Mission

BOOM ARTS IMAGINES NEW SOCIAL AND POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCE.BOOM ARTS IS A BOUTIQUE PRESENTER AND PRODUCER OF CONTEMPORARY THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. FOUNDED IN 2012, BOOM ARTS HAS REACHED NEARLY 10,000 PORTLANDERS WITH INNOVATIVE PRESENTATIONS OF VITAL AND TIMELY PLAYS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCES. WE'VE PRODUCED PERFORMANCES IN THEATRES, GALLERIES, PUBLIC PARKS, LIVING ROOMS, AND OTHER SITES AROUND THE CITY. THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND ACCOMPANYING WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS, COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, AND OTHER EVENTS, BOOM ARTS IS BUILDING CROSS-CULTURAL BRIDGES, SPARKING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES, CONNECTING PORTLAND PERFORMING ARTISTS WITH THEIR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPARTS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CITY'S CULTURE OF COMPASSION, CURIOSITY, AND CREATIVITY.