THE OFFICE performing arts + film

Name

THE OFFICE performing arts + film

Legal name

THE OFFICE performing arts + film

Website

https://theofficearts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Production and Curation Services

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Production & Technical Services (Staging, Lighting, Sound, Video) (MPAGAAAG), Production Design & Art Department Services (Sets, Props, Scenic) (MPADAFAG)

Keywords

• Performing arts production
• Arts curation services
• Festival programming
• Creative producing
• Cultural consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Production and Producing Fees: THE OFFICE generates revenue as a creative producer, developing and supporting new work by artists, taking projects through all stages from concept, creative development, fundraising and commissioning to tour planning, company management, and performance.
2. Programming and Curation Services: Ongoing artistic curation services for partner venues and festivals, providing programming that speaks to partners' missions and responds to communities they serve.
3. Strategic Consulting: Consulting engagements helping institutions think through cultural platforms, working with new institutions before they open to design artistic programs and operational models from the ground up.
4. Foundation and Philanthropic Support: Grant support from foundations including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support operations and specific initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

THE OFFICE performing arts + film is an independent creative producing and programming company that develops, produces, and presents performing arts and film projects across music, theater, dance, spoken word, film, and digital media. It operates four interconnected service lines: Producing (taking artist projects from concept through fundraising, commissioning, tour planning, and performance), Programming (ongoing artistic curation for festivals and venues), Consulting (strategic cultural development for new institutions and municipalities), and Convening (designing gatherings around art and culture).

Product overview

THE OFFICE performing arts + film is a New York and London-based independent performing arts and film production company offering four interconnected service lines: Producing (creative development and production support for artists), Programming (ongoing curation for venues and festivals), Consulting (strategic cultural development for institutions), and Convening (organizing conferences and gatherings). The company has produced notable projects including the documentary film Museum Town, the Mile-Long Opera on the High Line, and theatrical works by artists like William Kentridge, Carrie Mae Weems, and Angelique Kidjo. Their portfolio spans live performances, film productions, large-scale public art installations, and international festivals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Producing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 325,000+ annual audience reached through programmed/produced events
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• MASS MoCAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE serves as Curator of Performing Arts and Film for MASS MoCA, the largest museum for contemporary art in the world. THE OFFICE produces and programs events at the museum including the FreshGrass Festival.
• FreshGrass FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE programs and co-produces the FreshGrass Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival at MASS MoCA. Olli Chanoff serves as Director of Programming for the FreshGrass Foundation.
• American Museum of Natural HistorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE provides programming consultation for the American Museum of Natural History, including the Margaret Mead Documentary Film Festival.
• Sundance InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRachel Chanoff serves as Consultant to the Feature Film Program for the Sundance Institute, a major independent film organization.
• Kennedy CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE produced the REACH Opening Festival (a 3-week, 16-day festival launching Kennedy Center's expansion campus) and provides ongoing consulting.
• '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRachel Chanoff served as Director of Programming for CenterSeries at Williams College for 20 years. THE OFFICE continues ongoing programming engagement.
• Pomegranate ArtscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFor inquiries about presenting Little Amal or William Kentridge, contacts are referred to Pomegranate Arts, their distribution/partnership partner for these projects.
• Ford FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE worked with Ford Foundation and Nathan Cummings Foundation to produce the convening that launched Critical Minded, a granting initiative supporting cultural critics of color.
• NYU Abu DhabimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year project to create a strategic business, artistic and operational plan for NYUAD's yet-to-be-built Arts Center, including writing mission statements and overseeing executive search.
• Stavros Niarchos FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFICE serves as programming consultant for the Summer Nostos Festival at SNFCC in Athens. Also brought Theater of War productions to the festival.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pomegranate Arts: Independent producing and distribution company for major performing arts tours and international projects (William Kentridge, Little Amal). THE OFFICE's own website directs inquiries for presenting Little Amal and William Kentridge to Pomegranate Arts, evidencing tightly overlapping mandates and shared artist rosters.
• Pentacle: Performing arts management organization providing producing, fiscal sponsorship, and administrative support to dance and theater companies. Directly comparable service model to THE OFFICE's producing/general-management work; former OFFICE staffer Sarah Suzuki worked at Pentacle.

Others

• National Performance Network: National network of performing arts presenters and producers supporting touring independent work. Comparable in artist-development and touring-production mission; serves as a peer ecosystem for producers like THE OFFICE.
• Sundance Institute: Major independent film organization with Feature Film Program where Rachel Chanoff serves as consultant. Overlaps with THE OFFICE's film curation/programming work (NY Jewish Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Museum Town documentary).
• Creative Time: Public arts organization producing ambitious commissions in non-traditional spaces (similar posture to THE OFFICE's Mile-Long Opera and Little Amal work). Different funding model but produces the kind of large-scale, site-specific cultural work that often draws from THE OFFICE's producer talent pool.

Broad incumbents

• Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM): Major presenting organization with a Next Wave Festival and year-round commissioning/curating program. Overlaps directly with THE OFFICE on multi-disciplinary performing arts curation, but operates from a fixed venue and institutional scale.
• Park Avenue Armory: Large-scale venue commissioning ambitious, cross-disciplinary productions with leading artists (including Kentridge and Weems). Operates in the same commissioning/presenting orbit as THE OFFICE but is an institution with its own venue rather than an independent producing firm; competes for artist time and institutional commissions.
• The Shed: New York cultural institution producing and commissioning original work across disciplines. Comparable commissioning/curating mandate; former OFFICE Managing Director Nadine Goellner was part of The Shed's inaugural leadership team.

Regional players

• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: NYC-based arts organization providing programming, workspace, and grants to artists across disciplines. Comparable in operating geography and artist-services mandate, though more grant/workspace-oriented and less producing-focused than THE OFFICE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/theofficearts
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-office-performing-arts-and-film

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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