State, Regional, and National Theatre Support Organizations

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS
AFTA's mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Connecting your best ideas and leaders from the arts, communities, and business, together we can work to ensure that every American has access to the transformative power of the arts.

THE TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION
The Tennessee Arts Commission is a program of state government which distributes state arts funding as well as funds given by the National Endowment for the Arts. The TAC has provided grants not only for TTA but for many member organizations as well.

HUMANITIES TENNESSEE
Humanities Tennessee is the independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports the study and research in the literature of theatre, especially dramatic theory, criticism and theatre history.

THE SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE CONFERENCE
SETC is the largest regional theatre association in the United States, with an annual gathering that attracts more than 3,000 people per year. TTA represents Tennessee in the conference along with state theatre organizations from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE
AACT was formed when the American Theatre Association was dissolved in 1985. The members of the ATA community theatre division formed a national organization. AACT sponsors the national AACTFEST competition.