2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ August 11, 2008 deadline ]
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Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Theater
Actors' Gang, Inc.
Culver City, CA
$10,000
To support the development and presentation of an adaptation of Shakespeare's Cymbeline for family audiences, with accompanying educational activities. Artistic Director Tim Robbins will guide the artistic team of adaptor Angelina Berliner, scenic/lighting designer Francis-Pierre Couture, and puppet master John Burton.
Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Inclusion Project. The project aims to ensure full inclusion of people of color and those with disabilities in all areas of nonprofit theater through education, promotion, and facilitation.
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc. (aka A.R.T./New York)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the William Randolph Hearst Theatrical Arts Education Program and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Theatre Leadership Institute. Both programs will provide administrative and managerial training to assist theaters as they work to achieve their artistic missions and serve their audiences.
Appalshop, Inc. (aka WMMT-FM) (on behalf of Roadside Theater)
Whitesburg, KY
$15,000
To support the development of an archive to preserve and document the history of Roadside Theater. The project will allow the theater to begin digitizing and archiving a large collection of materials related to the development of new American plays for diverse audiences.
Arizona Theatre Company (Consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
To support a theater access program for underserved youth in rural southern Arizona. In partnership with Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County, the theater will offer school-based workshops, mainstage student matinee performances, summer enrichment opportunities, and ticket vouchers.
Assitej/USA, Inc. (aka Theatre for Young Audiences/USA)
Alexandria, VA
$10,000
To support the publication and distribution of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA's TYA Today, the Marquee directory, the NEXT blog, and the Ann Shaw Fellowships. The project will encourage development of professional theater for young audiences.
Associated Recreation Council (aka Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a production of Redshirts by Dana Yeaton at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. Artistic Director Jacqueline Moscou will direct.
Autry National Center of the American West
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Native Voices at the Autry program, with accompanying educational outreach activities. New works by Native American writers will be developed at an annual playwrights retreat and through professional workshops and public staged readings.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (aka Berkeley Rep) (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$12,000
To support the Intern Recruitment Program. In partnership with Chicago Theatre Group, aka Goodman Theatre, the program will reach Historically Black Colleges and Universities to provide theater training opportunities for students and support the hiring of diversified staff in theaters nationwide.
Big Apple Circus, Ltd.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the creation and tour of the 32nd annual Big Apple Circus, with accompanying outreach activities. Founder and Artistic Director Paul Binder and Co-Founder Michael Christensen will lead the creative team in a performance featuring horses, acrobats, jugglers, and clowns in one ring.
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the Book It All Over! Education and Outreach Program. The program will bring curriculum-based touring performances of adapted literature to students throughout the state of Washington.
Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation (aka The Watermill Center)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support artist residencies and community programs. Emerging artists and performing groups from a range of backgrounds will be provided with opportunities to develop new work in residency at the Watermill Center.
Center for Puppetry Arts (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support Puppets Take Georgia. In partnership with Puppeteers of America, the center will present national and international puppetry companies to audiences in metro Atlanta and northern Georgia.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support development, curation, and planning for Under the Radar West, a contemporary theater festival and symposium. The festival will spotlight multidisciplinary theater by artists from Los Angeles, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.
Central Consolidated School District #22
Kirtland, NM
$10,000
To support an adaptation and production of Yellowcake from the novel by Ann Cummins at the Navajo Nation's Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center. The author will work with professional artists and the students of Shiprock High School to produce the play's world premiere performances.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support the Team Shakespeare Arts-in-Education Program. The project will present William Shakespeare's plays to middle and high school students throughout Illinois and Indiana.
Collaboraction Theatre Company, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support a production of El Grito del Bronx by Migdalia Cruz. The piece will be a collaborative, multicultural production with Teatro Vista...Theater With A View, and presented at the Goodman Theatre.
Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency. Conducted in partnership with Eureka Theater, the program will offer immersive training for theater artists in the company's community-based theater methodology.
Das Puppenspiel Puppet Theater, Inc.
Westfield, NY
$10,000
To support a local, regional, and national tour of repertory puppet productions. The tour will introduce audiences to A Worldwind of Puppets, a new production that will use vignettes to explore and present the diversity of puppetry and puppet types found in different cultures.
