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To uphold our commitment to dismantling discriminatory practices in cultural reporting and arts journalism, Beltline to Broadway recognizes the importance in providing access and opportunities to people from all backgrounds, regardless of ability, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or age, to ensure diverse theater in our region and beyond, is being covered from a place of cultural understanding and lived experience.
We believe that theater teaches empathy. To that end, it is important for us as an organization to model empathy and practice compassion in everything we do. We are also discovering new ways to democratize theater by creating a public forum in which our community can engage in civil discourse.Â
TORN: Theater on Racial Negativity
TORN was launched in June 2020 by Juan Isler to address equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within the Triangle theater community. Each episode features a diverse panel of artists discussing how we, as a community, can make theater practices more inclusive and equitable. In 2021, Beltline to Broadway received the Raleigh Medal of Arts from the City of Raleigh in support of Black Lives Matter. Watch all of the TORN episodes on the Beltline to Broadway YouTube Channel.
Watch all of the TORN episodes on the Beltline to Broadway YouTube Channel.