The following network partners produce and host arts centered programming. Content includes, but is not limited to, theatrical storytelling, after school arts programs, panels and open-mic events.
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The Make Good Project
Building spaces dedicated to fortifying the voices of Black women as story bearers. We are archivists of our lived and historical pasts. We are wellsprings for our limitless imaginations and dreams of the future.
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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC partners with communities confronting systemic oppression to inspire transformative action through theatre. Their goals are to build solidarity and awareness; to enable actors to become activists; and to influence policy-making through participatory theatre. Their work is guided by several core principles: that any discussion of a social problem should center the voices of those most affected; that unscripted, live encounters have immense potential for transformative change; and that community-based art and activism can influence policy.
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The Circle Keepers
The Circle Keepers is a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization. They dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline by training youth organizers as restorative justice practitioners, participatory action researchers and socially conscious activists. By centering the lived experiences of youth leaders, and promoting peacemaking through cultural and educational community organizing that heal the harms of racial segregation in schools.
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Notes for Notes
NOTES FOR NOTES® provides youth with FREE access to music instruments, instruction and recording studio environments so that music may become a profoundly positive influence in their lives.
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Noor Theatre
Noor Theatre is the only NYC-based theater company dedicated to supporting, developing, and producing the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian (MENA/SWANA) descent.
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Expand The Canon
Expand the Canon is committed to lead the theatrical canon toward gender equity through research, curation, and advocacy. They connect theaters, educators, and artists to powerful, overlooked plays by women that have always deserved to be classics— and inspire others to embrace a more inclusive cultural legacy.
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Drama Club
Drama Club’s mission is to consistently care for youth who are incarcerated and court-involved by creating space for them to thrive, using improv as their guide. Drama Club welcomes participants from all five boroughs of NYC, offering a space for young people to be themselves and form friendships through the joy of play.
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Fuse Theatre
Fuse Theatre is a non-profit centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, dedicated to encouraging meaningful engagement in communities through theatre. Fuse works to expand perspectives, challenge the status quo, and promote justice by elevating voices often unheard and stories often left untold. Fuse Theatre believes its work is made stronger by the many voices, perspectives, and experiences brought into projects.
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Broadway Green Alliance
The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is an industry-wide initiative that educates, motivates, and inspires the entire theatre community and its patrons to implement environmentally friendlier practices on Broadway and beyond.
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AXIS Dance Company
Led by Artistic Director Nadia Adame and Executive Director Danae Rees, AXIS Dance Company is one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, non-disabled, Deaf and neurodiverse performers. AXIS was founded in 1987 and is based in the Bay Area, California, where they create world-class productions that challenge perceptions and redefine dance and disability. Alongside their artistic programming, the Company provides unparalleled integrated dance education and outreach programs that remove barriers and showcase the beauty of difference.