2012 Grant Awards: Art Works

[ August 11, 2011 deadline ]

Arts Education | Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature
Local Arts Agencies | Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Theater

Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Inclusion Project, a program that promotes and advocates the full inclusion of people of color and those with disabilities in all areas of the not-for-profit theater field. Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts provides resources and leadership on issues of diversity through various projects such as the Consulting, Information, and Resource Service, which provides one-on-one consultancies to theater professionals and organizations; and the National Diversity Forum, a series of gatherings designed to address diversity-related issues and bring about changes in policy and hiring practices.

Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc. (aka A.R.T./New York)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support programs that provide A.R.T./New York's member theaters with tools and resources to strengthen and sustain their operations. Services include a series of management training workshops, long-term consultancies, peer-to-peer roundtables, and an internship program that offers staffing support.

Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of Roadside Theater)
Whitesburg, KY
$35,000
To support the Wilderness Project, a year-long community cultural development residency that will culminate in the creation of a new play. The residency will explore the diverse cultural traditions of the historic Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail by giving voice to the stories of Native Americans, the descendants of African slaves, European indentured servants, and European explorers, land speculators, and settlers.

Artists Repertory Theatre (aka Artists Rep)
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support a production of August Wilson's Seven Guitars. Artists Repertory Theatre will participate in Portland's first community-wide August Wilson Cultural Festival with one of the 10 plays in Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, each representing a different decade in an African American neighborhood in Pittsburgh's Hill District.

Associated Recreation Council (on behalf of Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a production of Moms Mabley at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. The project will bring artists and intergenerational community members together to create a play based on the life and work of Jackie "Moms" Mabley.

Autry National Center of the American West (aka The Autry)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the development and production of new works for the stage by Native American writers through the Native Voices at the Autry program. The program will feature a full production of The Bird House by Diane Glancy, as well as the development of other new works through staged readings, workshops, and a playwright's retreat.

Blair Thomas & Company
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support A Kite's Tale, a lyrical puppet fantasy. Using Mussorgsky's piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition as the aural setting, the piece tells the story of a young girl's magical journey through her imagination and emotions.

Blank Theatre Company
Hollywood, CA
$10,000
To support the 20th annual Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival, the culmination of a competition for young writers. The winning teen playwrights will participate in rehearsals and re-writes prior to fully-staged performances of their scripts.

Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support Book-It All Over, a touring educational program. Elements include touring productions of culturally diverse stories; workshops; in-school residencies; Bringing Theatre into the Classroom, a professional development program for teachers; and internships for young theater professionals.

California International Theatre Festival
Sherman Oaks, CA
$17,000
To support the California International Theatre Festival. Performances will occur at venues in downtown Los Angeles, Calabasas, and Ventura, California. Plays under consideration include White Cabin by the Akhe Russian Engineering Theatre, The Neighbors Sadness is Deeper by the Emanuella Amichai Company of Israel, and Absurdesque by Theatre Labor of Germany.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the Team Shakespeare program. Project activities will include performances of an abridged Shakespeare play at the theater and on tour throughout the Midwest; a year-long, professional development program for high school teachers who teach in underperforming Chicago Public Schools; a project that unites at-risk teens, teachers, and artists; and an array of free educational resources that enhance student comprehension and appreciation of Shakespeare.

Childsplay, Inc.
Tempe, AZ
$15,000
To support a production of The Giver, adapted by Eric Coble from the novel by Lois Lowry. The play tells the story of a chilling future world in which every aspect of one's experience is controlled, prompting audiences to examine questions about the power of knowledge and experience and the consequences of surrendering control for the greater good.

Civilians, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
To support the development of a new model for community engagement around the premier of The Great Immensity, a play that explores the environmental crisis. In collaboration with presenting partner ArtsEmerson, the project will develop a new model for in-depth community engagement by connecting creative artists with first-rate scientific and policy thinkers and will open dialogue between the arts and sciences to a diverse public.

Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the Classroom Matinee Touring Program. Components include a commissioned version of a main stage play designed for in-school performances, preparatory classroom workshops, and teacher and student education materials.

Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the development and production of the Urban & Rural Residency Project. A collaboration between playwright Sigrid Gilmer and director Michael John Garces, the project will culminate in a new play. The project will explore subsistence and commercial farming systems in rural and urban areas and involve the participation of urban and agricultural communities in the South Central Farm, the San Fernando and San Joaquin Valleys, and the City of Long Beach, California.

