Resource Directory

Conveniently located at The Actors Fund’s main offices in Times Square, The Friedman Health Center offers primary and specialty care and accepts most insurance plans, including commercial insurances, several Marketplace/Exchange plans, Medicare and Workers’ Compensation. Free and unbiased health insurance enrollment and counseling are available on site. The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts is a program of The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors.

Dedicated to finding innovative and dynamic ways to market Broadway, live entertainment and the arts by bringing together passionate people to create a network of possibilities. We are driven by strategic development and execution of creative solutions in partnership with our clients.

If you are a writer in need, we can help. DGF Emergency Grants provide financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and bookwriters nationwide in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness. Visit dgf.org/grants DGF also institutes several programs designed to meet you where you are as a writer and help bridge you to your full potential. For more information on any of these programs, visit dgf.org or email info@dgf.org.

For so many, the uncertainty and challenges of this year have had a severe impact on not only physical health, but mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn global attention to the importance of mental wellness. In DGF's conversations with dramatists during this time, we understand that financial restrictions have made prioritizing mental health and wellness out of reach for many. The Steven Schwartzberg Grants will provide writers $1,000 towards mental health services through Advekit, an online therapy platform.  This is the first mental health and wellness program through DGF, as we...

American Theatre magazine is the nation’s only general-circulation magazine devoted to theatre. Founded in 1984 by the pioneering arts service organization Theatre Communications Group, the magazine featured cowboy-hatted playwright Sam Shepard on its first cover in April of that year. Published 10 times a year, the magazine now has an estimated readership of 50,000, mostly within the theatre profession.

The Fractured Atlas Insurance Program, administered by Lockton Affinity, is designed to meet your needs so you can focus on great art, not the risks associated with being an artist. Make sure you have the protection you need.

Our mission is to ensure young people everywhere have access to quality musical theatre programs, by adapting and creating musicals for family audiences, building intuitive teaching resources that aid educators in producing one of our shows, and constantly researching and developing the absolute best practices that allow educators to create successful, cost-effective, and sustainable musical theatre programs.

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)’s mission is to ensure a high-quality education for New York students who face barriers to academic success, focusing on students from low-income backgrounds

LawHelpNY.org, powered by Pro Bono Net, is an online tool for helping low-income New Yorkers solve their legal problems. Online resource

The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital enhances the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of dancers and dance companies.

A website resource for info on submissions, discounted tickets, free shows and other theater-related opportunities in NYC and around the world. info@nycplaywrights.org

Legal Services NYC was founded in 1968 as part of the War on Poverty. What started as a loose confederation of neighborhood-based legal services programs has grown into the nation's largest civil legal services provider. Multiple offices: https://www.legalservicesnyc.org/our-program