Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company is the latest major performing arts institution to report plummeting ticket sales and layoffs, with more than ten percent of employees set to lose their jobs.
diversity, equity, and inclusion principles about two years ago, saying in a statement: “We are committed to creating an equitable and diverse workforce and environment on and off stage.”
The company also changed its hiring practices, saying it would prioritize “placing people from a variety of lived experiences and ethnicities in the boardroom, in its offices, in the ensemble and in leadership positions.”“At Steppenwolf, we encourage folks to introduce themselves with their gender pronouns when they enter our space, at first rehearsal, in email signatures and more,” they said, adding that it is all part of a company-wide effort to “undo our internalized transphobia.
Almost all of these organizations embraced wokeness and placed far-left political activism at the center of their artistic output and public messaging, alienating large portions of their faithful customer base in the process.
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