The Theater Offensive Launches #VoteOffensively
The Theater Offensive: A Voting initiative to support queer & trans people of color issues and participation in the 2020 election By: Audrey Cole, TRT Reporter—…
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The Theater Offensive Receives $1 Million Donation
The Theater Offensive Changes Its Course, Develops New Direction BOSTON—A new mission, a new leadership structure and a $1 million donation for The Theater Offensive…
OUT’Hood Fest: LGBTQ Artists of Color Festival Kicks Off in Boston
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In preparation for her latest album, hip-hop artist Billy Dean Thomas decided to utilize a technique that many method actors…
The Theater Offensive Awarded $100K Boston Queer Arts Organization Grant
BOSTON, Mass.—The Theater Offensive is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive a grant of $100,000 each through the Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program….
20th Anniversary: Country’s Longest Running Queer Youth Theater Company
Special Honoree: Bob Rivers, President and COO of Eastern Bank BOSTON – The Theater Offensive is proud to honor its award-winning theater program for LGBTQ…
TTO Receives Award for Excellence In Board Governance The MA Nonprofit Network
BOSTON, Mass. – The Theater Offensive was recognized by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network for Excellence in Board Governance at the annual Nonprofit Awareness Day on…
Boston Hosts Numerous 2015 Summer LGBTQ Attractions
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—With summer just around the corner, Boston has a variety of activities geared for the LGBTQ community within the coming…
HBGC Celebrates Pride With BASK: An LGBTQ People of Color Pride Picnic
BOSTON, Mass.—On Saturday, June 20, 2015, HUES, a program of the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, will host BASK 2015: An LGBTQ People of Color Pride…
climACTS! WET: LGBT Arts & Activism; Transparent Actress Honored
BOSTON—The Theater Offensive‘s unique performance party fundraiser climACTS! WET was held to celebrate and support The Theater Offensive’s arts programs by, for and about the LGBT…
Mommy Queerest: A Mother-Daughter Coming Out Story
BOSTON—The Theater Offensive, whose mission is to present the diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives in art so bold it breaks through personal…
True Colors OUT Youth Responds to Controversial Editorial: Creates Playwright to Foster Dialogue in Boston’s Communities of Color
Written and Performed by the True Colors Troupe, Examines the Cultural, Ethnic & Gender Roots of Boston’s LGBT Youth BOSTON, Mass.—The Theater Offensive’s True Colors…
First National Give OUT Day Benefits Local Nonprofits
Nine local LGBTQ organizations raised money and awareness By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— Give OUT Day—the first national initiative to mobilize donors across the country to…
ClimActs! Celebrating Sex & Liberation to Fundraise for LGBT Arts Programs
BOSTON, Massachusetts – ClimACTS! is the “can’t-miss party of the year” according to the Boston Phoenix, and this year the party is breaking bounds. ClimACTS! Unbound celebrates queer sexual…
MTPC Releases New Videos Featuring The Theater Offensive Staff
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is excited to announce the release of three new stories as part of their multi-media public…
The Theater Offensive to House National Network for LGBTQ Youth Theater
BOSTON – The Theater Offensive will house the newly-formed Pride Youth Theater Alliance (PYTA), a national network of arts organizations with programs focused on lesbian,…
National Reactions to the High Court Decision Upholding Affordable Care Act, 5-4
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) “This is an important day for the Supreme Court and an important day for Americans who need affordable health care coverage….
Eight Years of Marriage Equality in the Bay State; Leaders Share Their Thoughts
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– Boston, Massachusetts—The eighth anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts and the rights of same-sex couples to wed in the commonwealth is…
Boston Foundation Awards $350K for OUT in Your Neighborhood Strategy
BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Foundation awarded The Theater Offensive the largest grant the organization has ever received, $350,000 to be put towards deepening its…
ClimACTS! Raises $100K to Benefit LGBT Youth
BOSTON, Mass. – ClimACTS! Guilty Pleasures was a smashingly successful benefit for LGBT youth in True Colors, The Theater Offensive’s youth troupe. Boston’s most fabulous came…