We offer financial, creative, and production support to artists, and welcome proposals for performances that:

• - premiere new work
• - contribute to re-defining your artistic genre
• - cross genres, forge new collaborations or bend the rules
• - showcase work from our richly diverse Rhode Island communities
• - engage our local community and deepen participation

FirstWorks offers many opportunities for artists to showcase their work:

Headline Performances: Booked six to eighteen months in advance.

Co-presented Performances: Collaborations to produce, present and promote new work.

JumpStarts: Performances in venue lobbies and in the streets of Providence turn each FirstWorks performance into a festival. These opportunities are best suited to groups who reside in or near Rhode Island.