Out North

Gene Dugan and Jay Brause founded Out North in 1985 as a way to present LGBTQ+ theater productions. The organization expanded to general programming by the early 1990s; developing, producing and presenting local work, including plays, visual art, literature, music, film, performance art, and theater. In 2011, Out North built a partnership with 12 mission-focused art groups in its Art House Residency Program. Out North's theatre and performance roots continued during its tenancy in the Alaska Experience Theatre and the Port View Hall, retrofitted to allow for full theatrical productions, past Anchorage International Film Festivals, and many smaller cinematic endeavors.