Stage A Change

📢 Stage A Change is Taking A Pause! Since 2020, Stage A Change has been committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Australian arts sector. We’ve supported over 2,500 people, including 300+ artists of color, and collaborated with 66 organizations and productions to create equal, authentic, and abundant opportunities for underrepresented voices. However, like many arts organisations, we’ve faced significant challenges, particularly in securing the financial support needed to sustain and grow our impact. We’ve reached a pivotal moment. Stage A Change is entering an Intermission—a strategic shift to reassess how we can best serve artists of color and recalibrate for the future. During Intermission, we are entering into and deepening strategic relationships with partners and projects that align with our mission, visions and values, creating opportunities to make changes that impact both individuals and the sector. But we need your help to continue this vital work. 👉 Here’s how you can support: 1️⃣ Take our quick survey to share your thoughts. 2️⃣ Connect us with organisations that align with our mission. 3️⃣ Donate to our campaign if you can, and if not, please share it within your networks. 4️⃣ Raise your voice—advocates for equity and inclusion make change. Will you stand with us? Will you Stage A Change? 🔗 Link in bio to donate and do more.

Mates and greats! Have you sent in your application?! Babes! What are you waiting for?! If you haven’t heard Stage A Change is partnering with @robguestendowment to bring free workshops to you. We’re looking for the folks who are ready to be booked, blessed and busy!! This is your chance to connect with the absolute legends of theatre and musical theatre in Australia! We’re talking about the resident directors, choreographers and MDs of the hottest current and upcoming shows in the country! The application is fairly simply and all applicants are screened by Stage A Change! Sending an application in? DM us! Need support to get to the workshop cities - DEFINITELY DM US! If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, make some connections, and hang out with the SAC team, we think you outta (know) go!!! Simple application - link is in the bio! We’ll see you in June!

One week left to register and join the first 2025 @robguestendowment workshop! The Virtual Self-tape Audition Workshop will be held in the evening on April 3 via zoom. Led by some of Australia’s leading creatives and casting directors, this workshop is open to anyone and is completely free for all participants. The Audition Skills Workshop is an in-person full-day workshop to be held in Sydney at the Capitol theatre, June 2 and Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre on June 16 2025. Follow the link in our bio to register today for the Virtual Self-tape Audition Workshop and to find out more about the Audition Skills Workshop.

Mates and greats, we’re so chuffed to announce our newest partnership with @robguestendowment ! This year, we’re pairing up with the team at RGE to bring three FREE opportunities to artists in Australia! First, on April 3, we’ll be joining some amazing humans to share tips and tricks for self tapes! Simply register and you’re in! Next up are 2 full-day workshops, in Sydney on June 2 and Melbourne on June 16. To apply, fill out the link in our bio! This isn’t your run of the mill audition workshop! Together we are working to make sure that artists are getting the opportunity to meet the folks who are in the rooms and get practical tips that will help take your auditions to the next level! Apply today! Why RGE? At Stage A Change we believe that all of us have the ability to use our powers for good to create change! In many ways, Stage A Change came to life thanks to hours of consultation with Kellie Dickerson and we can think of no better way to honour her legacy than to make sure it keeps going. If you have any questions, drop us a DM! Also, please don’t let finances be the barrier for you! Drop us a line if $$ are keeping your from your dreams! We ain’t got much, but we’ll make sure to share! We look forward to seeing you in the room to make it happen. #stageachange #robguestendowment

It has been a truly incredible week! We kicked off seven days of workshops, weddings, welcomes and joy. Thank you so much for helping us celebrate Intermission this week. We started with the first and second year classes at the VCA doing a session on anti-racism in the arts followed by connecting with members of our board in Hobart and Melbourne. Yall look good!!! You helped us celebrate 7 years of Stage A Change at Malthouse where we reconnected with many of our former staff and former board members and colleagues who have supported us all along the way. We got to be in the house to watch the final show of Tina the Tina Turner musical, which was the first commercial musical in Australia to engage a full-time DEI consultant for the entire run of the production! It’s been such a privilege to work with TEG Dainty team to prioritize this work and the needs of all artists! And lastly, we spent six hours with the team at Oxfam delivering micro aggression training to team members around the country in person in Melbourne and then virtually. Stage A Change is grateful to have an ever-growing network of supporters, collaborators, and co-conspirators and we count ourselves lucky that you are a part of that team. Thank you so much! I’ll see you soon. Oh and big news coming later this week - stay tuned for the launch of our first Intermission partnership!! 🏆🏆

On this International Women of Colour Day, we uplift all the amazing women who we love and celebrate! our cup runner over!

