The Off-Broadway Alliance is an organization of Off-Broadway producers, general managers, venue owners, press agents and marketing personnel dedicated to promoting and supporting Off-Broadway theater, encouraging and assisting new producers, and making live theater increasingly accessible to new and diverse audiences.
The Alliance holds monthly meetings and membership is open to everyone in the Off-Broadway theater community.
In addition to monthly meetings that foster discussion, innovation, and planning for the future of Off-Broadway, The Alliance conducts the following programs:
- 20 at 20, the biannual event featuring $20 tickets to participating Off-Broadway shows 20 minutes prior to curtain.
- Past seminar series at The Theater Center focusing on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway included:
- “Putting it Together: From Option to Offering to Opening”
(David Carpenter, Laura Janik Cronin, M. Kilburg Reedy, moderated by Rob Driemeyer) - “My First Time: Producing Off Broadway for the First Time”
(Randy Donaldson, Suzanne Gilad, Zachary Laks, Meredith Lucio, moderated by Rob Driemeyer) - “Wicked Women of Off Broadway”
(Annie Baker, Lisa Kron, Teresa Rebeck, and Sarah Ruhl, moderated by Patrick Healy of the New York Times) - “New Directions for Gay Theater”
(Jon Marans, Michael Urie, Christopher Sieber, Michael Zam, Leslie Jordan, and Joseph Zellnik, moderated by Patrick Healy of the New York Times)
- “Putting it Together: From Option to Offering to Opening”