With New Residency Program, TBA Aims To Close the Theatre Leadership Gap
by Edward Guthmann  A 2020 report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition studied the 18 largest non-profit theatres in New York as well as Broadway companies during the 2017-18 season, and showed that 80 percent of playwrights, 85.5 percent of directors and 60 percent of actors were white. That racial imbalance exists nationwide and for too long, the stages of American theatre have reflec…