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ArtsBoston, founded in 1975, is Boston's largest arts service organization, with a budget of over $1 million and a mission to promote the performing arts in Greater Boston. ArtsBoston provides a dynamic range of ticketing, marketing and capacity-building programs that increase revenue, expand audiences and enhance professional development to over 170 theater, music and dance member groups. Primary ArtsBoston programs include: the BosTix booths at Faneuil Hall and Copley Square; ArtsMail, offering advance discount tickets through a free catalog and online at www.artsboston.org; and Member Services, which include technical assistance, cost-saving advertising and marketing services, and professional development workshops.

StageSource, The Greater Boston Theater Alliance, provides leadership and services to advance the art of theater in the Greater Boston region.  Founded in 1985, our mission is to unite theater artists, theater companies and related organizations in vision and goals that inspire and empower our community to realize its greatest artistic potential. Current membership stands at over 2,000 individual theater artists working both onstage and off.  Our membership resides in all six New England states and New York.  Our 220 producer members operate from Western Massachusetts to upstate Maine.  Their repertoire ranges from classical theater to experimental and they range in size from the largest institutional theaters to smaller start-up and community theater companies.  The audiences they serve are as diverse as their repertoire.

Theater Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater, offers a wide array of services in line with its mission: to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theater.  Artistic programs support theaters and theater artists by awarding $2.7 million in grants annually, and offer career development programs for artists.  Management programs provide professional development opportunities for theater leaders through workshops, conferences, forums and publications, as well as industry research on the finances and practices of the American not-for-profit theater. Advocacy, conducted in conjunction with the dance, presenting, opera and symphony orchestra fields, includes guiding lobbying efforts and providing theaters with timely alerts about legislative developments.  The country's leading independent press specializing in dramatic literature, TCG's publications include American Theater magazine, the ArtSEARCH employment bulletin, plays, translations and theater reference books. As the U.S. Center of UNESCO's International Theater Institute, a worldwide network, TCG supports cross-cultural exchange through travel grants and other assistance to traveling theater professionals.  Through these programs, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theaters, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theater field.  TCG serves over 430 member theaters nationwide.  More information about TCG is available at www.tcg.org.