OUR MISSION

The Echo Theater Company is a group of actors, writers, directors, and producers dedicated to developing and presenting the work of playwrights at all levels.

The Echo supports playwrights and new works for the theater by creating an environment that empowers the playwright to their own progress while bringing fresh and engaging theatrical events to Los Angeles.

The Echo seeks to engage an audience in a dialogue based on process while extending itself to people and places with which the theater has lost touch.

The Company hopes to make the world a better place by nourishing and supporting a theater that mirrors it.

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CULTURAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION AT THE ECHO

Because we are and always have been committed to finding, nourishing and producing great, previously unheard voices in American theater; because we believe and have always believed that great theater should be a positive, transformative and inclusive cultural experience for society as a whole; because part of our mission is to extend our resources to people and places that the theater has lost touch with; and because we hold and have always held that the empowering values that create important plays should also drive their casting, production, promotion and support … the management of the Echo Theater is accountable and has always been accountable to the Echo’s employees, its audiences and the greater Los Angeles community to continue the Theater’s legacy of diversity, equity, inclusion and access. In keeping with our mission, we place a special emphasis on projects serving writers, actors and audiences historically underrepresented in American Theater.

The Echo is committed to being a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. One where all employees and volunteers, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, feels valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our departments, programs, and worksites. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and ensure that all voices are valued and heard. We’re also committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the entire arts industry of the nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Theater has the power to change the world. We believe that.

We are outraged and pained by the tragic results of systemic racism in our country. We stand with our Black artists, patrons and community.

We have a lot of work to do. We promise to do better.

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STOP ASIAN HATE

We stand in solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and join those condemning the appalling acts of racism, violence, and discrimination committed against these communities across the nation.

To our AAPI friends and community members- we stand with you, we see you and we will continue to do the work to self educate and create more opportunities to share your stories.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Echo gratefully acknowledges that our theater sits on land stewarded and cared for by the Kizh, Tongva-/Gabrieleño, and Chumash tribes for generations. We honor and respect these nations, peoples, and their enduring relationship to this land and commit ourselves to the struggle against the systems of oppression that have dispossessed Indigenous people of their lands and denied their rights to self-determination.