Outreach
In keeping with the spirit of Planet Connections’ belief that theatre can and does spark social change, we are going one step further. We work with each production on community outreach, which, to our knowledge, is unique in the theater community in the New York metropolitan area.
Did you know? Since it’s inception, Planet Connections Festivity has produced: 237 Full Theater Productions and 89 Staged Readings. 300 charities have benefited from Planet Connections artists. Below are some of the organizations our artists have helped raise awareness for.
A Better Balance
Ackerman Institute for the Family
Adam R. Spector Foundation
AdoptaPlatoonAlliance for a Greater New York
Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
ASPCABig Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Breast Cancer Awareness
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids
Bronx Zoo’s Wildlife Conservation Society
Brooklyn/NY Public Library
CEDARS
Children’s Aid Society City
China Tomorrow Education Foundation
City Critters
City Harvest
Citymeals-on-Wheels
Coalition for the Homeless
Cohen Esophageal Cancer Initiative
Day One
Democracy Now!
Doctors Without Borders
EL MUSEO del BARRIOEMBARQENACT
Endometriosis Foundation of America
Faith In Children and St. Francis Friends
Family-To-Family Hastings NY
Filipino Advocates for Justice
Fundacion Para La Tierra
Food Bank for New York City
GEMS Girls, Inc.
Gilda’s Club NYC
Girls, Inc.
Girls Not Brides
GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
GMO FREE USA and the NON GMO PROJECT
Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corporation (GCNSSC)
GRID Alternatives
Gulf Restoration Network
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
Harlem Mothers SAVE
Heifer International
Hospice of New York
Hudson Valley Mental Health
Human Needs Food Pantry
Hunker Down Initiative
Huntingtons Disease Society of America
International Association for Suicide Prevention
Intrepid Museum’s GOALS for Girls
Joyful Heart Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kacey Rose Foundation
Kids in Need of Defense
KittyKind
La Jornada
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
LES Turner ALS Foundation
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
LGBT Center of NY
Lifeway Network
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Lower East Side Girls Club
Male Survivor
Marc DeGarmo Dance
Mary’s Place By the Sea
MCC Homeless Youth Service –Sylvia’s Place
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
More Gardens!
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
National Brain Tumor Society
National Director of Communications
National Eating Disorders Association
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
New York Blood Center
New York Public Library
New York Restoration Project
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
NYC Anti-Violence Project
New York Loves Mountains
NOW (National Organization for Women)
NYCLU
Off the Mat and Into the World
Organic Consumers Association
Our Revolution
Peabody Essex Museum/ The Phillips Library for The Salem Witch Trials Paper Collection
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Planned Parenthood
Play for P.I.N.K.
Polaris Project
Pro Mujer
Rainforest Alliance
RAINN
Raising Malawi Academy for Girls
Red Cross Blood Bank
Reporters without Borders
RESCU Foundation
Retired And Senior Volunteer Program
Safe Horizon Sanctuary for Families
SAMAR
Sanctuary for FamiliesSamaritans
SHARE Africa: Making a difference in the lives of African Communities
Sierra Club
Sivananda Yoga Ranch Solar Project
Sloan Kettering Memorial
SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)
SOS Children’s Villages: VenezuelaSouthern Poverty Law Center
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Suicide Prevention International
The Actors Fund
The Aftermath Foundation
The AIDS Quilt
The Ali Forney Center
The Appalachian Community Fund
The Arc
The Audre Lorde Project
The Candlelighters NYC
The Children’s Aid Society Philip Coltoff Center
The Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center Inc
The Hunker Down INNitiative
The Indie Theater Fund
The Innocence Project
The Italian American Museum
The Jed Foundation
The Joyful Heart Foundation
The Lambi Fund of Haiti
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The LIT Fund
The Long Island Crisis Center
MCC Homeless Youth Service
The Mercy Center in the South Bronx
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
The Oasis Project
The Resource Foundation
The Retreat
The Trevor Project
The Union of Concerned Scientists
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Third Street Women’s Residence of the Henry Street Settlement
Through the Heart
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition
Trauma Survivors Foundation
TRICKLE UP
Trinity Place Shelter
UJA Federation of New York
UJA of New York United Nations Environment Program (www.unep.org)
United Negro College Fund
Urgent Pets on Death Row
Visible Inc
Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care
Washington Crossing Historic Park
WIN [Women in Need]
Wildlife Conservation Society Women for Women International
Women In Wireless
Women Make Movies
Women’s Sport Foundation
Words of Choice
World Wildlife Foundation
World Wildlife Fund