The Theater Offensive

Announcing “Q***ring the Screen,” Coolidge Corner’s brand new signature program in partnership with The Theater Offensive! Together, we’re bringing q***r stories to the big screen accompanied by introductions and panel discussions ✨✨✨

On Monday, November 18, catch a live stream of the 5th Annual Black Trans Women at the Center Festival. From there, screenings kick off with KOKOMO CITY on Tuesday, November 19, and PARIS IS BURNING on Wednesday, November 20 in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance. Get tickets now at coolidge.org/programs/q***ring-screen

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Join The Theater Offensive and Boston Public Library for an exclusive first look screening of the new play, Shape Shifter: A Play in Movements, by Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi.

Shape Shifter is presented in partnership with Long Wharf Theatre and Breaking the Binary Theatre as part of the 5th Anniversary of the Black Trans Women At The Center virtual play festival. This program is part of The Theater Offensive’s new series entitled, Q***ring The Screen, which will showcase cinematic masterpieces focused on narratives of QTPOC experience.

Following the preview, we will be in conversation with Lady Dane and Tony Award Nominee L. Morgan Lee!

Tickets are available now via our website!

We're back, and we've got some news!

We are currently recruiting for our next True Colors cohort and this time, we're inviting participants to join us until the end of the school year! This is a paid opportunity to grow your artistic practice in an identity affirming environment.

True Colors is our longest running seasonal program and it's taken many shapes over the years. After feedback from both our directing team and the past troupe members, we've decided to extend this program until the end of the school year to give youth more opportunities to digest the material and apply their learnings!

As we mentioned, this is a paid opportunity and The Theater Offensive is also happy to provide Grubhub gift cards on rehearsal days (because fuel is essential to creativity)!

The application deadline is Friday, November 1, 2024. So, if you're a creative youth looking to build community and gain professional skills click the link below and apply today!

https://bit.ly/3YfkvvJ

Opportunity Alert! 📣 Theater of Union is seeking five artists to join the fall cohort at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, MA!

Theater of Union is a pedagogy created by Annalise River Guidry (they/them) that utilizes Black and Indigenous Feminist thought and theory as a basis for theater making for liberation of ourselves and for all.

During this workshop, we will engage in knowing practices through Story Circles and creative exercises as a means of emergence to create a fully devised piece by the end of our time together.

Dates: September 7th - 15th

We are looking for QTBIPOC artists to join us. Movers, dancers, spoken word poets, singers, etc. are all encouraged to apply!

Participating artists receive a stipend of $1750, plus a per diem

visit our website for more information! www.thetheateroffensive.org

Opportunity Alert! 📣 Theater of Union is seeking five artists to join the fall cohort at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, MA!

Theater of Union is a pedagogy created by Annalise River Guidry (they/them) that utilizes Black and Indigenous Feminist thought and theory as a basis for theater making for liberation of ourselves and for all.

During this workshop, we will engage in knowing practices through Story Circles and creative exercises as a means of emergence to create a fully devised piece by the end of our time together.

Dates: September 7th - 15th

We are looking for QTBIPOC artists to join us. Movers, dancers, spoken word poets, singers, etc. are all encouraged to apply!

Participating artists receive a stipend of $1750, plus a per diem

visit our website for more information! www.thetheateroffensive.org

We celebratin! Join us for our first LIVE True Colors Troupe Graduation 🎭

Our summer intensive cohort has been working so hard this season and we are really proud to share their art with our community as they continue their creative endeavors. Space is limited, so RSVP ASAP to secure your spot.

True Colors is our longest running seasonal program and also the longest running LGBTQ youth program in the United States. (That's a pretty big deal! 🗣️📢 )

Join us in honoring this legacy by affirming this group of talented, hardworking, passionate young people!

Visit our website www.thetheateroffensive.org for more information and to make a donation to this dynamic program.

We outside!

We're hosting a special party on our block celebrating freedom, joy, and healing.

Join us as we celebrate the last month of summer and honor the legacies of Q***r communities here in the City of Boston!

Get ready for a night of theater-making, guided dancing in the Jordan Garden and so much more!

So, what's happening?
You're invited to explore the Museum’s current exhibitions including On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger and Portraits From Boston, With Love featuring Boston-based artists Olivia Slaughter, Jaypix Belmer, and Ally Schmaling. Hakeem Adewumi’s Possession of A Recalcitrant Dream, (2024) is the Gardner’s newest commission for the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade outside the Museum.

