We promotr positive social change in the Philadelphia community through theatre.

Jouska PlayWorks is an assembly of Black playwrights, all of whom are committed to creating theatre to enrich, entertain, empower, and awaken the moral conscience. Simpatico Theatre promotes positive social change in the Philadelphia community through theatre.

Notes: Founded in 1999, Azuka Theatre's mission is to strengthen the connection and shared humanity among its diverse audiences by giving voice to the people whose stories go unheard. The company has built a reputation for accessible, thought-provoking and socially conscious theater and been hailed as a “major player on the Philadelphia alternative theatre scene’” by Philadelphia Weekly. Azuka was the first theatre in Philadephia to adopt a fully Pay What You Decide ticketing model for all productions.

The Bridge PHL strives to foster healing connections between our rich and diverse communities by encouraging openness and dialogue on racial prejudice, privilege, inclusion, intersectionality and bias.

Sewer Rat Productions is an organized collaboration of artists. We are dedicated to producing and developing new works that offers a multitude of perspectives on art as a whole. We embrace and mold conventions in order to express the unmistakable beauty in this world despite it's persistent ability to turn things upside-down. We pool together our artistic resources in order to create something unique and special. Our mission is to create professional works that embrace a compassion for all aspects of humanity.

A feminist theatre ensemble presenting their first production, THIS IS HOW GIRLS DIE, January 2019.

Free Fringe Philly was created in 2019 in part as a direct response to the capitalist pay-to-play festival model. We, like other Free Fringe Festivals, believe there is no scarcity of creative desire, audience interest, or talent. We believe that creating and enjoying art is life-sustaining and playing to be included in a festival that serves the desires of the super-chosen or super-funded is not a festival for THE people. It is a festival for *some* people. Free Fringe Philly is an act of protest. We believe our city deserves more art, not less. We protest the idea that art makers should...

Power Street Theatre, founded in 2012 by Gabriela Sanchez and Erlina Ortiz, has grown into a collective of fierce multicultural and multidisciplinary artists. We are dedicated to connecting communities through the power of story by making theatre accessible to communities in North Philadelphia. Power Street is dedicated to creating and producing new inspiring stories with innovative voices.

Philadelphia Screenwriters Workshop (PSW) is facilitated by award-winning screenwriter-filmmaker and Princeton filmmaking professor, Moon Molson. Frustrated over script problems? We'll help you fix them. (And you thought they had no solutions!) PSW is a safe, creative space where you can: Generate story ideas or concepts Troubleshoot story structures Receive guidance in writing See your stories through the eyes of other motivated screenwriters. So you can finally finish that script you've been slaving over for so long.

We are a Philadelphia theatre production company and the home of a play a pie and a pint®

The 2019 Black Spatial Relics (BSR) Residency will support the development of two new performance works that address and incorporate the public histories of slavery and contemporary issues of justice. The artists-in-residence should pay particular attention to land -based histories of both the slave trade and its legacies on the Eastern seaboard of the United States as well as histories of chattel slavery, fugitivity and liberation. Applicants are invited to apply with performance projects that may traverse or engage dance, theatre, performance installation and/or ritual, spoken word, music/...

The Foundry provides a three-year membership program to support emerging playwrights in Philadelphia with professional development, networking opportunities, and exposure as they launch their playwriting careers. The Foundry creates a space where under the guidance of lead artists, playwrights meet as a group and have the opportunity to share their work and add tools to their craft and creative practice. Lead Artists, L M Feldman and R. Eric Thomas, facilitate meetings. The program is free of charge. At this time, only playwrights living in Philadelphia are eligible to apply.