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What is the Latinx Theatre Commons?

The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) is a national movement that uses a commons-based approach to transform the narrative of the American theatre, to amplify the visibility of Latinx performance making, and to champion equity through advocacy, art making, convening, and scholarship. Our values include Service, Radical Inclusion, Transparency, Legacy & Leadership Cultivation, and Advancement of the Art Form.

Members of the LTC standing in front of a newly made collaboratively created timeline of Latiné Theatre History at Emerson College for the LTC’s inaugural Boston Convening in 2013.

What is the Steering Committee?

The LTC Steering Committee is made up of artists, scholars, and administrators representing a diversity of roles , ages, genders, and regions of the country. We are united by our pact to serve Latinx theatre and a passion for creatively solving problems and challenges through a commons-based approach. We volunteer our time, energy, contacts, and expertise to the LTC for the betterment of the Latine theatre field.

We are always looking for enthusiastic theatremakers, artists, advocates, educators, scholars, and more who wish to share their talents, time, energy, and resources to advance the mission of the LTC. You can view the current list of LTC Steering Committee members here.

Are you interested in joining the Steering Committee? Email Jacqueline Flores LTC Producer at jacqueline@ltcommons.org.

What is a Commons?

The Latinx Theatre Commons uses a commons-based approach as our organizing principle—anyone who wants to participate can. A commons is a resource owned by no one that benefits everyone. In a Commons we all manage these resources. In the LTC, our resources are managed by a Steering and Advisory Committee. The LTC uses a horizontal rather than vertical power structure, our programming is decided and curated by a Steering Committee. The steering committee is made up of volunteers who believe in the mission of the LTC and help continue to push it forward. They are stewards who facilitate the work and agenda that is set by the broader community.

Here are some resources on commoning:

Eight Key Design Principles for Successful Commons by Elinor Ostrom from Patterns of Commoning.
The Commons - A Historical Concept of Property Rights by Hartmut Zücker from The Wealth of the Commons.

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