Schedule:
~ 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | Q***ring the Museum: Parts/Perspectives/Me by the Courtyard
~ 5:30 - 6:30 PM & 7:30 - 8:30 PM | DJ RAYVINO in the Jordan Garden
~ 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM & 6:30- 7:30 PM | Theater of Union Presents: Q***r As a Map of Love in Calderwood Hall
~ 6 - 7 PM | VLA Dance Workshop with Victoria Awkward in Jordan Garden
~ 5 - 8 PM | Stitching Q***r Futures in the Studio

Today is the last day of pride month... WOW!

Thank you so much for all of the ways you showed up for us this month. You've donated, shared our content, left beautiful comments and have been in community with us at ISGM, Pride and more! THANK YOU! Now, let's close the month strong! You can make an additional donation via our website.

You are all very necessary stars in the many constellations of TTO!

For our 35th Pride season at TTO, we’re highlighting the changemakers who have paved the path we walk on and uplifting the innovators who break new ground towards a liberated q***r future for Boston.

These artists, advocates and community leaders refuse to accept oppression as their reality; instead, they look beyond the edge and launch into the fertile unknown.

Through his work as a consultant, particularly with TDC, Gordon has dedicated his career to helping nonprofits succeed, including TTO partners such as Fenway Health and Hyde Square Task Force. His long-term dedication to serving organizations that help communities thrive is exemplified through his monthly giving to TTO.

Chetna Mehta: Former TTO Radical Futures artist Chetna Mehta’s artistic practice centers expressive healing arts and reflective community circles, utilizing themes like collective purpose, holistic well-being, decolonizing and liberatory creativity, compassionate connection and peaceful communication.

Enter the portal at www.TheTheaterOffensive.org and make a donation to empower q***r and trans artists of color today.

For our 35th Pride season at TTO, we’re highlighting the changemakers who have paved the path we walk on and uplifting the innovators who break new ground towards a liberated q***r future for Boston.

These artists, advocates and community leaders refuse to accept oppression as their reality; instead, they look beyond the edge and launch into the fertile unknown.

Through his work as a consultant, particularly with TDC, Gordon has dedicated his career to helping nonprofits succeed, including TTO partners such as Fenway Health and Hyde Square Task Force. His long-term dedication to serving organizations that help communities thrive is exemplified through his monthly giving to TTO.

“I've been a happy supporter of TTO since the early days. I appreciate how TTO has maintained its radical vision, even as its programming focus has morphed over the decades, always committed to putting front and center the voices of people who are otherwise marginalized.” - Gordon Gottlieb

Enter the portal at www.TheTheaterOffensive.org and make a donation to empower q***r and trans artists of color today.

For our 35th Pride season at TTO, we’re highlighting the changemakers who have paved the path we walk on and uplifting the innovators who break new ground towards a liberated q***r future for Boston.

These artists, advocates and community leaders refuse to accept oppression as their reality; instead, they look beyond the edge and launch into the fertile unknown.

Letta Neely: A long-time member of TTO’s community, TTO produced Letta’s first play, Hamartia Blues, in 2002. In addition to being the co-artistic director of Fort Point Theater Channel, Letta is a Black le***an playwright, performer, poet, mother, teacher and community activist who has been involved in progressive, anti-racist and q***r liberation movements all her adult life.

Enter the portal at www.TheTheaterOffensive.org and make a donation to empower q***r and trans artists of color today.

For our 35th Pride season at TTO, we’re highlighting the changemakers who have paved the path we walk on and uplifting the innovators who break new ground towards a liberated q***r future for Boston.

These artists, advocates and community leaders refuse to accept oppression as their reality; instead, they look beyond the edge and launch into the fertile unknown.

Ebony Noelle Golden: Former TTO Radical Futures artist Ebony Noelle Golden is a theatrical ceremonialist, culture strategist, entrepreneur, and public scholar. Ebony’s episode of Radical Futures, Jubilee 11213: The Keeping, explored practices of social good, self-determination, spirituality, sensuality, and sovereignty as critical components of the Black liberation continuum.

Enter the portal at www.TheTheaterOffensive.org and make a donation to empower q***r and trans artists of color today.

For our 35th Pride season at TTO, we’re highlighting the changemakers who have paved the path we walk on and uplifting the innovators who break new ground towards a liberated q***r future for Boston.

These artists, advocates and community leaders refuse to accept oppression as their reality; instead, they look beyond the edge and launch into the fertile unknown.

Sharon Bridgforth: Artist Sharon Bridgforth’s writing, performance artistry, and theatrical jazz composition q***rly embodies the unbending dignity, commitment to community, self-determination and love of Black cultures.

Enter the portal at www.TheTheaterOffensive.org and make a donation to empower q***r and trans artists of color today.