Safe Harbors focuses on the development and production of Native Theater and Performing Arts in New York City within the broader American theater; we combat stereotypes and support vibrant Native communities. We develop ongoing dialogue with Policymakers about the approach to cultural and socioeconomic issues using Theatrical performances, Performing Arts, Native Cultural Consultancy, panel discussions, and Cultural Events. We seek to build an understanding of Native American methodologies in performance that in turn will function as a cultural liaison to non-Native theatre artists in the...

As Un-American Blackbox centers artworks as the vehicle for fostering and promoting conversation about American identity, we’re also committed to offering time, space, and resources for the creation and development of those artworks. PLAYBOX Series is focused on workshops of new pieces of American theatre, culminating in virtual readings for a live audience.

Sister Shakes, formerly known as Summer Shakes, ​is a theatre production group created with the intention of shaking up classics traditionally performed by men while emphasizing the importance of femininity in acting, directing and producing in theatre. Our organization not only aims to feature diversity and the power of femininity in the theater community but the arts, music, and performance community as well. Sister Shakes strives to send a message of empowerment to people of all sexualities, genders, and social class who align with the feminine in their community. Sister Shakes hopes to...

Hand Forged Fiction, a newly formed theater ensemble forged by displaced New York City professionals determined to continue engaging the national dialogue through art.

The mission of the Exquisite Corpse Company (ECC) is to develop and produce new work by emerging theater artists, visual artists, and musicians, in a supportive and inclusive environment utilizing the technique of ekphrastic creation and the surrealist concept of “collective assembly.”

Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over 40 as well as our women+ over 40 allies. The term “women+” refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers and trans. Honor Roll! was ignited by our shared recognition of the pervasive yet seldom acknowledged bias against women+ playwrights over 40. Our members have in common the lived experience of being overlooked when we were younger, due to sexism only to find ourselves now being passed over, due to ageism, or in other cases, of starting our playwriting journeys later in life...

NuAFrikan Theatre is an emerging theatre company dedicated to producing original, contemporary, and classic theatre in order to engage, educate and empower communities through the African American experience. We seek to further pioneer the artistic development and diversity of contemporary theatre, in addition to preserving the art of traditional theatre forms. Our goal is to draw new audiences to theatre, foster and develop aspiring new talent, and introduce appealing and stimulating theatre to underserved communities and nontraditional settings where it my otherwise be inaccessible.

BRTW is proudly based in New York City, where we offer 3+ public performances every year. Generally, readings and open workshops will be donate-what-you-can to keep our work as open and accessible to our community as possible. While we strive to keep tickets affordable , we cannot always control ticket costs for full productions. However, if you are struggling to afford ticket costs, please contact us to see if subsidized tickets are available for the show you’d like to attend.

Source Material’s theatre work is anchored in reverence for the classical canon, often adapting literature based performances with highly original staging. The work has been described as visually stunning, musically driven, physical, ritualistic, and interdisciplinary. From composers developing their craft in the lively Icelandic music scene, to the more classical training of England and the US, all the way to Eastern Europe, the company reflects a wide range of aesthetic diversity, and revels in the space between transgressive staging of classical works, generating new material of...

Building the capacity of advocates, students, artists, organizations and communities to use the arts as an integral part of their social change work. We believe that placing Artistry at the center of solving today’s most pressing issues will create a new type of dialogue and impact.