Programs | New Jersey Theatre Alliance

Programs

  • Children enjoy a Stages Festival event at Newark Public Library
    Children enjoy a Stages Festival event at Newark Public Library
  • Sharnita Johnson, Dodge Foundation, and Damion Parran, Passage Theatre, chat after the "Women in Theatre Leadership" panel at Lewis Center for the Arts in March, 2019
    Sharnita Johnson, Dodge Foundation, and Damion Parran, Passage Theatre, chat after the "Women in Theatre Leadership" panel at Lewis Center for the Arts in March, 2019
  • Sign interpreters at a sign-interpretation workshop sponsored by New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
    Sign interpreters at a sign-interpretation workshop sponsored by New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
  • Children enjoying an event at The Stages Festival, an outreach program of New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
    Children enjoying an event at The Stages Festival, an outreach program of New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
  • Marshall Jones III, Producing Artistic Director at Crossroads Theatre Company, accepting the Award of Excellence at Curtain Call 2014.
    Marshall Jones III, Producing Artistic Director at Crossroads Theatre Company, accepting the Award of Excellence at Curtain Call 2014.
  • Stage Combat Workshop at The Stages Festival.
    Stage Combat Workshop at The Stages Festival.

What Does New Jersey Theatre Alliance Do?

We NURTURE the professional theatre community in New Jersey.

  • Build lasting partnerships between theatres and community organizations
  • Create networking opportunities for theatre staff throughout the state
  • Celebrate the achievements of the field through the annual Curtain Call Event  and the  Excellence in Cultural Access Awards 

We INTRODUCE new audiences to our member theatres.

  • Promote our theatres’ programs and achievements to tens of thousands of people through digital media, email marketing, and our website
  • Help members reach thousands of new households through Show-Score New Jersey

We PRODUCE the state’s largest theatre festival: The Stages Festival.

• Organize an average of 100 free or deeply discounted theatre events annually, engaging over 220,000 people since the festival’s inception

We CONNECT artists to our member theatres.

  • Offer hundreds of actors the chance to be seen by New Jersey theatres at the  Annual Combined Auditions
  • Create connections between playwrights, theatres, and community organizations through NJPAC Stage Exchange and Healing Voices: Caregivers’ Stories on Stage

We LEAD the charge in making New Jersey arts accessible to people with disabilities.

  • In partnership with New Jersey State Council on the arts, spearhead The Cultural Access Network Project (CAN), an award-winning national model for increasing arts access since 1992
  • Subsidize sign-interpreted, open captioning, sensory-friendly, and audio-described performances with mini-grants to member theatres
  • Assist the state’s theatres and the cultural community in creating, updating, and implementing their ADA plans

We BUILD theatres’ organizational capacity through training and consulting.

  • Provide theatres with board, fundraising, arts education, and strategic planning consulting
  • Convene peer roundtables and professional development opportunities for theatre staff in the areas of education, access, marketing, and development
  • Support our member theatres in the essential work of equity, diversity, and inclusion on their stages and in their organizations

We PROVIDE theatres with technical support and low-interest loans.

  • Operate a technical equipment library where theatres can borrow audio, visual, accessibility, photo, video, computing, and presentation equipment
  • Provide members with a shared server to help them keep IT expenses low
  • Facilitate a low-interest loan fund program to assist member theatres with cash flow challenges or emergency needs

We ADVOCATE for professional theatre in New Jersey.

  • Help government representatives understand the profound impact of New Jersey professional theatre on the quality of life and the economy of the state
  • Collaborate with ArtPride NJ and other organizations to ensure the arts remain a funding priority on the local, state, and national level

Are you a staff member at a member theatre? Be sure to explore our full list of Member Services here!