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New Georges advocates for an intergenerational ecosystem of exuberant theatrical minds, furthering fierce new works along with long-term wellbeing, expanding aesthetic boundaries and gender equity in tandem. Since 1992, we’ve imagined a new kind of artistic home–a relaxed, participatory culture, a productive oasis in a competitive field. Development pathways and artist services (including our workspace, The Room, marking 32 years of on-its-feet experimentation) support New Georges’ affiliated artists, NYC’s largest ongoing working community of women+ theater artists. New-play projects in our “weird or weird-ish” aesthetic have wit (in the classical sense), are funny (in any sense), idiosyncratic, often impossible, maybe messy. Honors for New Georges, its plays, its people include National Theatre Conference’s Outstanding Theatre Award, Obie and AUDELCO awards, the Lilly Award, Susan Smith Blackburn and Kesselring prizes. A transformational home and launchpad for now three generations of artists, our impact reaches every corner of the culture.

At Arts Ignite, their mission is to develop agency in youth through the arts. Through performing arts, visual arts, and creative writing, they support young people ages 4-22 to discover the joy and power of making art to share their voices, tell their stories, and transform their lives. Arts Ignite is dedicated to serving all young people, especially youth affected by systemic issues and their effects. These include immigration status, houselessness, gun-violence, incarceration, the justice system, HIV/AIDS, systemic poverty, or the caste system. Arts Ignite programs are offered through school curriculums, summer camps, and with community organizations.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) is an arts-based advocacy organization that unites artists and directly impacted advocates to develop story-based artivism that advances justice and drives systemic change. Founded in 2016 by Broadway artists in response to racism and police brutality, BAC is a multidisciplinary force using the power of storytelling to confront systemic injustice, particularly within the criminal legal system. Through its signature Theater of Change methodology, BAC leverages the arts and storytelling as powerful tools to imagine a world without systemic racism and the carceral state, inspire action across all levels of power, and replace harmful narrative—strengthening organizing efforts for lasting change. BAC is not just a hub for art and artivism—it is a training space where the next generation of artivists learns to harness narrative power for policy change and community organizing.  In 2021, BAC received a Special Tony Award for providing an unparalleled platform for marginalized theatre artists and for leading the theater industry toward a more equitable future.