Writing is often an isolating experience. That’s why it can be helpful to meet with others who share your writing interests to exchange ideas and resources. Since 1984, the Monadnock Writers’ Group has provided fellowship and support to writers in all genres and at all levels of achievement. Our free monthly speaker series brings a variety of accomplished writers to Peterborough to share their experiences and expertise with members. These speakers address a range of genres—fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, blogging and more—from research and planning through publishing.

It is the mission of ShirleyArts! to support and promote the visual and performing arts for education and entertainment. We are a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that has been serving North Central Massachusetts since 2004.

New World Theatre acknowledges that there is a crisis of understanding and awareness that is deeply rooted in our history of racism, and if we are ever going to fully dismantle the institutions of systemic racism, we need to stop... and listen to those who continue to suffer simply because they are black. We can no longer afford to ignore what is happening to our fellow human beings, which is why we are creating a collection of monologues that will give voice to those who can no longer remain silent. Through the power of writing and theatre, we can do our part to amplify the stories of...

Est. 2007. Annual literary journal of contemporary US, Russian, and international writers in English translation. The journal was founded to honor the spirit of samizdat, the disenfranchised Soviet writers' practice of publication through whatever means, and to celebrate the Russian literary tradition of perseverance. It is through our perseverance in promoting writing from all over the world that we store up the riches of other cultures and keep them safe from perishing, building a humanity that speaks the same language through literature and seeks to right global prejudices. As well as...

The Umbrella Arts Center offers a wide variety of in-person and online arts education instruction for adults, teens, and youth, as well as a summer camp and vacation week programs. In respnonse to distance learning we created The Umbrella @ Home program to deliver quality arts instruction virtually. We are constantly working with our teachers to adapt and design new opportunities to continue to learn, socialize, and experiment with the arts.

The mission of Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company LLC is to increase accessibility to theatre arts in the Central Massachusetts area and beyond by providing theatre performance opportunities and education programs within a fully virtual environment.

UMass New Play Lab is a crucible for new work. A professional playwright and two UMass student playwrights will be given the opportunity this fall for workshop productions of their newest plays — works that represent fresh voices, big ideas, and envelope-pushing modes of storytelling. Play Lab projects have continued on to further development in regional and New York theaters.

JAC Publishing & Promotions (JAC) began publishing over 30 years ago. In 1995, we dedicated our efforts almost entirely toward publishing New England Entertainment Digest (NEED), an arts & entertainment monthly covering the arts in New England and New York. With NEED now an online resource and no longer a print publication, JAC ventured into another area where it can support the arts - publishing scripts and arts-related books!

PIC’s process of play development is unique. We invite incoming playwrights to spearhead their vision with the support of our collective of theater makers. We bring a talented team of actors, dramaturgs, designers and more to collaborate with each writer on the development of their piece, and all of the participating artists help contribute to PIC’s monthly administrative duties. The specifics of what that development looks like are open to the writer. (more details at www.playincubation.org/playwrights) The 2022 PIC writer-in-residence...

Play Incubation Collective is a hub for new play development based in Western Massachusetts. PIC’s mission is two-fold: ​To provide long-term, process-driven opportunities to develop new plays that challenge the status quo To build a collaborative network of local theater artists and supporters We aim to revolutionize the process of theater-making, as well as the experience of theater-going. It is our belief that the key to doing so is by going local. We are committed to cultivating locally sourced theater created by and for ALL the people in our community. We are invested in the notion...

The Recording Artists Project is a student practice organization at Harvard Law School providing pro bono legal assistance on music business matters. RAP specializes in contract review/negotiation, copyright matters and other transactional work. In addition to serving Boston’s music community through client representation, RAP invites a select group of students from Berklee College of Music to offer their insights about the music business to our student practitioners and learn in turn about lawyering in the industry. If you are a musician, music producer, record label, or other music...

THEATRE.UNIVERSITY is the First Global Theatre e-Learning Platform. An academic and practical space that offers courses by world class theatre teachers practicioners and specialists from all over the planet. From NYU, to Yale School of Drama, Harvard, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, RESAD, New York Film Academy, Rutgers University, Bard College, Bennington College, Denison University, Barnard College, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UNED and many more. But you can also find here courses by award winning practicioners not teaching anywhere else. A space where students can create...