Posted in February 2012

Seeking RepresentAsian: NYC actors confront Broadway and nonprofit theater leaders with sobering stats on lack of minorities on NY stages

Seeking RepresentAsian: NYC actors confront Broadway and nonprofit theater leaders with sobering stats on lack of minorities on NY stages

According to a coalition of New York actors, these theatre companies employed the most Asian American actors, presented here as a proportion of available roles: The New Group (8%), Signature Theatre (7%), The Public Theatre (6%), and Second Stage Theatre (6%). The following theatre companies employed the fewest Asian American actors, presented here as a proportion of available roles: Atlantic Theatre Company (1%), Manhattan Theatre Club (1%), Playwrights Horizons (1%), and Roundabout Theatre Company (1%). Continue reading