Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color is set to host their annual hybrid networking event July 9 at Ripley-Grier Studios from 10 AM to 6 PM. The deadline for stage managers and other industry professionals to apply to participate is June 23 at 11:59 PM PT. 

Broadway & Beyond has hosted five networking events and numerous educational seminars since its founding in December 2020. The inaugural networking event, hosted by Tony winner Kenny Leon, allowed 75 stage managers of color to meet more than 30 industry professionals, including veteran stage managers, production supervisors, producers, and general managers.

Previous networking events have included professionals from Broadway, Off-Broadway, tours, regional theatres, opera, cruise lines, and special events, including RCI Theatricals, Disney Theatrical Productions, Bespoke Theatricals, Foresight Theatrical, Wagner Johnson Productions, Joey Parnes Productions, Classic Stage Company, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodman Theatre, The MUNY, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Work Light Productions, Maybury Webb Creative, Theater Works USA, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Production Glue, and many more.

Led by veteran stage managers Lisa Dawn Cave, Beverly Jenkins, Jimmie Lee Smith and Kenneth J. McGee, Broadway & Beyond provides opportunities to aspiring and current stage managers of color to meet and learn from industry leaders, and provides insights to help BIPOC stage managers start, maintain and advance a career in the arts and theatre through free networking and educational events.

Visit BroadwayBeyondAccess.com.