PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

We are artists and organizers working to preserve, sustain, and grow the cultural vibrancy of the Lower East Side neighborhood. Our commitment to sustaining the cultural character and diversity of the community extends across the LES: from 14th Street to Canal, from Bowery to the East River. FABnyc works in partnership with the community bringing artists and arts strategies to – Fight physical and cultural displacement – Build collective power and collaboration – Increase equity and access to cultural resources and public space – Support local resiliency and community health.

The MTF community includes writers, composers, performers, choreographers, directors, music directors, dramaturgs, designers, and producers. Musical Theatre Factory is artist focused, and a space where writers can see their work, at any stage, on its feet. MTF is accessible to emerging musical theatre makers and builds bridges for them to connect with experts in the field, across disciplines. We are dedicated to developing new work in a collaborative atmosphere free from the pressures of critical or financial success that dismantles oppressive ideologies towards collective liberation...

Est. 1978 by four writers who met in the New York Public Library on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Writers Room (WR) is New York City’s first and most acclaimed professional writers' colony – as well as the nation’s original writers' collective. Membership fee required. See website for details.

A labor union of thousands of professionals who are the primary creators of what is seen or heard on television and film in the U.S., as well as the writers of a growing portion of original digital media content. On joining the Guild, writers from an extraordinarily vast range of backgrounds and abilities unite to promote, protect, and maintain important artistic and professional principles. The Guild’s assistance is provided regardless of the writers’ degree of success.

The mission of American Indian Community House (AICH) is to improve and promote the well-being of the American Indian Community and to increase the visibility of American Indian cultures in an urban setting in order to cultivate awareness, understanding and respect.

For over 30 years, AMERINDA has been the only community-based organization specifically advocating for the inclusion of the indigenous perspective in the arts and cultural equity in public policy in New York City.

We are the 15th Street Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends, a prominent Quaker meeting in Manhattan, NYC. We have a large and beautiful landmark meetinghouse, as well as a courtyard, at our disposal for a production.

Ring of Keys is an arts advocacy organization that promotes the hiring of musical theatre professionals - onstage and off - who self-identify as queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists. The only network of its kind, our membership is made up of actors, directors, dancers, singers, stage managers, lighting designers, dramaturgs, artistic directors, producers, casting directors, librettists, lyricists, composers, props designers, scenic designers, sound designers, choreographers, costume designers, and production managers who self-identify as lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer...

NYC Playwrights provides submission opportunities, free shows and other theatre related opportunities for theatre lovers in New York City and the world.

Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over 40 as well as our women+ over 40 allies. The term “women+” refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers and trans. Honor Roll! was ignited by our shared recognition of the pervasive yet seldom acknowledged bias against women+ playwrights over 40. Our members have in common the lived experience of being overlooked when we were younger, due to sexism only to find ourselves now being passed over, due to ageism, or in other cases, of starting our playwriting journeys later in life...

Building the capacity of advocates, students, artists, organizations and communities to use the arts as an integral part of their social change work. We believe that placing Artistry at the center of solving today’s most pressing issues will create a new type of dialogue and impact.