HFF25 WORKSHOP #4: Antiracism For White Artists

Send us Fan MailORIGINALLY RECORDER ON Thursday, February 20th, from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmZOOM | LivestreamTo watch digitally, visit the Hollywood Fringe YouTube channel during or after the event.To join in on the Zoom chat, reserve your ticket no later than 6:00 pm PT on the event day.This event will have live captioning. To request live ASL interpretation, please email [email protected] at least 72 hours in advance, and we will provide oneLearn from our brilliant panelists how to practice fully inclusive producing and intersectional approaches to personal stake in ending white supremacy in and out of the theatre space. From auditions & casting, community building, audience engagement, marketing, and show content. Recommended for new & veteran producers alike! This isn’t about white savior-ism, this is personal stake work, as it relates to multiracial spaces.GOALS OF THIS EVENT- To build a shared understanding of racism and how it functions on interpersonal, institutional, and cultural levels- To unpack systemic racism, white supremacy and its affect on the theatre industry at large- To share tips and tools for challenging racism in theatre spaces- To identify how these issues affect our daily and work lives- To build a community understanding of how to decenter yourself in multiracial spaces, while also having a personal stake in ending white supremacy.This workshop will include a learning session with definitions and resources, a facilitated conversation with white antiracist organizers, and a Q&A, where white artists can ask questions they may feel uncomfortable asking in multiracial spaces.This workshop is centered around white artists, not to take power away form BIPOC, AAPI, MENA artists, but to alleviate the burden of education on those folks. Any artist, from any racial background is welcome to attend.There is a BIPOC affinity space, led by our Access Committee, to hear feedback in making Fringe a more inclusive space and build community together, available during the Festival! More info coming soon!HFF workshops are “pay what you can” with a suggested ticket price of $5GET TO KNOW THE PANELISTS! Michaela Bulkley (she/her) is a program manager, producer, strategic planner, and community organizer. She has spent the last ten years in LA theatre focused on building collaborative and sustainable performing arts ecosystem. Her passions are community-driven leadership development, organizational infrastructure, and collaborative resource sharing. She has worked with organizations like Theatre Commons LA, LA STAGE Alliance, Arts for LA, BLKLST Collective, the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards, and the Professional Nonprofit Theatre Coalition. She has worked with dozens of theatre companies of all sizes. You can find out more about her work at michaelabulkley.com Emma Irene Olson (she/they) is a queer artist and organizer living and working in Los Angeles, expressing herself through text, music, clown, and fiber art. Her art centers self-acceptance & self-love and has been performed at the Son of Semele’s Quick Creation Festival, SORORITY Haus, and Hollywood Fringe. Spencer Frankeberger (he/him) is an award-winning Greek-American actor, director and producer, and an improviser. He is a graduate of iO West, Second City Hollywood, UCB, and ComedySportz LA.Recent credits include: Impro Theatre (Summer Camp, Process, & Book It!), Late Night with Chucky (Host/Comic swing) at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, and Squeaky the Rat and The Infinite Husk (premiering at SXSW in 2025).He is also a board-certified music therapist with 15 years of classroom management experience and a tour guide on tPRE ROLL Artlist Musical Logos - Positive Persistent Pluck Sequence 2 OPENING MUSIC IS BY MILANO - 'On the Move'WEBSITE: https://www.hollywoodfringe.orgINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hollywoodfringe/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@HollywoodFringe