Tara in Whiter-land: adventures of a brown girl who can't get her head out white theatre's twat

WE’RE ALL HYPOCRITES, MOVE ALONG June 8 th , 2020 ----------------------  I love Hypocrites. Dear White Theatre, I love hypocrites.   And you do too. I am a hypocrite. I am a freedom-fighter who wants to cultivate the “gap” between my thighs.   I’m the brown artist who leads introductions by mentioning my very privileged very expensive education.   I’m brown, but damn if I don’t keep realizing that I am completely white too!   Sadly, In my life, I have found that I will never be white enough, though, and I really, really tried.   I bet you did too, theatre companies.   So let’s talk about that.   ---------------------------------------   Beautifully chosen racial armor I know this is hard to talk about, white theatre companies.   And I really do feel for you.   It’s not your fault that you didn’t realize that including Black, Indiginous and People of Color voices in your COMPANY AND OR BOARD was actual...

Clown Theory:  An Introduction to this Blog Series Hi!  Thanks for joining me for this post, the first one in my new blog series, "Tara in Whiter-land".    I was inspired by countless years of failure to write this heart-wrenchingly true series of blog posts about how I completely and utterly suck.   Essentially, as a brown, fat, queer woman, I have found that I have never been white enough. Not that I haven't tried! There's always someone whiter than me, damnit, and they show me up, again and again, reinforcing better than I ever could the standards by which folks should laugh, cry, and organize together. As a treat for you, and because I frankly have trouble sleeping at night as a result of these failures, I am going to write about them. As a kind of penance. Nameless (for your safety), context-less (for mine), and completely satirical. Welcome to Tara in Whiter-land, The real life, out-of-context adventures of a brown girl who can't get her head out of t...