Mission & Values
Mission
Vision
The Shattered Glass Project is a theatre company with the mission to amplify the voices of theatre artists who have been marginalized on the basis of their gender or sex, including but not limited to cis and trans women, non-binary folks, and trans-masculine/trans-feminine folks, by providing unique opportunities to create and grow professionally.
Our vision expresses our aspirations and our beliefs. As individuals and as an organization we strive to constantly learn and grow, recognizing that this is an process that is never done but is on-going.
We combat perceptions of what a creative theatre person looks like and how and by whom our stories should be told.
We empower people with a lived experience of being marginalized because of gender to tell their own stories; we believe that through storytelling, we create new meaning and new ways of knowing the world, for ourselves and for our audience.
We incubate new talent and provide creative opportunity for theatre artists of all ages to write, direct, design, produce and act in an inclusive and equitable environment.
We challenge the standards of hiring in the theatre by crafting new networks and creating effective relationships for and among the people we serve, and between those artists and the people who can leverage their careers.
Values
Intersectionality and Racial Justice: People bring many identities with them in their work as theatre artists and human beings; we aspire to continuous growth individually and as an organization, by intentional application of intersectional social justice principles to our work as artists and arts leaders. As a white-founded and predominantly white institution, we acknowledge that the learning and the work are never 'finished' or 'done'. We acknowledge that our focus on sexism in theatre is not an excuse to ignore racism, homophobia, ableism, transphobia, ageism and other intersecting oppressions that people face.
Collaboration: we operate on a “yes, and…” basis.
Building relationships in the creative community: each of us will teach one and reach one.
We can’t be what we can’t see: we will find our own role models, and become role models for others around us.
Inclusivity: If you are now, or ever have been marginalized in relation to your gender, you are one of us.
Age is irrelevant: we are only as old as we think we are.
Equitable representation: all plays produced on our mainstage will include over 50% characters and/or actors who are female, non-binary, and/or trans. We will strive to produce plays with characters who represent a normal span of ages among these individuals.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities, but serves as a first step in honoring the land we occupy.
