Part 2 continues the #TheatreToo conversation, as 5 industry leaders answer audience Q&A and:

• Recount their personal stories of empowerment through whisper networks
• Describe ways LIT, ART/NY and even the Calisto app are working to organize the information in offline "whisper" networks  and increase accountability
• Share a story of trauma getting triggered during the creative process, and finding support through sharing stories 
• Explore some of the obstacles that prevent people from taking advantage of complaint processes 
• Address ways economic exploitation of labor in theatre dovetails with harassment
• Offer resources to help artists and arts organizations create culture change in their rehearsal rooms  

Panel Moderators:

Rachel Dart, Stage Director and Co-Founder, Let Us Work

Stephanie Swirsky, Playwright and Co-Founder, Let Us Work

Panelists:

Hope Chavez, Creative Producer + Programs Manager at A.R.T./New York

Yvette Heyliger, Playwright, Producing Artist and Activist

Aimee Todoroff of League of Independent Theater & Artistic Director, Elephant Run District

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Audio recorded and prepped by Delaney Hafener
Episode edited by Hope Singsen
Music performed by Micah Burgess:
If I Can by Hope Singsen & Dillon Kondor
Rockabye by Hope Singsen, Dillon Kondor & Micah Burgess
Gorgeous Fire by Hope Singsen & Dillon Kondor

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