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African-American Opera
African-American opera developed alongside mainstream American opera in the late 19th and 20th century.
African-American Theatre
This guide offers a general overview of the representation of African-American performers, stories, dramatic works, and audiences.
Asian-American Theatre
This guide explores the political and social theatre that developed out of the Asian-American movement of the 1960s.
Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement, dated from 1965-1975, was defined by political and progressive ideologies.
Deaf Theatre
Deaf theatre is a study and practice that includes plays about and performances by deaf and hard of hearing actors.
Disability Theatre
In creating disability theatre, playwrights and practitioners focus on how to accurate and ethically represent the experience of disability for an audience.
Documentary & Verbatim Theatre
Verbatim theatre is a non-traditional mode of writing and performance that dramatizes real-world experiences, including personal as well as historical events.
Feminist Theatre
Feminist plays and playwrights are centered around women and women’s agency, as independent from men.
Harlem Renaissance Theatre
Explore the ideas underpinning the Harlem Renaissance theatrical movement, along with some of the key productions, companies, and playwrights.
Latinx Theatre
Contemporary Latinx theatre examines the unfolding complexity of Latinx identity in America.
Postcolonial Theatre
Within drama and literature, postcolonialism is marked by writers reclaiming their heritage, language, and history from colonizing empires.
Queer Theatre
Queer theatre is a diverse body of work that examines the lives of people who identify as LGBTQ+, documenting their experiences with authenticity and empathy.
Refugee-Led Theatre
Refugee-led theatre seeks to work with and on behalf of refugees, exiles, and migrants, to create theatre that explores their journeys and problems they faced.
Social Justice Theatre
While the term "social justice theatre" is often debated, this form of theatre provokes an empathetic response to characters facing forms of injustice.
Windrush Theatre
Windrush theatre developed to recognize the contributions made to British society by immigrants from Caribbean countries who arrived between 1948 and 1971.
Yiddish Theatre
Yiddish theatre includes pieces written and performed primarily by Jewish writers and actors in the Yiddish language.