![]() We value a rigorous and disciplined art practice that supports free expression and the uniqueness of the individual. Through freedom of artistic expression and collaboration, we value an intentional practice that at its core synthesizes learning, doing, and making theater. Theater has the potential to transform the individual, our audiences, the Brooklyn College community, and the community beyond. We believe in theater and its inherent power to transform. We are correcting that reality through anti-racist trainings, activities designed to raise awarness, interrogating our syllabi, modifying language and behaviors in an effort to transform the culture of our department and to support and honor global perspectives, voices, and cultures. We recognize that Black, Brown, Asian/Pacific Islander communities, Indigenous communities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities and communities of color are all under-represented in our field and face the barriers of systemic racism and other forms of oppression. We strive to create a more equitable, diverse, inclusive, anti-racist, and socially just department through intentional pedagogy, recruitment, community culture, and activities reflected in the stories we tell, and the voices we amplify. The following values shape this commitment and our mission:ĮQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & ANTI-RACISM We commit to these values as a means to embrace and adapt to the necessary critical changes in our society. We commit to these values as we continue to investigate and modify our department culture. We commit heartily to this values statement as an organic, evolving, and fluid document. On-going systemic change is required to continue to identify, address, and heal from those harms. The Department acknowledges past harms detrimental to the educational process of our student body. We commit to this essential work as a means to sustain the vibrancy of our field and the overall human condition. The Brooklyn College Department of Theater values the training of the next generation of theater artists and leaders. We develop and inspire each theater maker to embrace and express their unique artistic voice. We offer comprehensive undergraduate and graduate degree programs which offer a transformative, affordable, rigorous educational experience. We are an anti-racist, equitable and inclusive program that reflects and responds to the diverse identities, cultures and experiences of our students. We come from around the world and down the block in all different stages of our careers. We are a professional training ground in Flatbush Brooklyn set in the epicenter of the theater industry – New York City. The Department of Theater at Brooklyn College provides an affordable, accessible, outstanding education taught by a nationally recognized faculty of theater artists and leaders. CLICK HERE for a special profile of 2012 BFA–Acting graduate Justiin Davis (Boardwalk Empire).
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