Educational Theater of New York, Inc. (aka ETNY)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of a play for English-language learners. The production will be performed in short segments, and scenes will be repeated at the request of the audience to enhance the potential for language learning.
GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos (aka GALA Hispanic Theatre)
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the GALA Hispanic Theatre production of Los Títeres de Cachiporra: Tragicomedia de don Cristóbal y la señá Rosita (The Billy-Club Puppets: Tragic-comedy of don Cristóbal and Miss Rosita) by Federico García Lorca, with accompanying educational activities. Renowned Argentine theater director Adhemar Bianchi will direct with project director Hugo Medrano.
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Winona, MN
$10,000
To support a production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Co-Founder Alec Wild will direct the production.
Great Small Works, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the tour of Toy Theater performances and workshops, with accompanying outreach activities. The artistic collective of John Bell, Trudi Cohen, Stephen Kaplin, Jenny Romaine, and Mark Sussman will function as co-artistic directors to perform and tour works.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$25,000
To support the production and tour of Nightingale by John Urquhart and Rita Grossberg, and Chree Year Swim Club by Lee A. Tonouchi. The plays will be performed at the Tenney Theatre and in O'ahu schools followed by a tour to upper and lower elementary schools on the Hawaiian islands.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Boise, ID
$25,000
To support the Educational Outreach Program. The project will bring live, professional theater arts programs and related educational activities to schoolchildren in Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc. (Consortium)
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support a production of The Heavens Are Hung in Black by playwright-in-residence James Still. In partnership with the Indiana Historical Society, the theater will offer community outreach programming in conjunction with the production, including student programs and community discussions.
Junebug Productions, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support the planning and implementation of the Free Southern Theater Institute, a laboratory for community-based theater. The project will feature community-based programs that bring artists and non-artists together to create and perform new plays.
Keen Theater Company, Inc. (aka Keen Company)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the production of An Evening of Thornton Wilder One-Acts. The project will include works selected from the canon of Wilder's under-produced short works, and will be directed by Carl Forsman, Henry Wishcamper, and Blake Lawrence.
L.A. Theatre Works (Consortium)
Venice, CA
$20,000
To support a national tour of a docudrama about Robert F. Kennedy's involvement with the civil rights movement. In partnership with the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame, the theater will commission, develop, and tour the piece to a network of universities.
Landis & Company Theatre of Magic, Inc. (aka Enchantment Theatre Company)
Glenside, PA
$15,000
To support the creation, production, and national tour of The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon, adapted from the children's book by Crockett Johnson. The production will utilize Enchantment Theatre Company's signature blend of puppetry, masked actors, magic, and pantomime.
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America, Inc. (aka LMDA)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2009 conference Out of Bounds to promote the exchange of information about the function, practice, and value of literary management and dramaturgy. Dr. Shelley D. Orr, president of LMDA, will direct the conference.
Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and premiere of the new work The History of Incarceration. The production will be directed by John Malpede and developed through a community process involving public conversation events and research.
Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the development and production of Let's Go, with accompanying outreach activities. Artistic Director John Malpede and Associate Director Henriette Brouwers will partner with Social Model Recovery Systems, Inc. to lead theater workshops resulting in an ensemble performance piece.
Magical Experiences Arts Company, Ltd.
Baltimore, MD
$5,000
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. Voices from Down the Ages, by Artistic Director and playwright Joanne Margolius, will provide interactive performances for students residing at the Maryland School for the Blind.
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
$15,000
To support a regional tour that will bring fully-mounted professional productions of Shakespeare plays to communities throughout Montana, Wyoming, and eastern Idaho. Montana Shakespeare in the Parks will have a special focus on underserved rural communities and performances will be offered free-of-charge.
National Asian American Theatre Company (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the 2nd National Asian American Theater Festival. In partnership with Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, the theater will curate a festival featuring work by Asian American companies and individual artists.
National Black Touring Circuit, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Black History Month Play Festival. The project will feature plays focusing on the lives of black women heroes.
Network of Ensemble Theaters
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support the National Summit of Ensemble Theaters: Performance, Process, Provocation. The project will be designed to lead and organize the ensemble field, build momentum for the ensemble movement, and celebrate ensemble work.
