Resources
Read.
Books, books, books. All of our go-to written resources recommended for rehearsals and further education. Be sure to support local bookstores and BIPOC owned companies where you can!
Watch.
Our favorite places to watch incredible actors give incredible performances. As we always say — Shakespeare should be seen — not read. So go watch something!
Listen.
All our favorite podcasts to listen to. Everything from educational podcasts, to our very own cocktail and conscious-casting focused pod!
For the decolonization of ourselves and industry.
We at Foolish believe that ignorance is not bliss. We believe in order to institute change we must first look inward and deconstruct ourselves. AND we believe that only when we face our inherent racism and understand how it adds to systematic inequality- can we truly begin to decolonize this craft and move toward a just and equitable society. The following are just some resources to begin what will be a long and just journey.
Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America by Ayanna Thompson
Theatre & Interculturalism by Rick Knowles
Theatre & Race by Harvey Young
The Theatre of Black Americans by Errol Hill
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Theatre & Nation by Nadine Holdsworth
How To Be Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
Take the The Joy Jackson Initiative Assessment Designed to help organizations measure their structural integrity to support and celebrate the BIPOC collaborators who enrich their spaces, The Assessment guides arts leaders through a comprehensive series of questions that measure both culture and structure.
The mission of the BLKLST Collective is to provide Safety and Equity for all BIPOC creatives and of the intersections we inhabit, in the Los Angeles theatre community. We look to do this by creating a BIPOC-led mechanism of accountability and by supporting other anti-racist industry related organizations and people. To read more on how YOU, yes you, can adopt the new standards of theatrical practice an management visit BLKLIST’s website at www.blklstcollective.com