BROADWAY THEATRE STUDIO, creators of the long-running IMBIBLE series of Off-Broadway musicals, will produce its first VIRTUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL for live-online productions. BTS has partnered with theatre media icon PLAYBILL to host the festival, which will run exclusively on Playbill.com. BETERRIFIC, industry leaders in live-streaming productions, to provide the cutting-edge technology and experience necessary to successfully translate the live theatre experience to live-online. BTS is assembling a distinguished panel of judges to choose a winning production, and there will also be an...

BROADWAY THEATRE STUDIO, creators of the long-running IMBIBLE series of Off-Broadway musicals, will produce its first VIRTUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL for live-online productions. BTS has partnered with theatre media icon PLAYBILL to host the festival, which will run exclusively on Playbill.com. BETERRIFIC, industry leaders in live-streaming productions, to provide the cutting-edge technology and experience necessary to successfully translate the live theatre experience to live-online. BTS is assembling a distinguished panel of judges to choose a winning production, and there will also be an...

The Hart New Play Initiative is an ongoing play development program. During its first year, 1243 playwrights (from 43 states and 5 countries) participated by submitting scripts. That led to 23 Semi-Finalists, 8 Finalists, and 4 Bronze Medallions. The Bronze Medallion recipients were Exit Wounds, Confederates, Find & Sign by Wendy MacLeod and Queen by Madhuri Shekar. They all received readings at 59E59 Theaters in New York July 12-15, 2018 as part of our Jeremy Nussbaum New Play Reading Series.

The Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award will be given to an emerging female composer, or composer-lyricist who compellingly demonstrates outstanding artistic promise in musical theater composing, and who can clearly show how the grant money and mentorship will further her artistic career. The recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award will be selected by a committee of industry professionals chosen by the Ziegfeld Club and will be presented at a private reception in New York City in November 2018. The recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award will receive a grant of $10,000 in addition to...

Founded in 2009, by former members of the Professional Playwrights’ Unit of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, dramatic question theatre (dqt) has developed plays that have both received a wide array of national honors and been nominated for major awards including the John Gassner Award for New Play, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk Award for Best Play, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The company develops plays by Women and People of Color that deal with race, culture, and class. Concurrently, it builds a diverse audience from the Latinx and Black...

Founded in 2009, by former members of the Professional Playwrights’ Unit of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, dramatic question theatre (dqt) has developed plays that have both received a wide array of national honors and been nominated for major awards including the John Gassner Award for New Play, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk Award for Best Play, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The company develops plays by Women and People of Color that deal with race, culture, and class. Concurrently, it builds a diverse audience from the Latinx and Black...

Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) is a five-week annual multi-disciplinary arts event with cultural offerings in theater, film, music and poetry held during the spring at renowned venues in downtown Manhattan, NYC. DUAF treats New Yorkers, East Coasters and tourists to the best of new groundbreaking theater and film from around the world. Storytellers from America’s burgeoning multicultural landscape and from around the world have the opportunity to share their stories that interpret our history and our times.

An online fundraiser for the Actors Fund presenting 20 new works performed by all-star casts. Stay tuned to join us in November of 2020 & support the entertainment community.

Since we can't gather to see extraordinary solo performances, we have created AFO Solo Shorts to bring extraordinary solo performances to you. Do you have an idea for a short solo art piece? Pitch it to us! We typically work with solo theater makers but we're happy to consider artists from all disciplines: designers, painters, sculptors, dancers, wigmakers... anyone with a creative mind! Take us on a virtual tour of a scenic model, or time-lapse yourself painting a self-portrait, or dance in the rain with your camera propped on your windowsill. We want any and all solo ideas that are...

MUSE’s mission is to cultivate more racial equity in theatrical music departments by providing access, internships, mentorships, and support to historically marginalized people of color. MUSE aims to challenge systemic acts of exclusion and support musicians as we transition to a more diverse and inclusive environment for all.