54-862 Anti-Racist & Equitable Practices in Theater

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course will be a series of workshops, projects and dialogues exploring the topics of race and theatre with a primary focus on the US. Students will cover topics such as race and racism, theatre pedagogies of the global majority, creating welcoming theatre spaces, scene selections, tropes, and strategies for cultural competency as well as a survey of artists and theatres of the global majority. Practical skills around creating mission and values, cultural aesthetics, decentering whiteness, and advocacy will be covered. Students will practice research and critical analysis of various theatre systems as well as creative problem solving. The graduate section will involve an in depth study of interdisciplinary literature that lends itself to the work of anti-racism as well as project based advocacy.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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