Stage A Change Turns 7 – Celebrate Intermission with us! 🎭 SAC founder Cessalee Stovall is back in town and we’re celebrating 7 years of Stage A Change with a special gathering in Naarm (Melbourne)! This milestone comes as we launch Intermission – a strategic shift to connect more deeply with our community, build meaningful partnerships, and secure the support needed for our next chapter. 📍 Malthouse Theatre, Southbank 📅 Monday, 3 March ⏰ 3:30 – 5:30 PM 🎟 All are welcome! We’ll be reflecting on our journey, sharing what’s next, and announcing an exciting new partnership. Plus, to help sustain our work, we’re offering a special giveaway: For every $20 donation to Stage A Change, you’ll be entered into a draw to win a 1-hour DEI training for an organisation of your choice. Find the donation link in our bio! This is more than a celebration – it’s a call to action. Join us to connect, dream, and shape the future together. See you there! 💛 #StageAChange #Intermission #7YearsStrong #DEI #ArtsEquity

Thank you so much to all of our staff, facilitators, board, friends, community, supporters, clients, partners and people who make our world go around! Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, getting time off, none of the above, all of the above or just you and your nearest and dearest, we are celebrating you! We're so excited about a new direction for Stage A Change in the new year - so much to come, but for now, thank you for another great year of being the change we want to see on the stage!

Today we send our massive love and gratitude to this awesome human, Akansha Hungenahally! Since last July she has been holding down the fort with her will do energy - from comms to admin to social media to facilitation to onboarding and literally all the things between, she’s been the connector of all of Stage A Change’s parts! Today is her last day in this role and we wish her nothing but wonderful things in her next journey! You may still see her pop up in a workshop here or there, and if you see her around Naarm, please give her a (consensual) hug or high five for all the ways she has been part of Stage A Changes’s heartbeat. Or if that’s too far, how about you drop her some love on this here post! #akansha❤️❤️❤️ #thankyou

Ticket to our ABIDE Learning Lab at the Motley Bauhaus are now on sale! Moving beyond performative diversity, this Learning Lab defines access, belonging, inclusion, diversity and equity (ABIDE principles) using a framework that addresses each concept as an individual and specific part of a workplace, and shares tangible metrics to recognise and measure them. In this workshop you will gain a clear understanding of the intersection between ABIDE, learn how to recognise shortfalls within your work, and be offered solutions to enact change. All participants are invited to mingle at the Motley Bauhaus bar after the event, where food and drink will be available for purchase - so make sure to bring your friends! #ABIDE #equityandinclusion #stageachange #testimonials #workshopmelbourne #inclusionworkshopmelbourne #artsequityandinclusion

*ENTRIES NOW CLOSED* 🎟️ Win FREE Tickets to See RENT in Canberra! 🎟️ Hey Canberra - this one’s for you! 🌟 We're giving 3 lucky people 2x tickets each to see the iconic musical RENT at the Canberra Theatre Centre on Wednesday, June 12th! Here’s how you can enter: 1. Follow @StageAChange (if you haven't already) 2. In the comments, tag a friend you'd like to see the show with 3. Share this post on your story - and don’t forget to tag us! Entrants don't need to be new followers to be eligible to win. Winners will be selected by a random draw. Hurry! Entries close at 11:59pm Canberra time on Friday, June 7th. Winners will be contacted via DM by EOD on Saturday, June 8th. Must be 18+ to win. Don’t miss your chance to experience the magic of RENT live on stage - no day but today! Good luck! 🍀 @rentmusicalau #RENTGiveaway #StageAChange #CanberraEvents #FreeTickets #MusicalLovers #WinTickets #GiveawayAlert ——————- This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

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