Celebrating the Voices and Stories of International Women

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Et Alia is Latin for and others

We create art for the other, by the other, and about the other.

About the Other

Performance programming featuring the stories and voices of international women via mainstage productions and artistic residencies.

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By the Other

A play development lab for international women artists that incubates their processes through workshops and readings.

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For the Other

Educational and advocacy services we offer by facilitating intercultural communication workshops and endorsing immigrant women artists.

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MISSION

We are Et Alia Theater, a company founded by and for mujeres internacionales in the cosmopolitan civitatem of New York that uplifts multicultural, women+ centered storytelling in the performing arts. Through teatru, educational opportunities, and community advocacy, we foster a supportive collettivo where our fellow estrangeiras can come as they are. If our visa title calls us ‘extraordinary aliens’, Et Alia is here to celebrate such extraordinariness by hiring, featuring, and endorsing this 'othered' community, thus making a place for the 'out of place'.

CORE VALUES

MULTICULTURALIDADE (MULTICULTURALITY): We build teams that reflect NYC's diverse international community. We showcase artists with their natural accents, tradições culturais and looks, honoring their identities rather than asking them to adapt.  We understand as estrangeiras (‘immigrant’, ‘international’, or ‘foreign’) anyone whose cultural background is ‘othered’ by the default United Statesian structures, with a special interest in the ones who grew up abroad and experienced immigration and cultural shocks first-hand.

RAPPRESENTAZIONE DI GENERE (GENDER REPRESENTATION): We challenge the cis-male dominance in theater by prioritizing women+ in our projects and direzione. 'Women+' encompasses cis and trans women, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming individuals, acknowledging all identities historically marginalized in teatro and beyond.

SUSȚINERE COMUNITARĂ (COMMUNITY ADVOCACY): We support our international colaboratori beyond their involvement with our projects by providing them with tools for their cariere and immigration paths as 'extraordinary aliens'.

VISION

We aim to elevar NYC's international women+ artists, celebrating their diverse cultures rather than marginalizing them. Through our programming, we challenge biases of 'americanness' vs. 'foreignness', fostering empatia and supporting our collaborators' artistic careers. By amplifying their voices, we strive for a society based in dialog and acceptance, where these artists are recognized as more 'extraordinary' and less 'aliens'.

"(...) the women are determined that Et Alia will keep growing..."

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"We were excited to see our international community come together to share their mutual experience with this global theme..."

"Had we not said “yes” to the new roles this company almost “forced” us to take on, we would not have been able to get the company to where it is now..."

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CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

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BOARD OF ADVISORS

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ARTISTIC COLLECTIVE

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SUPPORT

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Join us in our mission of celebrating the voices and stories of international women! By donating to our company, you’re sharing in our successes and milestones and becoming a vital part of our creative family.

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TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION

Support Et Alia Theater with a tax-deductible donation and help us uplift powerful, multicultural stories by and for international women+. Your generosity fuels our stage, our artists, and our mission.

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Here is the growth you are helping create:

Where We Were

Hired 8 artists/arts administrators
1-weekend run of mainstage production
2-session playwright lab
Doubled the 2022 audience reach
Distributed 5% of tickets for free for educational organizations and underprivileged immigrant communities
Minimum wage

Where We Are

Hired 15 artists/arts administrators
3-week run of mainstage production
2-session playwright lab
Tripled the 2023 audience reach
Distributed 10% of tickets for free for educational organizations and underprivileged
Minimum wage

Where We Will Be

Hire 20+ artists/arts administrators
4-week run of mainstage production
4-session playwright lab
Double 2024 audience reach
Distribute 20% of tickets for free for educational organizations and underprivileged
Union rates

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We would like to thank our 2024 supporters:

Co-Producers: Mo Shah and Kavita Shah.

Major Donors: The Brannan Family Foundation and Ross Marquand.

Long time supporters: Cecilia Maria Pontes Santana, Francesca Cossa, Luiza Müller, Ana Paula Martins, and John Osburn.

Consultants: Luca Rivitti (Business), Louis Sinn (Insurance), FORGE (Arts Administration), and Ainsley Ellis (IT consultant).

Sponsors: Relish Catering.

Partners: A.R.T./New York, Materials For the Arts, Fractured Atlas, Indie Space, and the Romanian Cultural Institute.

Et Alia Theater is a member of A.R.T./New York and Materials for the Arts.