EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Join us for Gen-Directed the final performance of this semester’s Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater program.
In a world where the government assigns gender, we rise up and fight back. Gen-Directed crafts a dystopic world where those in power would rather isolation prevail. And yet, hope is found and community is cultivated in underground, nightlife spaces! Told through original scenes, songs, and lip sync performances, watch as the oppressed and their oppressors collide.
STAGING PRIDE: QUEER YOUTH THEATER
FREE AFTER-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL THEATER PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH
Staging Pride Spring 2026 Applications Open!
Are you queer or trans and between the ages of 13-18? Do you like theater, food, and excellent vibes? Look no further than Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater!
Staging Pride is National Queer Theater’s free, after school youth program. In partnership with The Hetrick-Martin Institute, this program brings together young NYC artists to make new friends and explore queer culture through theater. Throughout the program, you will work with expert teaching artists to build new theater skills and to create an original show. Along the way, you'll go on field trips to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, take part in masterclasses with professional artists (past guests have included Drag Race's Marcia Marcia Marcia and Yuhua Hamasaki), and explore the vital role of the artist activist in the on-going fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
Dinner will be provided at each class. What are you waiting for? Fill out the application and join us!
Staging Pride is made possible by the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Find Your Light Foundation, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
WHY STAGING PRIDE?
LGBTQ youth face serious challenges in daily life, due to systemic and interpersonal homophobia and transphobia.
49%of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year
The Trevor Project’s 2024 Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
40% of NYC’s 3800 youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ.
The Ali Forney Center