Community building

Alongside Breaking the Binary Theatre’s artistic endeavors, we continue building community throughout the year via community events and gatherings to remain in dialogue with BTB artist alumni and further expand the BTB community and overall TNB2S+ theatrical landscape.

 
 
 
 

Community Events & TNB2S+ Affinity Nights

BTB Theatre hosts a number of community events throughout the year wherein TNB2S+ artists can mingle and expand their networks in spaces created specifically by and for us.

On select productions with TNB2S+ creatives or gender-related themes, Breaking the Binary Theatre engages with the presenting partners in building TNB2S+ Affinity Nights to ensure artists from our community have access to productions supporting and amplifying our community (via complimentary or subsidized ticket offers).

Thus far, Breaking the Binary Theatre has partnered with Roundabout Theater Company, New York Theatre Workshop, LCT3, and a number of other commercial or non-profit partners to host events and provide access to their productions for the BTB community.

 

BTB Gives Back

BTB Theatre is also proud to launch BTB Gives Back: an initiative in which BTB uplifts another trans-led or trans-founded organization by making a modest fiscal donation and amplifying their work on BTB’s social media pages.

Organizations uplifted by BTB Gives Back thus far include:

  • February 2023: Black Trans Liberation, founded by BTB Core Community member Qween Jean (she/her).

  • March 2023: Iron Path Farms, co-founded by Diogañhdih Hall (Akwesasne Mohawk - they/them) and BTB Artist Rad Pereira (they/them).

  • April 2023: For the Gworls, founded by TNB2S+ artist Asanni Armon.

  • May 2023: The Okra Project, founded by BTB Artist Ianne Fields Stewart (they/she) and led by TNB2S+ artist Gabrielle Inés Souza (she/her).

  • June 2023: LEGACY: A Black Queer Production Collective, co-founded by BTB artists Arewà Basit (they/she) and Garrett Allen (they/them).

  • July 2023: Trans Entertainment Guild, led by BTB Artist and President Mika Kauffman (they/ze/he) and Vice President Natalie Elder (they/them).

  • August 2023: The Next Generation Project, founded by Sis thee Doll (she/her).

  • September 2023: Dem Bois Inc., founded by TNB2S+ artist Shawn Aaron.