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The mission of the Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC) is to provide African-American, African and Caribbean professional artists with an opportunity to learn, to work, to grow and to be nurtured in the performing arts. The overall mission of the NEC is to present live theatre performances by and about black people to a culturally diverse audience that is often under served by the theatrical community.

MasterVoices celebrates the unique power of the human voice to connect, unite, and inspire. Through the art of musical storytelling we seek to create a new culture around choral music – one that remains true to the art form while opening the door for new audiences.

We develop and produce plays and musicals that present a new, thought-provoking perspective on Jewish culture, identity and history.

The New Circle Theatre Company’s (NCTC) mission is to create theatre that illuminates and questions the world in which we live, by supporting and promoting the voice of the playwright. We are a company of writers, actors, directors and designers working together to nurture the journey of a play through all stages of development, from original concept to production. We celebrate our history of excellence established by giants of the American theatre by offering a compassionate and inspirational environment to our artists so that they can safely experiment and grow. We foster diversity and...

New Professional Theatre (NPT), founded by Sheila Kay Davis, throws a spotlight on multicultural vitality and diversity; while also promoting the work of predominantly minority artists to both mainstream and minority audiences. NPT aims to empower, advance and sustain new work written by emerging and established writers. We promote the work of new and established writers through showcases, full productions, international collaborations, symposia and seminars. NPT develops new, diverse audiences and cultivates hard-to-reach communities.

The New Victory Theater is New York City’s first and only nonprofit performing arts venue for kids and families.

Est. 1965, Roundabout Theatre Company has grown from a small 150-seat theatre in a converted supermarket basement to become the nation’s most influential nonprofit theatre company, as well as one of New York City’s leading cultural institutions. With five stages on and off-Broadway, Roundabout now reaches over a million theatregoers, students, educators and artists across the country and around the world every year.

A space for artists with disabilities ages 16+ to devise and share new works of theatre on a virtual platform.

Roundabout provides hands-on learning opportunities for students and aspiring arts professionals interested in theatre administration careers through full-time season-long apprenticeships.

Established in 1989, Pulse Ensemble Theatre is one of the oldest ensemble theatre companies in New York City. In its new home and under its new structure, Pulse is committed to two major productions a year: one summer Shakespeare site-specific outreach project, and one new script from its Playwrights’ Lab. Pulse is dedicated to theatre that is socially significant thought provoking and topical; work which illuminates the universality of the human spirit and its intrinsic needs for equality and justice.

Promoting theater and literacy by bringing a touring repertory of classical productions and exceptional new works, talented young actors and teaching artists into communities across America — particularly those where live performance and theater arts education is limited or non-existent.

Food for Thought Productions, which started out as the brainchild of award winning writer Susan Charlotte, was launched in the Fall of 2000. This acclaimed theatre company presents a series of one-act plays by award-winning writers performed by an alternating repertory of Broadway stars and directors.