Curious Theatre Company
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support the Curious New Voices Youth Playwriting Program, a program aimed at developing young playwrights ages 15-21. Project activities will include a Summer Writing Intensive, outreach classes, an opportunity for students to share their writing with their peers, and ongoing mentoring to develop and present original plays in a showcase performance at the theater.

Cutting Ball Theater (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Strindberg Cycle, a presentation of all five chamber plays by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. A partnership with scholars from the University of California at Berkeley's Department of Scandinavian Studies, the project will be performed with a digital technology component to engage audiences and create space for dialogue. An open access website will provide multiple avenues for audience participation, access to historical and contextual information, and multimedia documentation of the work.

Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Directors Project, a comprehensive national career development program for emerging theater directors. Intended to bridge the gap between academic study and professional success, the program consists of a four-month directing fellowship in New York; the Hanger Residency Program, which allows directing fellows the opportunity to run a theater's second stage; a Musical Theater Fellowship; the New Directors/New Works program; a Classical Fellowship for Directors of Color; and a United States/Bulgaria cultural exchange opportunity.

Elm Shakespeare Company
New Haven, CT
$10,000
To support a production from Shakespeare's canon directed by Artistic Director James Andreassi with accompanying educational and outreach activities. In tandem with free performances in New Haven's Edgerton Park, the project will include The Elm Scholars Program, a summer theater experience for New Haven youth to work and study with professional actors, sound and lighting designers, and operators.

Figures of Speech Theatre
Freeport, ME
$10,000
To support the Rural Maine Initiative, a program that brings performances, workshops, and extended artist residencies to schools and underserved communities. The tour will feature original productions of Cupid & Psyche, featuring bunraku-inspired (traditional Japanese puppet theater) puppets, actors, and dance; an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's Nightingale; and Jester Kings of Java, a shadow puppet performance that uses authentic Javanese shadow puppets.

Freehold Theatre Lab Studio A WA Corp.
Seattle, WA
$10,000

To support the touring of a production of Shakespeare's King Lear to culturally underserved communities. Produced as part of the theater's Engaged Theater program, the production will be accompanied by workshops in drama, movement, creative writing, and spoken-word, as well as extended residencies that will lead participants through explorations of the themes of King Lear.

GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos (aka GALA Hispanic Theatre)
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support the production of the United States Spanish-language premiere of the comedy El desdén con el desdén (Spite for Spite) by Agustín Moreto y Cavana. Using company members and guest actors from Spain, the play will serve as a vehicle to introduce diverse, young audiences to a Spanish classic and its contemporary relevance.

Gas & Electric Arts, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the Philadelphia premiere of Carson Kreitzer's Behind the Eye, directed by Artistic Director Lisa Jo Epstein. The play, with scenic design installation by Simon Harding and lighting by Maria Shaplin, chronicles the life of Lee Miller, who began her career as a Vogue model, became a muse of the Paris Surrealists, and went on to become an acclaimed World War II photographer, covering the front lines as well as the London Blitz and the liberation of Paris.

Global Kids, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the participation of New York City public high school youth in the study and performance of music, poetry, dance, and personal storytelling in the Undesirable Elements theater project. Working with educators and professional theater artists, students will construct scripts based on personal and historical narratives; study music and dance traditions from a variety of cultures; and integrate music, dance, and theater into a performance piece.

Greenbrier Repertory Theatre Company (aka Greenbrier Valley Theatre)
Lewisburg, WV
$10,000
To support a production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller with accompanying educational outreach activities and events. Educational activities for youth and adults include four literary readings, the development and distribution of school study guides throughout West Virginia, in-school writing workshops, post-performance discussions, and a week-long residency at the Larry Joe Harless Community Center in Gilbert, Wes Virginia.

Guthrie Theatre Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the Hampton Celebration, a celebration of the works of playwright Christopher Hampton. The project will feature the world premiere commission of Appomattox, productions of Tales from Hollywood and Total Eclipse, and include additional play readings and community engagement activities.

HartBeat Ensemble
Hartford, CT
$10,000
To support arts programming in a newly-developed multidisciplinary performance space in the commercial Hollander Building in downtown Hartford. The project will offer theatrical performances and multidisciplinary arts programming targeted to low- and moderate-income residents, and an affordable rehearsal and performance space for individual artists and small to mid-size companies.