New Hampshire Mime Company (aka Pontine Theatre)
Portsmouth, NH
$7,500
To support Pontine Theatre's Regional Touring Program. The project will provide performances and educational programs to the general public, schools, colleges, and senior care centers throughout New England.
New Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka New Rep)
Watertown, MA
$15,000
To support New Rep On Tour. The program will bring adaptations of classic plays to high school students throughout Massachusetts.
New York Shakespeare Festival (aka The Public Theater)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a summer season of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. Enhancements to the project will broaden its reach and increase access to the theater's longest-running, free, signature program.
Old Globe Theatre (aka The Old Globe)
San Diego, CA
$15,000
To support the Student Access to the Arts program. The program will provide underserved middle and high school students from San Diego County the opportunity to experience live theater.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association (Consortium)
Ashland, OR
$45,000
To support the development and production of the Throne of Blood Project. In partnership with Ping Chong & Company, the theater will develop and produce an interdisciplinary work based on Akira Kurosawa's film masterpiece Throne of Blood (an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth).
Paper Bag Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a national tour of original works for young audiences. Productions will be collaboratively created by the ensemble under the artistic direction of Judith Martin.
Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
To support a regional premier production of Black Pearl Sings! by Frank Higgins, with accompanying educational activities.
Quest:arts for everyone, Inc. (aka Quest)
Lanham, MD
$10,000
To support the Wings Company, an ensemble of Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing performers. Artistic Director Tim McCarty, producer Paul Harrelson, and assistant director Luis Aguilar will lead company artists in training, new work development, performances, workshops, and residencies.
Red Bull Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. Artistic Director Jesse Berger will direct the project, with set design by John Arnone, costume design by Clint Ramos, and lighting design by Peter West.
Redmoon Theater
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support Spectacle '09, a large, site-specific outdoor theatrical program. Artistic Director Jim Lasko, Tasmanian theater director Jessica Wilson, and Dutch theater designer Joey Ruigrok Van Der Werven will bring together more than 100 artists for the public performance.
Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (on behalf of UCLA Live) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support the presentation of the Maly Drama Theatre's Uncle Vanya. UCLA Live will partner with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to bring the company from St. Petersburg, Russia, to both universities for performances and educational programs.
Riverside Theatre
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
To support Voices from Behind the Front Lines. The project will include a production of The Diary of Anne Frank and a play reading series.
Rude Mechanicals-A Theatre Collective (aka Rude Mechs)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support a national tour of The Method Gun, an original, company-developed work. The piece will explore the life, ethos, and techniques of a fictional actor-training guru as recounted through the eyes of her students.
Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (aka Sandglass Theater) (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$10,000
To support the Voices of Community Series. In collaboration with Touchstone Theatre of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the theater will present a series of performances by artists from communities of color.
Shakespeare Festival/LA, Inc. (aka SF/LA)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support a production of Romeo and Juliet. The production will be offered free-of-charge on the plaza of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$20,000
To support the Summer Professional Training Program. Trainees from across the nation will engage in an intense immersion program in every aspect of theatrical production.
SharMoore Children's Productions
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
To support Stories that Soar!, a literacy and performing arts program that brings original children's stories to life through theater. The program will be conducted in Tucson and Phoenix elementary schools and will be accompanied by an interactive Web site.
Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (aka Repertorio Español)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Teatro Acceso program. The company will present and tour classic and contemporary Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino works to underserved schools and communities.
Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation, Inc. (aka Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the Observership Program. The program is designed to give emerging directors and choreographers access to established artists in professional theater settings.
SteppingStone Theatre Co. (aka SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development)
Saint Paul, MN
$10,000
To support a production of the original work The Empty Pot and other Chinese Folktales. Playwright Dane Stauffer will draw from Chinese fables to create the text.
Sul Ross State University
Alpine, TX
$10,000
To support the production ofPetra's Sueño by Rupert Reyes.
Tears of Joy Theatre
Vancouver, WA
$10,000
To support the production of Malika, Queen of the Cats, based on a Palestinian folk tale for the puppet stage. Written by Artistic Director Nancy Aldrich and directed by Jon Ludwig, the show will tour to Portland, Oregon, and be performed as part of the Family Series and Theatre Adventures programs.
Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the production and presentation of the award-winning XXIV International Hispanic Theater Festival of Miami, with accompanying educational activities. Producing Artistic Director Mario Ernesto Sánchez will direct the festival of multilingual productions of contemporary works and classical adaptations by internationally renowned companies from Latin America, Europe, and the U.S.
Ten Thousand Things
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the production and tour of William Shakespeare's Othello, including free performances at prisons, homeless shelters, and other low-income centers. Artistic Director Michelle Hensley will co-direct with Sonja Parks, veteran company actress and 2005 McKnight Theater Fellow.
That Uppity Theatre Company
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the development and production of new work in the DisAbility Project, with accompanying outreach and educational activities. Company actors and community members, with and without disabilities, will create and perform original work exploring the culture of disability.
Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Tessitura Consortium to significantly increase the marketing capacity of the region's nonprofit theater community. Executive Director Margie Salvante and Project Manager Mary Ledwith will lead the initiative in partnership with the People's Light & Theatre Company of Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Theatre Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the Theatre Bay Area Online Information Portal to serve as a central entertainment Web site for the theater-going public. The new site will provide news, ticketing information, performance schedules, and audio/video content for the wealth of theater offerings available in the area.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG)
New York, NY
$135,000
To support the TCG National Conference, professional development programs, field research, and publication resources for the staff and trustees of professional, nonprofit theaters nationwide. The 2009 National Conference will be held in Baltimore.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Theatre Awareness Project. In partnership with the National Alliance for Musical Theater, TCG will conduct a multifaceted project designed to create public discourse about theater and increase audience attendance nationwide.
Theatre Development Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Interpreting for the Theatre Institute. The program will provide intensive one-week training for theater sign-language interpreters.
Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
To support the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The project will host companies from around the world performing in venues throughout Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
True Colors Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support the expansion of the August Wilson Monologue Competition. The project will allow high school students in cities nationwide to compete in the presentation of works from Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle.
Underground Railway Puppets & Actors, Inc. (aka Underground Railway Theater) (Consortium)
Cambridge, MA
$15,000
To support a production of Harriet Jacobs, a new play by Lydia Diamond based on Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The theater will co-produce the New England premiere of the work in collaboration with Providence Black Repertory Company.
University of Colorado at Boulder (on behalf of Colorado Shakespeare Festival)
Boulder, CO
$15,000
To support the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's commissioning and production of a cycle of plays about the history of the United States. The first stage of the project will include commissioning American playwrights to create large-scale plays about the American experience.
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC
$5,000
To support the <100K Project. The initial phase of the project will include convening professionals to create the groundwork for a national organization to improve geographic diversity within American theater.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of Playmakers Repertory Company)
Chapel Hill, NC
$30,000
To support a production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2, based on the book by Charles Dickens and adapted for the stage by David Edgar. PlayMakers Repertory Company Artistic Director Joseph Haj and Tom Quaintance will co-direct.
Utopian Theatre Asylum
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support an adaptation and production of Bertolt Brecht's 1918 play Baal. Artistic Director Zeljko Djukic will direct the rock opera theater with original music by composer and sound designer Josh Schmidt.
VSA arts of Alaska (aka Out North)
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support the development and tour of the play trilogy Exploring Migration in Alaska by Hmong playwright May Lee Yang and Y'upik Eskimo playwright Emily Johnson. The trilogy will address issues of migration, identity, and the concept of home, and will tour to rural Alaskan communities.
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (Consortium)
Arlington, VA
$10,000
To support an archiving project to preserve productions by small theaters in the Washington, DC area. In partnership with the Helen Hayes Awards, the project will document professional productions and encourage awareness of the archive.
Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$15,000
To support the production and regional tour of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Touring performances will be augmented with study guides, classes, workshops, pre-show lectures, and post-show talkbacks.
Wooster Group, Inc.
New York City, NY
$25,000
To support the development of Meals for a Quarter (working title). Artistic Director Elizabeth LeCompte will direct the work based on source material from the plays of Tennessee Williams and architectural documents from New Orleans.
Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the TheaterWorks! adult education program. The program will teach writing and performance skills to low-income workers in the service and manufacturing sector.
Young Playwrights, Inc. (aka Young Playwrights Festival)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Young Playwrights Festival. Plays will be selected through a national, open-submission playwriting competition.
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