The department is responsible for nurturing and promoting the creation and the creators in the field of theater, and deals with the exposure of the theatrical productions and its distribution to the entire Israeli society. It assists institutionalized institutions and theater bodies not-institutionalized theatre productions. The department nurtures mainstream productions, alternative marginal productions, and productions by independent creators. The department supports fringe productions and assists in exposing them to a wide variety of audiences. It promotes and nurtures social contribution of theater institutions and educational theatrical activity. The department tends to creators and performers both in the beginning of their careers and veteran creators and performers.