Phone: (617) 621-6090
Fax: (617) 621-6060

URL: www.thetheateroffensive.org
Email: info@thetheateroffensive.org

The Theater Offensive
43 Thorndike Street #14
Cambridge, MA 02141

The Theater Offensive creates innovative artistic/activist programs in diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (queer) communities. We grew out of a guerrilla theater troupe in 1989 and became a charter Resident Company at the Boston Center for the Arts and the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Most of our works are by people of color and most are by women. Our core programs include: OUT on the Edge queer theater festival; True Colors youth theater; Plays At Work development series; A Street Theater Named Desire AIDS activist troupe; DAGGER women and girls street theater; and full productions of original works.

Our artistic staff works within our strategic plan to program theater and performance pieces which most vibrantly activate our mission: To form and present the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to build a more honest progressive community. Each September our OUT On The Edge festival of queer theater presents 2-6 fully realized touring pieces, generally from out of town. We develop 3-5 new works by local artists in our annual Plays At Work series. Our full productions are usually drawn from these workshops. Submissions are usually needed by March 31.