The Case for Funding Theater to Advance Social Justice
August 9th, 2024 | By Studio Luna
On July, The Observer published an article “The Case for Funding Theater to Advance Social Justice: American theater needs new approaches to funding to realize its potential as a tool for social justice and community learning.” Written by Lane Sugata- and guess what? It mentions us! A small mention, sure. But none the less, we think it’s an important piece and wanted to share with you all.
“The rise of nonprofit regional theaters was linked to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Theater makers such as Amiri Baraka and Ed Bullins seeded the Black Arts Movement to advance Black self-determination and culture. Feminist theater emerged in the 1970s and 1980s and lives on through Spiderwoman Theater, Teatro Luna and many others. ”