Opening Act

04/21/2026

Check out these incredible production photos of the Opening Act Youth Company's original play GORGONE by Charles Chessler!

04/21/2026

Check out these incredible production photos of the Opening Act Youth Company's original play GORGONE by Chessler!

04/06/2026

The Youth Company has taken the stage at ! Have you gotten your tickets to GORGONE yet?

04/02/2026

Rehearsals are underway for GORGONE, featuring the Opening Act Youth Company. Do you have your tickets yet? Grab them at the link in our bio.

03/29/2026

After months of writing, devising, and rehearsal, the 2026 Opening Act Youth Company is bringing their original play GORGONE to Theatre Row this April.

This production is entirely created and performed by NYC public school students — a bold, imaginative, and urgent new work inspired by the myth of Medusa and the world we live in today.

Free tickets are available for general performances, and a special benefit performance and sponsor reception will take place on April 12 in support of Opening Act’s Spring 2026 programming.

Learn more and reserve tickets here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/oagiving/event/gorgone/?blm_aid=0

And click here for sponsorship opportunities: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/oagiving/event/gorgonesponsorsreceptionbenefitbrunch/?blm_aid=0&blm_aid=0

03/23/2026

We’re excited to share that Opening Act students are featured in Playbill this week!

The article highlights our students, their work, and the impact of providing young people across New York City with access to theatre education, creative expression, and community. We see every day how theatre helps students build confidence, find their voices, and support one another — and we’re proud to see their work recognized.

Thank you to Situation Project for featuring Opening Act and helping share our students’ stories.

And if you want to see Opening Act students perform live, reserve tickets to our upcoming show GORGONE!

Opening Act brings student-devised theatre to New York City public schools.

03/17/2026

The 2026 Opening Act Youth Company premieres GORGONE, an original play created and performed by a collective of bold student storytellers. Inspired by the myth of Medusa, GORGONE reimagines ancient mythology through a modern lens, exploring the hypocrisies of the beauty industry, the brutalism of late-stage capitalism, and the commodification of the bodies of the most vulnerable.

GORGONE
By the Opening Act Youth Company

Theatre Row
410 W 42nd St., NYC

Free Performances:
April 10 – 7:00 PM
April 11 – 2:00 PM
April 11 – 7:00 PM

Click here for FREE TICKETS: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/oagiving/event/gorgone/?blm_aid=0

Join us for a special benefit performance of GORGONE, all proceeds benefitting out spring programming!

Sunday, April 12
1:30 PM Champagne Brunch and Sponsor Reception
3:00 PM Performance

Click here for BENEFIT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/oagiving/event/gorgonesponsorsreceptionbenefitbrunch/?blm_aid=0&blm_aid=0

03/16/2026

That feeling when your Teaching Artists are back on campus! Opening Act programs started back up last week and the joy was real at the Lehman Campus!

02/06/2026

The Opening Act Youth Company is hard at work on their original piece, slated to run April 10-12. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting production, and click here to support: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/openingact-giving

01/28/2026

Today, we're looking back at The Social, one of many exciting events our Junior Board (previously the Social Board) has put together to support our work! Everything we do is made possible by our valiant, dedicated supporters. Want to be one of them? Click here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/openingact-giving

12/31/2025

Let’s head into 2026 together

Today is the last day to make your end-of-year gift to Opening Act and have it matched dollar-for-dollar!

Your support helps bring theater education to NYC students who need creative spaces to build confidence, find their voices, and show up for one another.

Start the new year by investing in possibility, and make your impact go twice as far before midnight. → https://secure.qgiv.com/for/openingact-giving