COURTNEY
Harge
Creative Leader
Theater Maker
Facilitator
Rest Advocate
I’m Courtney Harge (she/her), a theater maker, facilitator, and cultural strategist committed to storytelling as both a tool for liberation and a testament to our shared humanity.
As the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Colloquy Collective, I’ve collaborated with JACK, New Brooklyn Theatre, FOKUS, and the Detroit/NY Festival to bring urgent, necessary, and often-overlooked narratives to the stage.
My work holds a mirror to the world, not just to reflect, but to reimagine. In 2015, my work on anti-lynching plays was featured on NPR, and from 2015–2018, I wrote “Charged Representations” for The Clyde Fitch Report, breaking down the ways art, identity, race, politics, and pop culture intersect, challenge, and transform one another. I believe that theater isn’t just entertainment—it’s a conversation, a call to action, and sometimes, a lifeline.
Beyond the stage, I’ve spent 15 years in arts leadership, most recently as the CEO of OF/BY/FOR ALL, where I helped cultural organizations move past performative gestures and toward real, lasting engagement.
I’ve also worked with Fractured Atlas, Gibney Dance, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. I’ve facilitated strategic planning, leadership development, and organizational change that centers care, courage, and community. Because real change isn’t just necessary—it’s possible.
I hold an MPS in Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute (with Distinction) and a BFA in Theater Performance (with Honors) from the University of Michigan.
I’m an alum of APAP’s Emerging Leaders Institute, artEquity’s Facilitator Training, and Lead for Liberation’s Conscious Executive Program—and I use every lesson I’ve learned to build spaces where art and action meet, and where the beautiful, revolutionary future feels just a little more possible.
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