A QUEER [RE]PUBLIC THEATRE

The new 13,000 sf performance/community center for The Theater Offensive (TTO) will establish a creative hub for thought-provoking programs — a permanent home for queer and trans artists and youth who have long sought a place to truly belong in the center of Boston, including: family, educational and youth-centered artistic and leadership programs; community-led artistic experiences; and people-powered civic engagements 

The new Boylston Street facility will include, a 150-seat Black Box Theater; a flexible multipurpose space for rehearsal, workshops, educational programming, and community gathering; dedicated administrative space for TTO’s growing team; and welcoming lobby and transitional spaces activated by QTPOC visual art exhibitions

The venue will honor the site’s historical importance to the Boston LGBTQ community, providing much needed space and resources at a subsidized rental rate to historically marginalized QTPOC communities and their supporters seeking affordable facilities for their programs and services.

As an experience, the Queer [Re]Public Theater will provide:

A MYSTERIOUSLY INVITING BEACON: Giving voice to the QTPOC community

A CURVACEOUS DESCENT: Entwining community and performance

A "THEATRICAL SANDBOX”: Offering a rich variety of story telling and celebration

Project Data

STATUS: Construction Start Scheduled for Spring 2023

SIZE: 13,000 sf

COST: $15 million

Project Credits

OWNER: The Theater Offensive

OWNER’S PROJECT MANAGER: Anser Advisory

CONTRACTOR: Walsh Brothers Construction

ARCHITECT: Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects

Principals-in-Charge: Robert Picardy and Alan Joslin (Design), Ray Porfilio (Management and Permitting), Project Designers: Amanda Dellevigne, Matthew Roy

THEATRE, ACOUSTICS, AUDIO VISUAL: Charcoalblue

INTERIOR DESIGN: CBT Architects

LIGHTING: LAM Partners

MEP/FP ENGINEERS: AWE Engineer

CODE CONSULTANT: Code Red Consultants

IMAGE COPYRIGHT: Epstein Joslin Architects