Photo by Willa Ellafair Folmar
PROGRAMS

HERE Produces

HERE supports the creation of new performance works through commissioning, residency, co-productions, and original productions.  

HERE Productions

Full productions of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary performance works at HERE that emerge from our HARP program, Performance Lab, and other pathways rooted in relationship with our community. 

Invitation only.

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Dream Music Puppetry

One of few programs in the country to grow and commission contemporary, adult puppet works, Dream Music Puppetry provides performance opportunities to puppet artists, and encourages multidisciplinary collaboration to develop new puppetry techniques. Annual activity includes Puppet Parlor, a curated evening of short-form puppet works by emerging and established puppet artists; Puppetopia, an annual celebration of 3-4 evening-length puppet works running in rep on HERE’s stages; and original and revivals of productions of innovative puppetry. 

Inquiries welcome. 

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Perennial Programming

Connective activities, including multidisciplinary festivals, special creative events, educational workshops, and responsive civic programming throughout the year. 

Inquiries welcome. 

Written and performed by Eisa Davis
September 10-28, 2025 | Tickets on sale now Tickets
Can you be Black and not perform? Incorporating art gallery aesthetics and an electronic soul score, Eisa Davis performs a piece about performance, exploring the cultural techniques that make musical expression a kind of imprisonment – or a transcendent liberation.
Written by James Scruggs in collaboration with Thomas Giovanni
April 8-26, 2026 | Tickets on sale soon
A participatory theatrical intervention aimed at the American Criminal Justice System, and an offering for those with active criminal records to have a free consultation with criminal justice attorneys.
Puppetopia 2025
May 21-June 1 | Tickets On Sale Now Tickets
HERE’s Puppetopia, a two-week puppetry state of mind, returns for its fourth annual edition. Curated by HERE Co-Founder Barbara Busackino and Dream Music Artistic Director and star Alum Basil Twist, the festival presents original work.
QUEER at HERE
June 3-27 | Tickets On Sale Now Tickets
QUEER @ HERE is a festival that was born in 2001 and that HERE is proud to revive 24 years later, in the context of the present moment and our continued joyful struggle for queer liberation!