THE NEW BLACK FEST is A THEATER FESTIVAL.​ ​ THE NEW BLACK FEST is a movement. It’s a call to action inspired by the state of Black theater in the 21st century. It is a bold step motivated by a growing need within the Black theater community for serious change and boundless opportunity.​ ​​ THE NEW BLACK FEST is a gathering of artists, thinkers, activists and audiences who are dedicated to stretching, interrogating and uplifting the Black aesthetic. ​ ​​​THE NEW BLACK FEST is a commitment to celebrate, advocate and showcase diverse and provocative work in a festival of Black theater...

651 ARTS’s mission is to deepen awareness of and appreciation for contemporary performing arts and culture of the African Diaspora, and to provide professional and creative opportunities for artists of African descent.

Since our inception in 1995, Theater Three Collaborative, Inc. has been creating, developing and producing poetic, character-driven plays on crucial topics of the day. TTC was founded by the late Lee Nagrin, George Bartenieff and Karen Malpede to produce The Beekeeper's Daughter. We also create and host Festivals of Conscience, talks and talkbacks with public intellectuals, activists and specialists in the field of the play.

BMP identifies emerging and established composers who experiment, innovate, and take artistic risks to evolve opera-theatre and music-theatre into the future. With a focus on the cultivation of the next generation and diversification, BMP serves as a launching pad for the future artistic leaders in the field. Through the commissioning, development, production, and touring of new works, BMP aims to expose audiences around the world to relevant contemporary American chamber opera and music-theatre works of the highest caliber.

The Civilians R&D Group is comprised of theater artists from various disciplines (writers, directors, composers, performance, etc.) interested in exploring different strategies for making theater from their own creative investigations and being a part of The Civilians' community of artists.

The TEAM is a Brooklyn-based ensemble dedicated to creating new work about the experience of living in America today.

Encompass New Opera Theatre is dedicated to the creation, development and production of adventurous new music theatre and contemporary opera, as well as the revival of important musical works by American and international composers.

The New York Deaf Theatre, LTD (NYDT) was established in 1979 by a group of Deaf actors and theatre artists who wanted to create opportunities for the production of a dramatic art form that was not found elsewhere in New York City: plays in American Sign Language (ASL). A nonprofit, professional theatre, NYDT is the longest running company of its kind in the greater New York City area and the third oldest Deaf Theatre company in America.

Irondale, Brooklyn’s leading theatrical and artistically ambitious think-tank theater ensemble, is currently seeking submissions for their fourth annual On Women Festival, March 4-28 to celebrate the lives and experiences of female-identifying artists. From mainstage, new media storytelling, and an art buffet flexible in style and genre, the festival will offer artists and audiences in-person, live and pre-recorded events, in addition to moderated panel discussions by guest curators. Aligned with Women’s History Month, the festival, created in 2018 to give the underrepresented feminine...

Dedicated to ensemble, education and performance in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

AOP's mission is to develop and present new and innovative works of lyric theater, provide a creative home to emerging and established artists, and engage contemporary communities in a transformative operatic experience.

AOP's mission is to develop and present new and innovative works of lyric theater, provide a creative home to emerging and established artists, and engage contemporary communities in a transformative operatic experience.