CO＿LAB has spent 15 years building something rare: a theater community where artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) don't just participate—they lead, devise, and direct.

Our programs are free or low-cost because access is non-negotiable. That's made possible by people who believe what we believe: the stage belongs to every body.

When you give to CO＿LAB, you're funding professional artistry. Right now, that means:

• CO＿LAB Tours—our new professional touring initiative. Adult artists with I/DD are consistently excluded from professional theater—and from paid work in it. Students in NYC schools, particularly those with I/DD, rarely encounter disabled adults as professional performers and creative leaders. CO＿LAB Tours is built to change that.

• CO＿LAB Connect brings CO＿LAB programming directly into schools and community centers across all five boroughs. Demand for our residencies and workshops has never been higher—your gift ensures that more artists with I/DD can access CO＿LAB, wherever they are.

• CO＿LAB Core—our free weekly classes, open to all, with no upper age limit. Year after year, our actors deepen their artistry, build community, and foster the creative and social confidence that carries far beyond the rehearsal room.

• Our Directing Lab, now in its second year, opens a new pathway to creative leadership: CO＿LAB actors stepping into the director's chair. Our long-term vision is for CO＿LAB productions to be fully realized by CO＿LAB artists across every discipline—performed, directed, written, designed, and stage managed by our own community.

This is CO＿LAB at its most ambitious. Your gift makes this possible for our artists.