counterclaim

What people are saying:

“Working with counterclaim was one of the most positive experiences of my career. They are meticulous about details, scrupulous in keeping commitments, consistently open, accessible, and clear in their communications, genuinely interested in collaboration, generous in allowing space for artistic autonomy, conscientious about boundaries, and walking the talk about diversity and inclusivity. It was a joy to work with them.”

— Carolyn Gage, playwright, author, and activist

“counterclaim is genuinely, passionately interested in presenting work that is underrepresented in the community and in uplifting the voices of artists who are countering the normative dialogue, and that is such a needed service. They are wonderfully supportive of artists, and it was a huge pleasure to work with them! Very excited to see what they do next.”

— Emma Rosa Went, theatre director

“The script by Carolyn Gage and these performances really reached me… in a way that was even more emotionally transparent and immediate than I could imagine being possible on stage. The video is now on YouTube. I highly recommend it.”

— John Stoltenberg, theatre critic

“It’s been a long time since I watched anything that truly moved me, but counterclaim’s production really, really did.”

— Brennan Bogert, in Go Magazine

“I am still floating from having seen the staged reading of FNS. I am so rarely at a loss for words, but I can't find the words to say how much it embodied the simple gift of what I always hope to find in theatre and rarely experience.”

— Will Weigler, theatre practitioner