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The mission of the Pasadena Master Chorale is to cultivate appreciation of classical choral music through high quality performance and education. Founded by Jeffrey Bernstein in 2008, The Pasadena Master Chorale is an auditioned community chorus presenting affordable high-quality choral concerts and educational offerings to the greater Pasadena Community. In 2017 the Pasadena Master Chorale was awarded second place in the American Prize in Choral Performance. During its decade of service to the community PMC has presented over 100 performances and enjoyed collaborations with the The Gamble House, Pasadena Playhouse, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, and The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. PMC also offers a robust education program at no cost to participating students. Each year, through its unique Listening To The Future project, PMC pairs local high school composers with a professional composer mentor for a year of study. At the end of the year PMC presents a concert of the music composed by these students.

The mission of the Belfast Maskers theater company is to provide hands-on opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. Through the performing arts, we continue our longstanding commitment to the enrichment, entertainment, and education of our community.

The Echo Theater Company is a group of actors, writers, directors, and producers dedicated to developing and presenting the work of playwrights at all levels. The Echo supports playwrights and new works for the theater by creating an environment that empowers the playwright to their own progress while bringing fresh and engaging theatrical events to Los Angeles. The Echo seeks to engage an audience in a dialogue based on process while extending itself to people and places with which the theater has lost touch. The Company hopes to make the world a better place by nourishing and supporting a theater that mirrors it.

UP Theater Company offers fully produced professional theater to its community in Northern Manhattan, and develops new plays – employing many theater artists who live here. Despite our parochial concerns, UP is no “community theater.” We eschew crowd-pleasing chestnuts in favor of daring new work that challenges its audience’s preconceived notions about what they think they think.

The mission of The Gift is to tell great stories onstage with honesty and simplicity. The Gift believes a play never closes until everyone who saw it stops thinking about it and that art is, at its best, a sacred conversation between actor and audience, revealing the joy and pain of being human. In other words, a gift.

The mission of Crossing Borders Music is to use music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures.

The center was established with a three-fold mission: to create instrumental and vocal ensembles where none existed; to serve as a clearinghouse for information about the area's musical organizations and activities; and to provide a place for people to come together to develop their musical knowledge, proficiency, and enjoyment.

Second Stage Theatre produces an adventurous range of premieres, musicals, bold new interpretations of contemporary plays, and unique theatrical experiences from America's most dynamic writers of the 21st century. Through the discovery of emerging talent, the commissioning new work, and the creation of a training base for directors, Second Stage reflects the diverse city and the world we live in today and reaches an ever-growing audience through its Broadway runs, national tours and regional productions.

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS FORMED INCLUDE: (A) TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMANCE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND BY OFFERING WELL-KNOWN AND EMERGING MUSICIANS PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN A VARIETY OF VENUES AND LOCATIONS, INCLUDING SCHOOLS: (B) TO ENHANCE THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO EXPERIENCE NEW MUSICAL FORMS AND GENRES THROUGH EXPOSURE TO AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE WORLD OF MUSIC; (C) TO FURTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL CAUSES; (D) TO SOLICIT, COLLECT AND OTHERWISE RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AND TO EXPEND, CONTRIBUTE, DISBURSE AND OTHERWISE HANDLE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME FOR SUCH PURPOSES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZED FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR PURPOSES; (E) TO ASSIST IN HARMONIZING AND MAKING MORE EFFICIENT THE WORK OF CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR PURPOSES, BY COOPERATING WITH AND ASSISTING SUCH ORGANIZA

The mission of Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization is to provide superior educational and competitive performing arts programs that change the lives of young people in the greater Southern California region and prepare them for leadership in a fast-moving world.

Portland Revels celebrates the seasons through song, dance, story and ritual of the past and present, creating community across generations and cultures.

New York Classical Theatre’s mission is to reinvigorate and create audiences for the theatre by presenting free productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces that pop up in non-traditional public spaces throughout the five boroughs. We are the only all-free professional theatre in New York City. Our free productions currently pop up outdoors in Central Park, The Battery, Battery Park City Parks, Prospect Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park and indoors in Brookfield Place and One Liberty Plaza. New York Classical’s hallmark is Panoramic Theatre, a style created by Founding Artistic Director, Stephen Burdman, to build a unique relationship between the actor, audience and venue. Scripts are adapted to fully embrace each performance space and through the influence of 19th century staging and single camera cinema techniques, the audience is placed at the center of the action of the play, giving them access to a deeply immersive theatrical experience. Our outdoor productions in expansive public locations push Panoramic Theatre further. At each performance, the audience follows the actors from place to place as the plot unfolds from scene to scene, following the journey of the characters. Using different areas to stage specific scenes opens up endless creative possibilities for performers and our audience. By utilizing large physical environments as our playing arenas, audiences literally inhabit the world of the play and become active participants in the drama unfolding around them. By offering our Off-Broadway performances for free, we ensure that all people, regardless of their economic, ethnic or educational background have access to the highest quality professional theatre. Our open rehearsals in public venues also allow our audience to observe the evolution of a production while demystifying the language and poetry of classical theatre. We firmly believe that the themes of the classics remain relevant to the lives of all New Yorkers today. Through the lens of classical theatre, we come to better understand human nature and our role in contemporary life. As a result, our free performances build new and future audiences for live theatre by attracting many underserved and non-traditional spectators.