What does it mean to practice Anti-Racist Theatre, not just talk about it? 

Author Nicole Brewer is joined by Amy Smith, Hannah Fenlon, and Nell Bang-Jensen for a dynamic and honest coalition conversation on how we get freer, through the lens of Nicole’s new book, The Antiracist Theatre: Crafting Theatrical Collaboration.

Drawing from their lived experiences as multi-hyphenate theatermakers and facilitators, Nicole, Amy, Hannah, and Nell will explore how they embody anti-racist practices in their work, what it takes to disrupt harmful theatrical systems, and how we can build more equitable, transformative ways of creating together.

Come ready for a conversation that is thought-provoking, practical, joyful, and rooted in possibility. 

The conversation will be followed by a book signing and an opportunity to purchase copies of Nicole Brewer’s The Anti-Racist Theatre: Crafting Theatrical Collaboration.

Event Information

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:30pm
at FringeArts
140 N. Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19106

FREE with RSVP

Nicole Brewer is a theater director whose work has been seen at theaters such as Long Wharf Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, and Folger Theatre. She is an educator with more than 18 years of teaching experience. Brewer is notably known as the originator of the internationally recognized Antiracist Theatre (ART) model. A leading voice in the movement to transform theater culture through accountability, care, and liberation-centered practices, Brewer serves as acting faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

In her debut book, The Antiracist Theatre, Nicole Brewer invites readers to consider the cost of business as usual and reclaim their power to challenge and shift extractive, exclusionary, and exploitative processes. Brewer creates space for readers to reimagine how creative spaces can function in healthier, more humane, and accountable ways. The book offers practical tools for building healthier creative environments where everyone can thrive.

For more than sixteen years, Brewer has developed and facilitated anti-racist and anti-oppressive training methodologies that challenge harmful industry norms and reimagine what collaborative artistic processes can be. Her work has been featured at conferences and institutions across the United States, Canada, and the UK, including workshops with Shakespeare’s Globe and the University of Cambridge.

A dynamic speaker known for blending rigor, humor, honesty, and deep compassion, Brewer has taught at Howard University, her alma mater, the National Theater Institute, and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, among others.