Houses On The Moon

Documentary Theater / Nonprofit Performing Artshousesonthemoon.org

Houses on the Moon is a NYC-based nonprofit theater company that creates documentary theater from real stories of marginalized communities — LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, incarcerated families, and gun-violence-impacted groups — through Off-Broadway productions, national touring, educational residencies, and a podcast.

Company typePrivate
Founded2001
HeadquartersNew York, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Houses On The Moon does

Houses on the Moon Theater Company is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater organization founded in 2001 by Emily Joy Weiner, Jeffrey Solomon, and Andrew Ingkavet. The company creates original documentary theater drawn from real stories of marginalized communities — including LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants and asylum seekers, families affected by incarceration, gun-violence-impacted communities, and Black maternal-health stakeholders — using a community-based participatory storytelling methodology that incorporates verbatim text from interviews, court transcripts, and letters. Its product portfolio spans full-length Off-Broadway productions (e.g., De Novo, gUN COUNTRY, The Assignment, SuperHero, Shared Sentences, Hotel Happy), touring works (REAL 1, Shared Sentences), an original podcast distributed via Broadway Podcast Network, and fee-for-service educational residencies in K-12 schools and community centers.

The company operates across multiple revenue streams including tax-deductible individual and institutional donations (with designated General, Mauricio Leyton, and Ticket Subsidy funds), ticket sales with one-third of inventory subsidized for community partners, production licensing to other theater companies, educational residency fees funded in part by NYC Council Cultural Immigrant Initiative and ART: A Catalyst for Change grants, and government/foundation grants from entities such as NEA, NYSCA, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation. Its 25th Anniversary Season in 2025-2026 marks a year of expanded programming including the national LGBTQ+ educational initiative "The Past Is Always Present" with History UnErased and the Library of Congress, and the in-development production "Skin to Skin" on Black maternal mortality. The company is governed by a board of directors and operates without private equity, venture capital, or parent-company ownership.

Houses On The Moon firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Houses On The Moon
Legal name: Houses on the Moon Theater Company
Website: https://housesonthemoon.org
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2001
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Houses on the Moon is a NYC-based nonprofit theater company that creates documentary theater from real stories of marginalized communities — LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, incarcerated families, and gun-violence-impacted groups — through Off-Broadway productions, national touring, educational residencies, and a podcast.
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Houses On The Moon industry classification

Industry

Product category: Documentary Theater / Nonprofit Performing Arts
NAICS: Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)
SIC: Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYMPAGABAM
Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Theater, Broadway & Performing Arts
SECONDARYMPAGABAE
Children’s & Youth Theatre
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Theater, Broadway & Performing Arts

Keywords

Documentary theater
Theater production
Educational theater
Community storytelling
Nonprofit theater

Where Houses On The Moon is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: New York
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

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Houses On The Moon business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Donations and Fundraising: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, family foundations, government agencies, and private donors. Multiple designated funds including General Fund, Mauricio Leyton Fund, and Ticket Subsidy Fund.
Theatrical Productions: Ticket sales from Off-Broadway productions and touring performances. The company subsidizes one-third of ticket inventory for community partners.
Licensing: Licensing fees for productions including The Assignment, The Santa Closet, and SuperHero/REAL 1 for other theater companies to produce.
Educational Residencies: Fee-for-service educational residencies and storytelling workshops delivered in schools and community centers, funded by NYC Council Cultural Immigrant Initiative and other grants.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Pay-as-you-go	Donation-based support with multiple designated funds

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Houses On The Moon product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Houses on the Moon is a nonprofit theater company that creates and presents original documentary theater productions, educational residencies, and an original podcast series. Productions are developed through storytelling workshops with community members and adapted from real documents (court transcripts, interviews, letters), then performed Off-Broadway, toured to schools and community venues, and licensed to other theater companies. The company also runs fee-for-service educational programs and a podcast that amplifies the same unheard voices reflected in its stage work.

Product overview

Houses on the Moon Theater Company operates as a single unified theater organization offering theatrical productions, educational programs, and a podcast series. Their core offerings include touring theater productions (such as De Novo, gUN COUNTRY, The Assignment, SuperHero, REAL 1, Shared Sentences, Hotel Happy, and Skin to Skin), an original podcast featuring curated true stories and conversations, and education & community storytelling programs including workshops, residencies, and touring educational productions. The company also supports new work development through The Architects Creators Group with its Architect Fellows program and The Garden reading series. Their collaborative initiative The Past Is Always Present creates LGBTQ+ educational content with History UnErased. The organization does not offer a software product or technology platform.

