We believe the Kilroys can and should change.
After all, this isn’t about us as individuals. It never has been. The Kilroys mission is about changing the landscape of the American theater forever.
As the thirteen founders of the Kilroys, we’ve been in the theater business long enough to know that change is slow. And real, deep systemic change? Is even slower and more elusive. We know that despite some press attention and hashtags, the numbers don’t lie. We’re nowhere close to parity on our national stages.
While there are theaters leading this charge and making noted efforts toward equitable representation, much of American theater still remains frozen in time—a constant tribute to white, male, American voices–leaving everyone else as a minority focus. The List, a collection of industry-recommended plays which we’ve facilitated for the past four years, shows us that there are many excellent un- and under-produced plays by women and trans writers that deserve to be seen on American stages—plays that have still been ignored. Yes, there has been change, but we know that there needs to be more.
We also know that there are other future leaders of the field who have ideas and passion to push our initiative even farther if given the chance…
Well, here is that chance. We invite you to take the reins. We invite you to apply and throw your name into the hat to become Kilroys. We invite you to push the agenda of uncompromising representation onto American stages, and into the future.
To apply to be part of the next generation of The Kilroys, apply here by April 30th.
