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Our Mission

Moonbox Productions produces exceptional theatrical experiences that enlighten, empower, and challenge Greater Boston audiences to re-imagine how art creates community. We create inclusive programming that makes all audiences, staff, and community partners feel welcome and celebrated. #CreateCommunity

Core Values

Community

We believe it is our shared responsibility to make positive change in all of the lives that we touch.

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Diversity

We believe in creating spaces that reflect the diversity of our shared community, both on and off the stage, where under-represented voices, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and people living with disabilities feel valued and important.

Accessibility

We believe that accessibility is a human right. We are devoted to providing performances that can be experienced and enjoyed universally, and to incorporating accessibility planning into our production, design, staffing, and budgeting processes from day one.

Moonbox commits to

Provide a safe, collaborative and respectful workplace
Implement anti-racist theatre practices
Promote individuals and organizations that work on behalf of our community through our Non-Profit Partnerships
Support emerging artists and theatre professionals through our Mentorship Program
Provide ASL interpretation and audio description for all productions, and regularly offer open and closed captioning.
- We are actively expanding our programming to include tactile integration tours and sensory-friendly performances
Seek new and innovative ways to engage and give back to our community
Engage with the broader community of people living with disabilities and other under-represented groups to enrich our networks and make our productions enjoyable for all. We recognize that guidance by and consultation from members and experts of these communities is invaluable in acquiescing knowledge.

Terry Byrne - The Boston Globe

“The fledgling company consistently defies expectations, mining nuggets from familiar shows, pushing beyond the limits of fringe theater budgets, and raising the bar for the actors they employ.”

Natalie Hardy - Cambridge Chronicle

“Harvard Square’s Moonbox Productions is able to feature talented artists who focus their free time on a company purely out of a love for theater.”

Alex Stevens - The Patriot Ledger

When Cambridge resident Sharman Altshuler launched Moonbox Productions, she wasn’t motivated by market analysis. She was inspired by something much more joyous.

Nancy Grossman – Broadway World

There are a number of Moonbox musicals that stand out in my memory, among them Floyd Collins and Cabaret.

Christopher Ehlers – Dig Boston

Moonbox Productions continues its impressive run of presenting complicated, adult musicals with more polish, professionalism, and nuance than most other companies in the Boston area, even those with more cash and more clout.

Terry Byrne - The Boston Globe

“Since its 2011 debut with the ’70s musical “Godspell,” Moonbox Productions has forged a unique identity on the Boston theater scene with an intriguing mix of musicals and plays — from “Lucky Stiff” to “Cabaret.”

Kilian Melloy – Edge Boston

Moonbox Productions — a small theater company that specializes in putting on, and pulling off, ambitious projects.

News and Updates

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

BNWF 2026: Request for Proposals

Moonbox Productions invites Massachusetts based playwrights to submit one un-produced play or proposed project for consideration for the 2026 Boston New Works Festival.

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

Seeking Readers for Moonbox Productions 5th Annual Boston New Works Festival

Productions is seeking a diverse group of readers for its 2026 Boston New Works Festival. Alongside open submissions for 2026, Moonbox is actively seeking plays/ projects that can be experienced and enjoyed universally, by those of all ages and backgrounds...

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

BNWF 2025: Request for Proposals

Moonbox Productions invites BIPOC and non-white Massachusetts based playwrights to submit one un-produced play, musical or proposed project for a staged reading or workshop production as part of the 2025 Boston New Works Festival. All submissions must be received by May 15, 2024.