A promotional photo of the cast for Satirical Race Theory showing 15 Black performers, all in black clothing. The tagline reads The Melanin Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.

The phrase “white spaces” evokes quite a few strong images. Kohl’s. The LDS Church. Late-night talk show desks. Bar Harbor, Maine. And, for too many comics, improv clubs. It’s no secret that the sketch, stand-up, and improv worlds have long been incubators for exclusion and toxicity as much as laughter, and clubs have—to varying levels […]

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