Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative is a nonprofit production company that creates original works for theater and the web that combine socially relevant themes with an ambitious, multi-disciplinary approach to storytelling. Our intent is to give voice to unfamiliar and underrepresented stories in the most relatable, entertaining, and idiosyncratic way possible while challenging our audience's assumptions about the world around them. We have produced theater Off-Broadway, festivals, internationally, and media for the web. Our work is created through extensive research and partnerships with our community, artists of all mediums and backgrounds, and other nonprofit advocacy institutions.
NMA is proud to support Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative through our Fiscal Receiving program.
Projects
Tangible Hope Project
A documentary series chronicling individuals and organizations that are making their communities better places to live.
The Black History Museum
A theatrical museum exhibit using HERE Arts Center’s entire space (dressing rooms, hallways, lounge, sidewalk space outdoors, and the two theatre spaces), featuring different “lessons” about Black bodies and how black identity is being defined by the millennial generation.
Head in the sand
A new play inspired by the true story of Bayocean, Oregon is the launching pad for an examination of human nature, climate change, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Olityelwe
Winner of the Overall Excellence Award for Best Play at the New York International Fringe Festival and recipient of a Time Out Critic's Pick, Olityelwe is a hilariously heartbreaking new play that pulls audiences into the music, dirt, and dreams of modern South Africa.