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Brands

The Architects: A collective of diverse and multi-disciplined artists who develop new theatrical projects within Houses on the Moon's mission of amplifying unheard voices.
The Garden
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The Mauricio Leyton Award

Products and services

Houses on the Moon Podcast Original storytelling podcast dedicated to amplifying unheard voices, featuring true stories curated from the company's development process. Episodes include the 'De Novo' limited series, LGBTQ+ stories, gun violence narratives, and migration stories, distributed through Broadway Podcast Network and major podcast platforms.
Education & Community Storytelling Programs

Quantifiable outcome

At least 50% of audiences come from community partner organizations and their constituents
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Companies that use Houses On The Moon

Customer profile

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Houses On The Moon technology and API

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Technology focussed No

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Houses On The Moon partnerships and signals

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Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, important and minor.

History UnErasedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary co-creation partner for The Past Is Always Present initiative, creating LGBTQ+ educational content for students, educators, and communities nationwide. History UnErased collaborates with Houses on the Moon to develop original musical 'Your Hands Are The Road' spotlighting LGBTQ+ trailblazers using digital primary sources and state/local archives.
Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources (TPS) ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for The Past Is Always Present LGBTQ+ educational theater project. The TPS Program supports the creation and distribution of educational content developed through the partnership with History UnErased and Houses on the Moon.
Hetrick-Martin InstituteimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerNYC co-creation partner for the LGBTQ+ educational musical 'Your Hands Are The Road'. Hetrick-Martin Institute is a leading LGBTQ+ youth organization providing services and advocacy.
National Queer TheaterimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for The Past Is Always Present initiative, working with Houses on the Moon to create LGBTQ+ educational content and performances.
National Black TheaterimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner venue and collaborator for theatrical productions including work by Jackie Leon and other emerging underrepresented voices.
Middlesex Community CollegeimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner for world premiere staging of 'Your Hands Are The Road' at Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center in Lowell, MA.
Geminai LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner for world premiere of LGBTQ+ educational musical at Lowell, MA venue.
NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresented REAL 1 at NYCHA facilities in Manhattan and Brooklyn through partnership with NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, with support from National Endowment for the Arts.
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for presenting REAL 1 at NYCHA facilities, supporting youth programming and community development through theater.
American Friends Service CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner including AFSC Immigrant Rights Program and Healing Justice Program. Amy Gottlieb serves as U.S. Migration Director and HOTM board member for over 20 years. Collaborated on De Novo production and podcast episode featuring Jonathan Blitzer.
Pan American International HS (Elmhurst, Queens)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year educational residency funded by NYC Council Cultural Immigrant Initiative. Students participate in storytelling workshops and creative programming.
Hostos-Lincoln Academy (Bronx)importantStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational residency supported by ART: A Catalyst for Change initiative. Students engage in storytelling workshops and theater techniques.
Stonewall Community Foundation/Bee's FundimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRANSformation program developed in partnership with Stonewall Community Foundation's Bee's Fund, supporting true stories about gender identity and family.
Rockland County PFLAGimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in TRANSformation program development, providing expertise on family experiences with transgender loved ones.
PFLAG NYC's TRANSfamilies ProjectimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in TRANSformation program, contributing stories and support for families navigating gender identity and inclusion.
Weathervane TheatreimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociate Producer of HOTEL HAPPY premiere at 122 CC, supporting the world premiere of Camilo Almonacid's play about sexual tourism in Colombia.
Ensemble Studio TheatreimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Garden Live Reading Series, presenting staged readings of plays by emerging and underrepresented voices.
Pink FangimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Garden Live Reading Series, curating and presenting plays by emerging and underrepresented voices.
Safe HorizonminorOthersPartner organization providing resources and referrals for audiences affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and other trauma.
Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)minorOthersPartner providing pro-bono legal assistance to unaccompanied children facing immigration proceedings.
Amnesty InternationalminorOthersHuman rights organization partner providing advocacy resources for immigration and social justice programming.
Human Rights FirstminorOthersPartner organization providing immigration and asylum legal resources and referrals.
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationminorOthersProfessional association providing immigration legal resources and referrals for De Novo and related programming.
Prison Families AnonymousimportantOthersCo-founded by Barbara Allan, partner for Shared Sentences production with people who have incarcerated loved ones. Barbara Allan received Mauricio Leyton Award.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Houses On The Moon leadership team

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Profiles3 records

Houses On The Moon funding detail

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Investors

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Houses On The Moon M&A and investment

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Frequently asked questions about Houses On The Moon

What does Houses On The Moon do?

Is Houses On The Moon a public or private company?

Houses On The Moon is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.

When was Houses On The Moon founded?

Houses On The Moon was founded in 2001. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Houses On The Moon based?

Houses On The Moon is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does Houses On The Moon make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Donations and Fundraising is the primary driver. The others are theatrical Productions, licensing and educational Residencies.

Does Houses On The Moon have an API?

No public API is recorded for Houses On The Moon.

What industry is Houses On The Moon in?

Houses On The Moon's product category is Documentary Theater / Nonprofit Performing Arts. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAGABAM, Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking), with a secondary code of MPAGABAE, Children’s & Youth Theatre. Its NAICS code is 71111 and its SIC code is 7830.