Horizon Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support the New South Young Playwrights Festival. The project consists of an annual national play competition for high school and college playwrights through which competitively selected writers are invited to participate in a free, week-long playwriting intensive that culminates in a public reading of the students' works.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Cold Spring, NY
$20,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Associate Artistic Director Christopher V. Edwards. The production will occur under an open-air tent theater perched on the banks of the Hudson River on the grounds of the historic 19th-century Boscobel estate in Garrison, New York.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Boise, ID
$15,000
To support the Idaho Shakespeare Festival Access Program. The program consists of touring performances in schools throughout Idaho and neighboring states; scholarships for classes and programs at the festival's School of Theater; discounted and complimentary tickets for students, educators, and certain sectors of the community; and the Signing Shakespear" program, which offers American Sign Language-interpreted performances of main stage productions for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Illusion Theater & School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the production and tour of My Ántonia. Allison Moore's adaptation of Willa Cather's seminal novel about Antonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant to Nebraska in the 1880s, recounts stories of immigration to the American prairie.

Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$35,000
To support the professional production of playwright-in-residence James Still's A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters, a meditation on religion that explores how faith both unifies and divides a nation. In an effort to elicit discussions about tolerance and diversity, audience engagement activities will invite the participation of religious and cultural organizations in Indianapolis to serve as post-show discussion leaders and action committee representatives

Irondale Productions, Inc. (aka Irondale Ensemble Project)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the 1599 Project, a repertory of full-length chamber versions of all the plays created by Shakespeare in 1599, including Hamlet, Henry V, As You Like It, and Julius Caesar. The repertory, performed by the company's core ensemble and directed by Artistic Director Jim Niesen, will explore the politics of the plays as they addressed a tumultuous year in the court of Queen Elizabeth I and draw connections to present-day America.

Junebug Productions, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support the Free Southern Theatre Institute, an educational program designed to instruct and support artists, organizers, educators, and managers in techniques for developing community-based theater. The program will offer a formal training curriculum and serve as a community-centered laboratory for the creation of new work.

Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Bain Boehlke, who will also design the sets, and will feature Nathan Keepers and Jim Lichtscheidl in the lead roles of Vladimir and Estragon.

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support the 53rd Shakespeare in Central Park festival. The festival will include productions of Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the Camp Shakespeare summer youth program for children ages 4-18.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$10,000
To support The Play's the Thing, a live audio theater performance series featuring renowned actors performing classic and contemporary plays with scripts-in-hand at microphones before live audiences. Performances are recorded and post-produced into master recordings for preservation and dissemination.

La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural Performance & Community Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a training workshop for national and international performance artists and activists at San Francisco's Performance Art Institute, to culminate in an original public performance. Participants will train with Artistic Director Guillermo Gómez-Peña and resident artist/instructors, using a multicultural and multidisciplinary methodology that will include theater, dance, improvisation, and ritual performance.

Latino Theatre Company
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support a production of The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry by Marcus Gardley, in partnership with the Lark Play Development Center. The play traces the history of the Seminole Freedmen, the descendants of black and Seminole peoples in the mid-1800s. In order to raise public awareness of the play's themes and create a space for dialogue, the company will use the Lark's Launching New Plays Initiative model of artistic and community engagement to host workshops, readings, and community engagement events in conjunction with the professional production.

League of Chicago Theatres Foundation
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support Professional Development Programs for the league's member theaters on a variety of topics designed to assist participating theaters in achieving their organizational goals. Activities will include free workshops and seminars on capacity-building, social media strategy, and financial management, as well as lectures by prominent speakers on a variety of topics and networking events that will give theater professionals in similar roles the opportunity to connect with colleagues for information-sharing.

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America, Inc. (aka LMDA)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Going Local: Imagining Atlanta through Dramaturgy, LMDA's 2012 annual conference. Conducted in partnership with Atlanta's Alliance Theatre and Kennesaw University, the event will bring together dramaturgs, academics, students, and interested theater artists for an in-depth look at how Atlanta-based performing arts companies forge lasting connections with their audiences.

Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the third annual Festival for All Skid Row Artists, a project designed to recognize and encourage creativity in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles. The festival will showcase and document the work of Skid Row artists and link them to resources through an artist registry.

Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support touring performances of Lucia's Chapters of Coming Forth by Day. Written and directed by Sharon Fogarty and featuring Ruth Maleczech and Paul Kandel, the piece explores the life, death, and imagined afterlife of Lucia Joyce, the adored daughter of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce.

Magical Experiences Arts Company, Ltd.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support the presentation of interactive performances to children and adolescents with severe disabilities. Ongoing evaluation methods will follow the progress of participants in developing self-expression and communication skills.

