First Five Pledge Signers

We look forward to working with these organizations and more to dismantle anti-Black racism in the arts and theatre. We will update this page with our progress and we look forward to working with more organizations.

2b theatre company is a driving artistic voice, bringing innovative works of great ambition, rigour, care, and impact to the world stage.

Neworld Theatre creates, produces, and tours new plays, performance events and digital works. Our work centers stories and perspectives that challenge systems of oppression. Our motto is ‘plays well with others' which means that collaboration and working across perceptions of difference are vital to the way we work. We deliver community-engaged programs and are at the forefront of developing cultural infrastructure and sectoral capacity in Vancouver and across the country. Read Neworld’s Theatre Black Pledge Commitment.

As Canada’s foremost feminist theatre, Nightwood Theatre is driven by artistic excellence, advocacy, and the successful training and development of artists of equity-owed genders – this includes but is not limited to trans folks, cis women, Two-Spirit and non-binary folks.

Shakespeare in the Ruff is a collectively run not-for-profit theatre company building a community & cultural hub in Toronto's East End.

Located in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, The Stratford Festival is North America’s largest classical repertory theatre company. Each season, we present a dozen or more productions in four distinctive venues. We produce classics, contemporary dramas and musicals, with special emphasis on the plays of Shakespeare.

Statement from the Stratford Festival: “The Stratford Festival will use our efforts in EDI to dismantle the history of white supremacy that has been upheld in the past to move toward a more equitable future. We do this by showcasing stories, artists and audiences that make up the whole of who we are.”