Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company produces courageous and invigorating new work to radically redefine theatre as a catalyst for an equitable, creative, and engaged society. As a national leader in the creation of innovative theatre, Woolly is launching the fifth cohort of its transformative fellowship program in partnership with the Miranda Family Fund, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s family philanthropic fund. This ambitious program is designed to provide talented candidates from historically underrepresented communities with the resources and training necessary to build their careers as arts administrators or theatre technicians. Woolly Mammoth is committed to rooting out oppressive practices in American theatre that have resulted in inequities and harm toward many would-be theatre makers. One such field-wide practice that rewards privilege and discourages inclusivity is the hiring of unpaid interns and apprentices, thus creating one of many barriers to entering the theatre industry. The Miranda Family Fellows Program at Woolly Mammoth disrupts this system by compensating fellows with full-time pay and health care benefits. Through this exciting model, Woolly Mammoth and the Miranda Family Fund are shining a light on the need for greater equity, diversity, inclusion, and access behind the scenes in American theatre and creating a new point of entry into the field for the next generation of arts leaders.