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Theater

Theater is arguably the oldest form of social impact entertainment, and its emphasis on live spectacle makes it notably distinct from the screen-based forms of SIE.

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We needed to get it out there almost as soon as I’d hit ‘save’ on the final draft, and only theater would let us move at that speed and scale.

Dustin Lance Black

Academy Award®-winning filmmaker, writer, and social activist

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There is not a single play or program I’ve done that has had a real impact that didn’t feel impossible when I started thinking about it.

Oskar Eustis

Artistic Director of The Public Theater and a Tony Award®-winning producer

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In dark times, art can move us beyond the binaries of good and evil, left and right.

Eve Ensler

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