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Announcing the Spring 2025 CA$H Theatre Grantees

June 10, 2025

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2025 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. The Chikahan Company  The Chikahan Company will develop and present its newest project…

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Announcing the 2025 Rella Lossy Awardee

June 10, 2025

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025-26 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: The Fight for Artistic Freedom is Here

May 6, 2025

Two federal arts funding stories broke over the weekend. Learn how you can join the fight below — but first here are the key details. On Friday morning Trump released a budget proposal that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts. Read via American Theatre: Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH The National…

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20 Years Ago: A Letter to the Editor. Now: The Getting Played Symposium.

October 18, 2024

By Kathleen Antonia Tarr This year is the 10th anniversary of the Getting Played Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards which I founded in response to what I observed as rampant discrimination in casting, direction, and production. 2015 was also the year I delivered the General Session at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar…

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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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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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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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Local Arts Organizations Are Ready to Welcome You Back

November 24, 2021

by Sam Hurwitt Bay Area arts organizations want you to know that they’re ready. They’re…

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After Pandemic Pivoting to Launch a Catering Business, Cindy Goldfield Returns to The Stage

November 10, 2021
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by Edward Guthmann When COVID hit early last year, Cindy Goldfield was rehearsing Nine to…

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Holding The Community Together: Theatre Bay Area Searches For a New Executive Director

October 27, 2021
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka  When Brad Erickson announced this June that he would be departing his…

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A New Cohort of Tomorrow’s Leaders Joins the TBA Arts Leadership Residency

October 27, 2021

By Edward Guthman Four Bay Area theatre artists have been chosen in the second round…

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New Legislation Aims To Aid Small Arts Organizations Struggling with AB 5

September 6, 2021
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka On August 26, SB 805, or the “Save The Performing Arts Act…

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With New Residency Program, TBA Aims To Close the Theatre Leadership Gap

August 25, 2021
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by Edward Guthmann A 2020 report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition studied the 18 largest non-profit…

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TBA & Anti-Racism: Accountability and Action

April 1, 2021
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Theatre Bay Area acknowledges the social unrest and racial reckoning occurring throughout the country and…

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Theatre Advocates Mobilize in Response to California’s Gig Worker Law

February 26, 2020
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka Last month, California’s AB5 went into effect, requiring companies across the state…

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Theatre Bay Area and AB5

January 10, 2020
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A message from the board of Theatre Bay Area: Many in our community are asking…

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Headshots 101: Part Two

December 4, 2019
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by Rotimi AgbabiakaLast Insider we received some tips from local headshot photographers about taking a winning headshot.…

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Headshots 101: Part One

November 19, 2019
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka As 2020 approaches you may be thinking, “New year, new me, new headshots?” Often…

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Glickman Award Winner Finds Humor and Depth in Discord

April 2, 2019
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by Edward Guthmann In his scathingly funny Eureka Day, Oakland playwright Jonathan Spector satirized the anti-vaxxing…

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