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National Queer Theater Summer/Fall 2026 Internship Application
Submissions Due on April 15th at 11:59 PM EST
We are looking for new shows that push the boundaries of queer performance, entertain, enlighten, educate, and fuel social change.
Mar 17


CASTING NOTICE: CQF 2026
Seeking Actors for National Queer Theater’s 2026 Criminal Queerness Festival at HERE Arts Center CONTRACT: AEA Transition SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 27, 2026 Producer: National Queer Theater (Adam Odsess-Rubin and Rose Oser) Location: HERE (NYC) Directors: Shadi Ghaheri, Osh Ashruf Playwrights: Bazeed, Lour Casting Director: Peter Dunn National Queer Theater’s Criminal Queerness Festival June 9th - June 27, 2026 HERE Arts Center Faggy Faafi Cairo Boy First rehearsal: May 18
Mar 16


National Queer Theater Call for Submissions 2026
Submissions Due on April 10th at 11:59 PM EST
We are looking for new shows that push the boundaries of queer performance, entertain, enlighten, educate, and fuel social change.
Mar 5


HIRING Education Assistant
Applications Due on Dec 1
Obie Award-winning National Queer Theater seeks part-time Education Assistant to assist with Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater, a free after school drama program for LGBTQ+ teens in NYC at the Hetrick-Martin Institute (2 Astor Place, New York, NY).
Dec 1, 2025


Spring 2026 Internship
Applications Due on Nov 21
National Queer Theater’s internship program aims to develop emerging theater professionals who are passionate about theater-making, community engagement and LGBTQ advocacy in New York City and beyond.
Nov 4, 2025


Join Our Board
Make a Difference in Your Community Bring Your Experience and Expertise to Support Queer Artists and Activists ABOUT BOARD MEMBERSHIP National Queer Theater is seeking new board members to directly engage with our work to produce theater and community programs that celebrate queer artists in the US and around the world. Board members are the fiduciaries and governing body of NQT, supporting the organization through strategy, oversight, and accountability. This is distinct f
Oct 22, 2025


Casting Call! Join NQT’s Criminal Queerness Festival 2025
We’re seeking dynamic actors for three radical new works at our Criminal Queerness Festival —co-produced with HERE Arts Center this...
Apr 9, 2025


Casting Developmental Reading of Bone by Bone by Sharifa Yazmeen
National Queer Theater seeks actors for upcoming developmental reading of Sharifa Yazmeen’s play, Bone by Bone . The workshop will take...
Sep 26, 2024


National Queer Theater Call for Submissions 2024
National Queer Theater is now accepting submissions for new queer theater and performance. We are looking for new shows that push the...
May 15, 2024


Open Letter to the New York Theater Industry
Dear New York Theater Industry, I’m not sure if you know about this, because I haven’t seen you all talking about it. This isn’t an...
Mar 22, 2023
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