The following theatre arts partner organizations host various events dedicated to the community their mission serves. Events can range from affinity groups, theatre outings, to networking opportuntities.
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The Broadway Mental Health Foundation
The Broadway Mental Health Foundation is the performing arts industry’s first free, systemic clinical infrastructure. Founded by Executive Director Emerson Valentina, BMHF operates on a model of radical democratization to […]
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The Angel Band Project
The Angel Band Project sponsors music therapy programming in New York City and St. Louis, as well as other pilot sites in the U.S. Board-certified music therapists lead music therapy […]
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Hear Your Song
Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers children and teens living with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through songwriting. In […]
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Artists for Change
Artists For Change is a non-profit organization that is designed to uplift, empower, and liberate the trans voice through creating resources and avenues of access that are here to assist […]
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A.R.T./New York (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)
Founded in 1972 to promote community and collaboration within the performing arts, A.R.T./New York assists over 500 member theatres in realizing their rich artistic visions and serving their diverse audiences […]
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Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)
VASTA is an international non-profit that brings together a global network of voice and speech professionals across all disciplines and industries—uniting artists, educators, coaches, therapists, and more. Their mission is to cultivate the voice and speech profession and its multidisciplinary impact with passion, respect, and definitive leadership.
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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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Think Tank for Theatrical Innovation (T3i)
The Think Tank for Theatrical Innovation (T3i) is a volunteer group of theater industry professionals whose purpose is to provide a space for discussion around facilitating change, varied topics related to social justice and systemic racism in our industry.
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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.