True Colors’ programming spans mainstage productions, new play development, and transformative community education: Next Narrative Monologue Competition (NNMC): The company’s signature education program, built on original monologues commissioned by True Colors from living Black playwrights on topics relevant to today’s high school students. True Colors’ work is recognized nationally: in 2013, the company received the American Theatre Wing’s National Theatre Company Grant, and its flagship education program, the Next Narrative Monologue Competition now operates in eight cities across the country, with its national finals held each year at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.