Community Access Initiative

As we actively challenge how we produce our work on stage and in the classroom, the Community Access Initiative serves to simultaneously challenge the makeup of our audiences and program participants to ensure that underrepresented people and stories have equitable presence not only on the stage but also in our seats.

The Community Access Initiative ensures ASP can achieve its vision of:

  • A more unified Greater Boston that can embrace differences
     
  • An inclusive community where theatre artists of all ages and identities are empowered to express themselves
     
  • A theatre landscape that offers audiences exposure to a wide range of powerful writing in intimate, accessible settings
     
  • A more sustainable, diverse, and inclusive space for our community, with clear pathways for theatre artists to advance their careers.

The Community Access Initiative directly sponsors these ASP programs:

  • Professional Productions:
    • 20 seats for $20 at every performance
    • Entirely Pay-What-You-Can or complimentary houses for select performances including BlackOuts and Teacher Appreciation Nights
    • $10 Tickets through Mass Cultural Council’s EBT Card-To-Culture Program
    • Free tickets for select local community groups
       
  • Education Programs:
    • Full and partial scholarships available for all youth and adult programs
    • Stipended positions available on all youth projects
    • Expanded student matinees for local middle and high schoolers, including talkbacks and in-school visits
    • $25 tickets to student matinees with transportation assistance when necessary
    • Deepened access to in-school programs for schools that can’t afford workshops or residencies
       
  • General:
    • Paid internship positions on all productions
    • Fair Compensation and reasonable expectations for all who work for Actors’ Shakespeare Project
       

With your support matched by the generosity of the Parker Family Foundation, this initiative will help us to continue to grow access to our productions and education programs!

Thank you!