Open letter signed by top celebrities decries racism in the US theatre world, saying it had exploited, excluded and diminished people of colour
A mural is seen on a boarded up business as a Los Angeles Police Department car drives by in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Many businesses were boarded up during protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a black man died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.
In an open letter addressed to "Dear White American Theatre," the signatories complained of tokenism, prioritising white theatre for white audiences, and a failure to make promised changes in programming or leadership. Floyd's funeral, broadcast nationwide, took place on Tuesday in Houston, Texas, after two weeks of street protests around the world.
It was addressed not just to theatre owners and theatre companies but also to critics, casting directors, agents, labour unions and university training programs.
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