Jul 13, 2021 – Equity in the Arts Nora's Guide to Kicking Ass & Applying for Grants: July 2021The Lark's Development TeamOur monthly round-up of grant, fellowship, and aid opportunities for Artists with upcoming deadlines!
Jun 29, 2021 – Equity in the Arts What We're Reading: June 2021A compilation of articles and media surrounding equity in the arts that The Lark team has been tuned into this month!
Jun 22, 2021 – Equity in the Arts Nora's Guide to Kicking Ass & Applying for Grants: June 2021The Lark's Development TeamOur monthly round up of aid, grant, and fellowship opportunities for artists!
Jun 18, 2021 – Equity in the Arts Actors Who Write (Part II)Nikki Massoud, Reynaldo Piniella, Kara Young and Jennifer Haley“I think fundamentally I want to come back to theater that feels worth our time, because our time is precious.”
May 13, 2021 – Equity in the Arts Nora's Guide to Kicking Ass & Applying for Grants: May 2021A monthly round-up of grants, fellowships, and aid opportunities for artists
Apr 06, 2021 – Equity in the Arts Nora's Guide to Kicking Ass & Applying for Grants: April 2021The Lark's Development TeamA new monthly round-up of grants, fellowships, and aid opportunities with upcoming deadlines for artists.
Oct 09, 2020 – Equity in the Arts On Stage Management and DisabilityBy Alyssa K. Howard & Peter Royston“I want to make sure the actors I work with have what they need, have what they want…”
Jul 26, 2020 – Equity in the Arts On Directing and DisabilityBy Brian Balcom and Evan T Cummings“…those roles really didn’t interest me very much, or there just wasn’t any opportunity on live stages. I figure that if I wanted to continue with the…
Jul 13, 2020 – Equity in the Arts On Disability & Intersectionality in the Age of ZoomBy Nik Anderson, A.A. Brenner, and Ryan J. Haddad“Unprecedented times, people keep saying… Maybe there was a precedent for all of this happening, and we just didn’t see it.”
Jun 15, 2020 – Equity in the Arts Athena Stevens on Box-Ticking & Narrative ControlAn Interview by Tim J. Lord“I really struggled as a writer and a performer who happened to have a disability to get professionals to see me as simply a writer and performer.”
Jun 01, 2020 – Equity in the Arts We Will Make it Through the StormBy Stacy Waring & John Clinton EisnerThe shadow of white supremacy permeates every area of our lives – and it isn’t a life generating force.
May 26, 2020 – Equity in the Arts What I "need" right now as an artistby Francisco Mendoza“If the question of what artists need was a priority for anyone at any point, theater would be a viable, sustainable career choice.”
May 04, 2020 – Equity in the Arts Exploring Disability Aesthetic Through CommunityBy Tim J. Lord & Gregg MozgalaInaugural Apothetae and Lark Playwriting Fellow Tim J. Lord discusses how connecting with the Disabled Community influenced his work.
May 01, 2020 – Equity in the Arts The Two-Fold Impact of COVID on Immigrant ArtistsBy Adam A. Elsayigh & Wenxuan XueAs international artists ourselves, we both relate and sympathize with these experiences. Though we don’t have the capacity to make a legislative change…
Apr 21, 2020 – Equity in the Arts A Place of Exposure: IntroductionBy Gregg MozgalaI believe the very things that makes Disability hard to codify and define are the same things that makes it inherently dramatic in nature – and what cou…
Apr 10, 2020 – Equity in the Arts What We're Reading: April 2020A list of articles and other media on theater, equity, and beyond, that The Lark team has been tuned into this month.
Feb 28, 2020 – Equity in the Arts Let's Be Together: Affinity Space in TheaterBy Wenxuan XueLauren Yee’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ has hosted Asian American nights, while C.A. Johnson’s ‘All the Natalie Portmans’ hosted both Black Night and Queer N…
Feb 04, 2020 – Equity in the Arts Small Changes, Big Results: Paying Our Theater Interns by Wenxuan Xue, with Anna KullIf we can all be on the same page as to why unpaid internships should be obsolete, then the question becomes, how do we make the change?
Jan 28, 2020 – Equity in the Arts Arts Administration Internships that Pay!by Wenxuan XueThe purpose of this list is to be a guide and resource for students, recent graduates, and early-career arts administrators looking for paid internships…
Dec 02, 2019 – Equity in the Arts Dear Cisgender Writer, A Follow-UpBy Nora MonahanI firmly believe that the onus cannot be on trans folks alone to depict ourselves in art. We exist in the world. We should exist in your plays.
Nov 29, 2019 – Equity in the Arts People’s Theatre Project: Art, Immigration, and Social Justiceby Wenxuan Xue, with Zafiria DimitropoulouWe had people crying and saying thank you for that. We’ve had immigrants who raised their hands and spoke in their native language saying “Thank you. I …
Oct 09, 2019 – Equity in the Arts The State of Middle Eastern American TheaterA panel discussion hosted by Maia DirectorsThe members of the newly launched Middle Eastern American Writers Lab discuss how their writing processes are informed by multiple countries and perspec…
Oct 02, 2019 – Equity in the Arts Statement on the Denial of U.S. Visa for Playwright Conchi LeónBy John Clinton EisnerA statement from The Lark’s Artistic Director on the recent denial of U.S. Visas for international artists.
Jul 25, 2019 – Equity in the Arts Stop asking immigrants to justify their presenceby Francisco MendozaA few weeks ago, while applying for a prestigious playwriting residency, I was asked to check a box that said “I’m a US Citizen or have been granted a p…
May 01, 2019 – Equity in the Arts Accessibility and Beyondby Megan McClain“I was asked to take the role of Lark’s Accessibility Manager, but accessibility is everyone’s job.”
