Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective
Different Strokes committed to Making Theatre, Building Community, Facilitating Awareness, and Changing The World, One Play At A Time. Motivated by the belief that the arts are capable of bridging cultural and social gaps, we work to increase and sustain opportunities for diversity within the Western North Carolina performing arts community, and present works that confront issues of social diversity, in a provocative way.
Dramatist Guild Foundation
Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) is a national charity that fuels the future of American theater by supporting the writers who create it. DGF fosters playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists at all stages of their careers. DGF sponsors educational programs; provides awards, grants, and stipends; offers free space to create new works; and gives emergency aid to writers in need of immediate support. In 2024, DGF received a 2024 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre for their life-changing support of theater writers. By supporting and nurturing the creators of today, they protect the stories of tomorrow.
The Dramatists Guild of America
As the professional trade association for playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists, the Dramatists Guild of America works to protect and advance the rights of all theatre writers across the country.
Greenwich House Music School
Since 1905, Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) has provided high-quality, affordable arts education for New Yorkers of all ages. The goal of Greenwich House Music School is to teach students the beauty and transformative power of music, art, and dance.
Harriet Tubman Effect
The Harriet Tubman Effect Institute is a human resource center and institute for justice advocacy and research. Our mission is to dismantle systemic oppression by producing participatory-action research, human resource initiatives, and reallocating wealth to Black and Brown DEI consultants across American industries.
The Industry Standard Group
The Industry Standard Group (TISG) is a community organization that promotes diverse projects, increases the presence of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) investors & producers in the commercial producing field, & expands the opportunities that these communities are granted in the industry.
Intimacy Coordinators Of Color
ICOC is dedicated to bringing more members of the Global Majority into leadership positions in the burgeoning intimacy industry by offering opportunities to work in regional theater, Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Invest in Access
Services include and are not limited to: American Sign Language Interpretation, Assistive Listening, Communications, Ease of Access Mapping, Human Captioning, Sensory Friendly Quiet Spaces, Service Animal Relief Area Mapping, and Sourcing.
The Lillys
The Lillys are responsible for creating The Lilly Awards, The Count and Counting Together (both housed at the Dramatists Guild), The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative Sculpture and Scholarship, The Family Residency at Space on Ryder Farm among other accomplishments. The Lillys are proud to have moved 3.5 million dollars into the hands of women theater artists.
MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity)
MUSE’s mission is to cultivate greater racial equity in theatrical music departments by providing access, internships, mentorships, and support to historically marginalized people of color. MUSE aims to challenge systemic acts of exclusion and support musicians as we transition to a more diverse and inclusive environment for all.
National Women’s History Museum
Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative virtual-first museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power.
Open Stage Project
Open Stage Project is a New York City nonprofit closing the gender gap in behind-the-scenes careers by educating, mentoring, and empowering young women and nonbinary students to pursue jobs in theater, film, and TV via free after-school programs.
Parity Productions
Parity Productions promotes parity by empowering women, trans, and gender-expansive artists in NYC theatre. In fulfilling our mission, we develop original plays, produce and promote the work of playwrights, directors, and designers, and provide opportunities for underrepresented voices to work in theatre.
Prime Produce Apprentice Cooperative
The Prime Produce Apprentice Cooperative operates 424 w 54 Street as a legally incorporated and wholeheartedly organized co-op supporting entrepreneurs, educators, and artists who share values of service and hospitality. Here, we work to design experiences, build companies and organizations, practice our crafts, cultivate relationships, and grow as people.
Producer Hub
The Producer Hub is a connective space for independent producers, artists, producing/presenting organizations and other arts workers creating live performance. Our mission is to provide producers, at every level, with the community, mentorship, education and resources to create work, realize their full potential, and make lasting contributions to the performing arts field.
R.Evolución Latina
R.Evolución Latina activates individual and collective human growth through artistic experiences, fostering transformation and social change—a true Revolution of Evolution, making a difference through the arts.
Ring of Keys
Ring of Keys is a 501(c)3 nonprofit artist service organization that fosters community and visibility for musical theatre artists - onstage and off - who self-identify as queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists. By providing community outreach to advocate for and amplify these artists and widening the public’s engagement with and education about queer stories, Ring of Keys queers the stage to create a more inclusive musical theatre landscape for all.
Spectra Media Collective
Spectra is founded by the Saunders family - a group of technologists, theater artists, and educators with a unique set of skills and experiences aligned with our vision to utilize technology to expand access and lower the cost of entry to theater for artists, administrators, and audiences alike.
TEMPO
TEMPO (Trans & Expansive Music Professional Organization) is an organization for artists under the trans/gender expansive umbrella as well as the music umbrella, predominantly within musical theatre. We work intercommunally and intracommunally. We partner with other organizations that share our goal of opportunities for growth as music makers for groups who have been historically overlooked.
Theatre Advocacy Project (TAP)
TAP has a mission to create safe and equitable working conditions for all theatre professionals through a suite of HR & DEI tools.