They organise TheatreFest an annual one act play competition with regional and national events and create a regular newsletter called Backchat.
[2] In 1995 they became fully volunteer as an organisation with the closure of the national office and the paid role of executive officer Doug Clarke ceased,[3] forums were held to determine possible future changes including amalgamating with the New Zealand Society of Musical Theatre.
[4] Their mission statement became in 1996: "To provide all New Zealanders in every community the opportunity to either actively participate in or to support recreational theatre.
"[5] The Festival of Community Theatre was held in 1995 in seven districts and 50 plays were presented, although these the numbers were down from the past year.
[8] Programmes presented include a mixture of international plays from English speaking authors, and New Zealand work.
[7] The national competition was in Hamilton in September and had the top six to eight acts from both South and North Island regional finals competing.