Community Partners
Sound Theatre Company wouldn’t be what it is without the support, collaboration, and friendship of those in our community.
Our Community Partners embody the values, practices, and heart we wish to spotlight, uplift, and realize in our own work.
There’s always more to learn, and more work to be done.
These are some of the folks putting in that work.
We hope that you, as a supporter of Sound Theatre, will join us in supporting and showing appreciation for the remarkable human beings we share this community with!
Partner Organizations
(in alphabetical order)
BAYFEST
In a society marked by increasing generational divides and fear of ‘the other’, the need for shared experiences across age groups has become more important than ever.
The BAYFEST Intergenerational Theatre Project is a collaboration that brings together teens and senior adults to explore intergenerational themes through theatre games and exercises.
We explore timeless ideas such as power, aging, family and identity, while building bridges between generations. We build a foundation of shared experience and history, growth and connection by exploring the energy, curiosity, wisdom, and experience of all participants — yielding not only a rich artistic outcome through a culminating project, but also fostering empathy, understanding, and community resilience.
The project has been named for longtime BAYFEST supporter and Board member Janet Hunter, who always championed anything that brought people together across lines of culture, age and interests. Jan passed away this spring, and her friendship will be sorely missed.
Disability Empowerment Center
Disability Empowerment Center provides free services to people who live in King County.
We are a community-based organization led and run by people with disabilities. As an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit, we are a crucial hub for individuals with disabilities to receive free individualized services and access community-based resources.
We are also part of the national network of Independent Living Centers that provides services to people with disabilities in communities across the country. We are built on the independent living philosophy that believes people with disabilities should have the choice to live independently and thrive as important members of our community.
Our Vision: People with disabilities are guaranteed equity, inclusion and choice.
Our Mission: Empowering people with disabilities to have the freedom to live with autonomy and choice.
Disability Empowerment Center website
Instagram: @disability_empowerment_center
Mary's Place
Mary’s Place works to ensure that no child sleeps outside by providing shelter, resources, and services for families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
With our intake line receiving over 50 calls daily but only able to shelter about one family per day due to limited beds, the need exceeds our shelter capacity. We’ve scaled up our response with a three-pronged approach: emergency shelter with wraparound services, mobile outreach specialists meeting unsheltered families wherever they are, often in tents or cars, and prevention services helping families keep their homes and avoid homelessness altogether.
Last year, Mary’s Place served 1,780 families – over 6,000 individuals, including nearly 3,200 children.
Path with Art
Path with Art is driven by its Vision: A world where arts engagement is recognized as transformative––connecting the individual with self, the self with community, and communities with society. In this world, the power of arts engagement is available for all.
Since 2008, Path with Art has been at the forefront of a growing international movement that utilizes the power of art as a means to bring dignity, awareness, and healing to the complexities of the issues surrounding homelessness, and recovery from trauma. As a long-time leader in this field, the Path with Art model is currently being sought out and recognized by communities both nationally and internationally.
Phinney Neighborhood Association
The PNA is an ever-evolving community organization committed to fostering an environment where everyone is welcomed. Through events, supportive services, education, partnerships, individual engagement and community connections, the PNA is always listening, learning and reflecting to meet the current and future needs of the NW Seattle community.
Satya Wellness Collective
We are a collective group of therapists and health professionals seeking to support the healing of our community through a holistic, integrative approach. Mental health is at the core of our mission, and we are committed to offering services that nurture the mind, body, and soul. Through individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, and group therapy, we create space for deep, meaningful transformation.
But healing extends beyond traditional talk therapy. That’s why we also offer non-traditional services that support whole-hearted living, including yoga therapy, body-centered approaches, spirituality, and wellness retreats. Our goal is to help people break free from cycles of burnout, perfectionism, and self-sacrifice so they can step into a life of authenticity, joy, and self-compassion.
At Satya Wellness Collective, we believe that when one person heals, they create ripples of healing in their families, relationships, workplaces, and communities. This is why we do what we do—because healing is not just personal, it is revolutionary.
Seattle Food Committee
The Seattle Food Committee, a coalition of 32 food banks in Seattle, works to end hunger by identifying and addressing the root causes, including systems of injustice and oppression. Together, our member organizations work to educate, advocate and collaborate for food and social justice.
For going on four decades, members of the Seattle Food Committee have been fighting hunger. Our city’s rapidly changing landscape has inspired us to renew our commitment to the community.
Applying an equitable anti-racist and food justice lens to guide our work, our goal is to partner with food distributors, farmers, co-ops and small businesses to ensure that the fabric of the city’s emergency food system continues to grow stronger. We strive to prioritize environmentally sustainable farming, fair labor and equitable resource management, and are well-positioned to lead the community forward with an emphasis on equity and collaboration with BIPOC vendors. Together, let’s put an end to food insecurity in Seattle.
Seattle Parks & Rec: Dementia-Friendly Recreation
Seattle Parks and Recreation piloted Dementia Friendly Recreation in 2014 in response to the growing number of community members living with memory loss, and the firm belief that people with memory loss remain a vital part of community and deserve accessible opportunities to stay active, be creative, explore nature, connect with others, and volunteer.
With the official launch in 2015, we are working with a variety of local partners to offer engaging programs like field trips, watercolor painting in the park, international folk dance, walking groups, volunteering at the food bank, and more. While most of our programs are geared towards persons living with early stage memory loss, we know that each individual is unique. We’re glad to help determine which programs might be a good fit, within our own offerings and among the other options available in the community.
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library has been a longtime partner of Sound Theatre Company, supporting us through their staff-created “Beyond the Theatre” resource lists for many of our shows—including 53% Of, Hungry, and The Humans.
Check out the lists they’ve put together for us (many other theatres and arts orgs in the Seattle area), and visit our resource page for our most recent show to see what they’ve cooked up for us this time around!
Wa Na Wari
Sited in a fifth-generation, Black-owned home, Wa Na Wari is an immersive community art project that reclaims Black cultural space and makes a statement about the importance of Black land ownership in gentrified communities. Our mission is to create space for Black ownership, possibility, and belonging through art, historic preservation, and connection.
Referred to as a “container for Black joy,” Wa Na Wari incubates and amplifies Black art and belonging while providing a safe space for organizing and movement building. By renting a house from a vulnerable Black homeowner, and giving that space back to the Black community, Wa Na Wari is an active model for how Black art and culture can combat gentrification and displacement.
WashMasks
WashMasks Mutual Aid is an all-volunteer collective that practices solidarity for migrant and Indigenous farmworkers in Washington state through creative joy and urban-rural collaboration.
WashMasks Mutual Aid centers all actions around care, community collaboration, and creative joy. We believe that farmworkers deserve safety, equity, and dignity. We work to provide PPE, culturally responsive food, arts access, wildfire relief, and other mutual aid support to Washington farmworkers and their families.