Programs
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
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!