How did The Real Work come to be? What were the conditions that set the stage (pun intended) for theater workers to come together to study & practice transformative justice? Let's find out...

Episode transcript: bit.ly/TheRealWork-EP1

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: sogoreate-landtrust.org

Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: shellmound.org

Anti Police-Terror Project: www.AntiPoliceTerrorProject.org

The Village in Oakland #feedthepeople @villageoakland: www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment: www.ACCEAction.org

East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative: ebprec.org

Washington Post, “Chicago theaters said ‘Not in Our House’ to sexual abuse and harassment”: ​​www.WashingtonPost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/chicago-theaters-say-not-in-our-house-to-sexual-abuse/2017/12/14/e2db9c30-e014-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html

Howlround, “What Playwrights Can Learn from Intimacy Directors: A Conversation with Gaby Labotka“: HowlRound.com/what-playwrights-can-learn-intimacy-directors

Coalition of Black Women Professional Theatre Makers in the Bay Area, California: BlackWomenBayAreaTheatre.wordpress.com/

The New York Times, “Long Wharf Theater Leader is Accused of Sexual Harassment”: www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/theater/gordon-edelstein-long-wharf-theater-sexual-misconduct.html

Kim Tran: www.KimTranPHD.com

Kyra Jones: www.KyraJones.me

Adrienne Skye Roberts: TherapyWithAdrienneSkye.com

Resources for Addressing Sexual Harassment & Violence (compiled for It’s Time: Bay Area Town Hall on Sexual Harassment in Our Theatre Community): www.TheatreBayArea.org/general/custom.asp?page=itstimeresources

Mia Mingus: www.soiltjp.org & LeavingEvidence.wordpress.com

Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: batjc.wordpress.com

For additional resources, including this episode’s ASL video: WeRiseProduction.com/TheRealWork

zAnda of DiaspoRADiCAL: @diaspo.radical on Instagram & soundcloud.com/diasporadical

Connect with us at WeRiseProduction@ProtonMail.com, and follow us on Facebook & Instagram at @WeRiseProduction, & on Twitter at @WeRiseProducers.

This project is supported by an Investing in Artists Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation & the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and was incubated with initial support from Cal Shakes.