Our Mission

To give performing artists of all genres a home to connect, collaborate, build, explore, and learn from one another, while cultivating an audience together. Making space for MESSY, NEW work to grow, and to be a source for artist to find the people they need to make the NEXT THING. We cannot do it alone, and are specifically interested in coming together to bridge the gap between the Providence and Boston Arts scene.

We’ve seen how difficult it can be for artists to find space, support, and freedom to create. There’s too much red tape, too few platforms, and a lack of accessible, welcoming spaces for experimentation and risk.

Our History

Born in the summer of 2025, Idle Hands Theater Collective began with our first event, The 24 Hour Plays on the Farm, in Cumberland, Rhode Island; transforming an untapped space, into a vibrant celebration of new work. Bringing in actors, writers, directors and stage managers from both Providence and Boston to connect and build together.

In August, we followed up with our very own original “Idle Fest“ in Boston, where artists from Providence and Boston merged once again to create a variety show of new work in just 2 DAYS!

About Idle Fest

This isn’t just a performance—it’s a convergence of musicians, poets, puppeteers, actors, dancers, drag and burlesque artists, and performers of every kind and background. No genre is excluded. No boundary is enforced. All are welcome.

Idle Fest exists to shorten the distance between performers and the audiences waiting to experience their work.