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NEWS
- Sep 29
Call for Play Submissions: Criminal Queerness Festival 2023
National Queer Theater is now accepting submissions for the fifth annual Criminal Queerness Festival (CQF), which will take place at NYC...
- May 9
SUPPORT THE FUND FOR CRIMINAL QUEERNESS
The Criminal Queerness Festival provides censorship-free platform for queer artists.
- Apr 21
ANNOUNCING THE 4th ANNUAL CRIMINAL QUEERNESS FESTIVAL!
THIS PRIDE, YOU ARE INVITED TO WITNESS NEW PLAYS FROM THREE EAST AFRICAN
LGBTQIA+ WRITERS FIGHTING CRIMINALIZATION THROUGH THEIR ART.
- Jan 27
JUBILEE FOR A NEW VISION
Join us next month for JUBILEE FOR A NEW VISION:
A Celebration of Black Trans and Gender Non-conforming Artists.
- Dec 2, 2021
Donja R. Love names Dominic Colón as recipient of inaugural Write It Out! Prize
Join us in congratulating Dominic Colón for being the recipient of the inaugural WIO! Prize!
- Nov 22, 2021
Write it Out Final Sharing!
Join us next week on World AIDS Day (Wednesday 12/1) for the Final Sharing for Write It Out!'s 2021 cohort!
- Oct 28, 2021
ANNOUNCING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LUCIÉRNAGAS
Support Live Queer Theater, Buy Your Tickets TODAY! Luciérnagas is a story about heritage, legacy, and forgiveness.
- Oct 5, 2021
Welcome To Two New Members of the NQT Team!
We're excited to welcome Rae Kara to our Board of Directors & Jordan Delise Fleming as our Artistic Engagement Intern!
- Aug 5, 2021
Announcing the Inaugural WIO! Prize
This $5,000 prize is funded by Emmy Award-winning actor Billy Porter and GLAAD to honor and hold space for writers living with HIV.
- Aug 2, 2021
Applications Open for Write it Out!
Created by award-winning playwright Donja R. Love in 2019, Write It Out! (WIO!) provides an affirming space for people living with HIV.
- Jun 29, 2021
That's a Wrap on the 2021 Criminal Queerness Festival!
The 2021 Criminal Queerness Festival was our biggest yet! Thanks so much for supporting the festival.
- May 28, 2021
Apply for the NQT Artistic Collective!
Applications Now Open! NQT's Artistic Collective reads and evaluates new play submissions, shares input on artistic programming, and...
- Mar 18, 2021
Standing in Solidarity: Response to the Atlanta Shooting
The act of violence that targeted Asian women and took the lives of 8 people in Atlanta on Tuesday was a hate crime fueled by racism,...
- Mar 17, 2021
Announcing the 2021 Criminal Queerness Festival!
Announcing the 2021 Criminal Queerness Festival for NYC Pride! An outdoor and socially-distanced event!