LINKAGES
LINKAGES
THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT
CITD
CITD connects American theatre makers with their global counterparts, fostering solidarity and shared knowledge across diverse theatre cultures.
When artists meet, we are changed. And when we change the artist, we change the artform.
Through CITD, artists, theater, and culture become connected and mutually transformed.
WHAT WE DO
Since its founding in 1990, CITD has worked with over 800 directors, playwrights, producers, and performers across 10 countries, focusing on East Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe. Over the decades, CITD’s multi-year exchange projects have resulted in international collaborations at nearly every major theater in the US.
CONNECTIONS
We foster long-term, meaningful connections between inspired theatre-makers and unique thinkers by moving groundbreaking artists, bold projects, and powerful ideas around the globe.
REPORTING
CITD cultivates partnerships with trusted industry and mainstream outlets to ensure that the stories of our partner artists reach the widest possible audience. In 2025 alone, we’ve supported the publication of over 10 articles, as well as the in-house publication Arts of War by scholar Blair Ruble.
EXPEDITIONS
Traveling is at the heart of our work. We facilitate several artist-centered expeditions each year, focusing on exchanges between the US and Central - Eastern Europe.
