Memphis Performing Arts Coalition

01/31/2021

Looking to get started with Theatrical Intimacy Education and don't know where to start? Start here!

We are adding three *new* Best Practices dates. These workshops will become visible and available for registration at 2pm eastern on Tuesday. When they become available, you will be able to find them at www.theatricalintimacyed.com/workshops-digital

Just a reminder- these workshops are always first-come, first-serve and we do not offer waitlists for Digital Workshops.

See you soon!

01/31/2021

Intimacy Choreography Education opportunity:

Looking to get started with Theatrical Intimacy Education and don't know where to start? Start here!

We are adding three *new* Best Practices dates. These workshops will become visible and available for registration at 2pm eastern on Tuesday. When they become available, you will be able to find them at www.theatricalintimacyed.com/workshops-digital

Just a reminder- these workshops are always first-come, first-serve and we do not offer waitlists for Digital Workshops.

See you soon!

12/26/2020

Find a way to support our local theatre artists. They are vital to our city and region.

12/22/2020

Ending white supremacy at your institution requires an organization-wide commitment to change in both culture and policy.

12/19/2020

Support the theatre artists of Memphis and North Mississippi.

12/12/2020

A message from the working artists of Memphis, TN and NW Mississippi Theatre Community.

11/27/2020

To perform live, or not to perform live? So many questions, so many different circumstances.
Here is a resource that might help find some answers:
https://namt.org/knowledge-exchange/covid-19-resources/

The NAMT staff is currently working remotely until further notice. We are reachable by email. We are gathering resources for theatres that we hope will be useful to you during the COVID-19 crisis. Please share your own with us on our Slack channel. We are hosting weekly online town halls every Thurs...

09/29/2020

By now, most dance educators hopefully understand that they have a responsibility to address racism in the studio. But knowing that you need to be actively cultivating racial equity isn't the same thing as knowing how to do so.

07/14/2020

Intent VS. Impact
These "Calling You In" cards are tools to assist in identifying racist actions, and include steps to move forward after they've occurred.
Listen, Learn, Fail. Listen, Learn,Take Action. Repeat.

In order to nurture a healthy community, we must be willing to name the ailments that afflict us. This project documents patterns emerging from the stories of culturally and socially diverse perfor…

06/29/2020

Atlanta theatre community is coming together to reckon with the realities of social injustice in theatre spaces. Get inspired, Memphis.
https://www.atlcreat.com/town-hall

Town Hall for Racial ReckoningOur community is experiencing a reckoning. The global effects of the pandemic, and now the civil unrest in our communities, are highlighting the disparities between white lives and the lives of People of Color- especially Black people. A seismic shifting of the status ...

06/11/2020

Looking for ways to get involved?

06/09/2020

National theatre artists of color are uniting to get real about inclusion.
Read and sign the petition!

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/

06/06/2020

Excellent read by MPAC friend, Kaisha S. Johnson of Women of Color in the Arts. MPAC is grateful to have had her facilitate the two day Equity Summit in Spring of 2019.
https://medium.com//enough-already-with-the-statements-of-solidarity-arts-world-c2d1ee03e899

“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” — James Baldwin

05/28/2020

03/16/2020

https://www.theatricalintimacyed.com/blog/covid19

03/15/2020

https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/PAA%2fcampaigns%2f72396%2frespond

As Coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, public guidance advises vulnerable populations to stay home and some performance venues have been required to close. The resulting cancellation of various public events will have very real...