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Backstage matches creative projects with the best talent. We help staff over 50,000 creative projects a year in film, television, commercials, branded content, theater, experiential marketing and more. At our core is a strong belief in breaking down barriers and providing direct access to the best talent in the creative industry. We’re a team of product centric, analytical and creative problem solvers with a passion for helping our customers make amazing projects together. Backstage helps creators connect with the talent and crew they need for a multitude of projects, including commercials, branded content, voiceover, e-commerce photography, video, UGC, independent and studio films, TV series, and theater productions. Backstage helps creators find talent in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, continental Europe, and Latin America.

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theaters from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI is the exclusive licensor of the most celebrated musicals in the industry and has remained the market leader since its inception. Founded in 1952 by Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Frank Loesser and Broadway orchestrator Don Walker, MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of musicals to create and distribute performance licenses, official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. Our catalog contains over 300 of the world's most loved classic and contemporary musicals from GUYS AND DOLLS and THE MUSIC MAN to RENT and HAIRSPRAY. MTI is a driving force in cultivating new work, as well as sustaining and expanding the theatre audience for generations to come. MTI's dedication is unsurpassed as a pioneer of new resources to aid the rehearsal, production and marketing of a musical. MTI's proactive commitment to musical theatre results in over 25,000 productions and 100,000+ performances a year by professional, amateur, and educational organizations internationally–a number which only continues to grow.

Founded in 1961, Theatre Communications Group's mission is to strengthen, nurture, and promote the professional nonprofit theatre. TCG's membership includes over 750 Theatres and Affiliates and 12,000 individuals nationwide. Led by the core values of Artistry, Diversity, Activism, and Global Citizenship, TCG offers networking, knowledge building, grantmaking, performing arts advocacy, capacity building, professional development, and conducts research to assess the field's changing needs. TCG strengthens the theatre ecology through the publication of American Theatre and its TCG Books program, which has over 3,000 titles in print, including 19 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. In 2005, TCG received the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre in recognition of its impact on the national field.