8, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area is proud to announce the Fall 2022 awardees of our flagship grant,…

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Angel Adedokun Awarded the 2022 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellowship

December 1, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation are thrilled to announce Angel Adedokun as…

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Announcing the 2022-23 Arts Leadership Residency Cohort

December 1, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area’s Arts Leadership Residency removes roadblocks to arts leadership for historically marginalized groups…

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A Fireside Chat with Anne W Smith and Sean Fenton

July 26, 2022
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We’ve been using this space to share a peek behind the curtain on the exciting…

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Fireside Chat with Anne W. Smith: May 2022

May 11, 2022
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Spring Greetings, Everyone, After a busy month and a half here at TBA, it’s a…

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Fireside Chat with Anne W. Smith: March 2022

March 22, 2022
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DEAR MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, After participating as a Theatre Bay Area Board member for…

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FY2022 CA$H Theatre Accountability Report

March 1, 2022
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To hold ourselves accountable in dismantling white supremacy culture and other biases in TBA, we…

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