This summer, recognizing a significant lack of diverse voices in Canadian arts media, Summerworks Theatre Festival piloted a program to develop and uplift BIPOC voices in art criticism. If SummerWorks is to truly support BIPOC creators we must also ensure that critical voices are representative of the artistic work being critiqued. For 2020, we commissioned three emerging BIPOC critics to write a response to work in We Were, We Are, We Will Be and paired them with mentors in the field. SummerWorks has not put any parameters or limitations on the writers’ responses.