Metropolitan Community College
Omaha, NE
$10,000
To support PlayFest 2013. A component of the Great Plains Theatre Conference, PlayFest will feature five evenings of plays by nationally recognized guest playwrights in venues across Omaha.

Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company
San Diego, CA
$15,000
To support a production of Kita y Fernanda by Tanya Saracho and the engagement of Hispanic/Latino communities. Through a partnership with South Bay Community Services, local Mexican American youth will be invited to serve on the dramaturgical team as it explores the script's depiction of immigration, language, and class issues.

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
$10,000
To support the Montana Shakespeare in the Parks 2012 summer tour. Two professional theater productions will be performed in 60 communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming, eastern Idaho, and western North Dakota, with a special focus on rural, underserved areas.

Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose, Inc. (aka MACLA)
San Jose, CA
$15,000
To support a production of Placas, a new bilingual theater production written by Paul S. Flores. The play, which will be directed by Michael John Garces and feature Ricardo Salinas of the performance troupe Culture Clash in the title role, tells the story of three generations of a family who lived through the El Salvadoran civil war, their subsequent migration to the United States, and the resulting formation of immigrant gangs in California's inner cities.

Nashville Academy Theatre and Nashville Children's Theatre Association (aka Nashville Children's Theatre)
Nashville, TN
$15,000
To support a production of Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly by Y York, directed by Artistic Director Scot Copeland. Inspired by the childhood and artwork of collage artist Della Wells, the play portrays a nine-year-old girl growing up in a working class African American home in Milwaukee in 1964, whose desire to be an artist is at odds with her parents' fears and pragmatism.

Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the 25th annual free outdoor Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Artistic Director Denice Hicks. The production will provide numerous opportunities to developing artists including student internships, 50 hours of intensive theater training, and will cast a diverse group of 12-14 high school and college students from across the Middle Tennessee region in supporting roles.

Network of Ensemble Theaters (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support the Theater of Place Cycle, an examination of the arts as an integral part of the solution to challenges facing communities and an exploration of work that lives at the intersection of art, civics, and community. In a partnership with Animating Democracy (a program of Americans for the Arts), three regionally focused events in Detroit, Eastern Kentucky, and New Orleans will explore the practices through which local artists and ensembles are revitalizing, remembering, and restoring "place" within their communities.

Network of Ensemble Theaters
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
To support the Ensembles All-Together Building Capacity (Ensembles ABCs) program, a training series designed to increase the organizational capacity and sustainability of ensemble theater companies. Ensembles ABCs will offer a series of eight workshop seminars throughout the United States on a variety of artistic and administrative topics, including financial literacy, touring, board and ensemble leadership, and strategic planning.

New York University
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production of four issues of TDR: The Drama Review, a quarterly journal of live performance. The publication, produced in conjunction with MIT Press, includes scholarly essays, original scripts, interviews, and reviews by scholars and artists, with illustrations by renowned performing arts photographers.

North American Cultural Laboratory, Inc.
Highland Lake, NY
$10,000
To support the Deep Space Performance Residency Series, offering theater companies time and space to develop new work in an invigorating work environment. The program provides rehearsal space, housing, and artist fees for ensemble theater groups at its center in the Catskill Mountain region for the development of new devised, ensemble work.

Old Globe Theatre (aka The Old Globe)
San DIego, CA
$10,000
To support the 2012 Summer Shakespeare Festival and accompanying education and outreach programs. Activities will include three professional productions performed in rotating repertory, a Shakespeare Intensive for teens, a Middle School Conservatory, and audience engagement through Insight Seminars, post-show forums, and Shakespeare in the Garden lectures.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka Pan Asian Rep)
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the premiere production of Dojoji and the Man Inside the Bell. This new theatrical version of an ancient Japanese legend and Buddhist parable will integrate poetic dialogue, live music, and traditional Japanese dance with a new English-language script.

Paper Bag Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development and national tour of an original work for young audiences. Under the artistic direction of Ted Brackett, the show will explore the importance of valuing one's self and individuality and will be targeted to children ages four to nine.

Pillsbury United Communities (aka Pillsbury House Theatre)
Minneapolis, MN
$70,000
To support The Chicago Avenue Project. The arts education and mentorship program consists of acting and writing classes, two fully produced showcase productions of original work, and a writing retreat in which 70-85 professional artists provide more than 1,400 hours of support and mentoring.

Pioneer School of Drama (aka Pioneer Playhouse)
Danville, KY
$15,000
To support the Northpoint Performance and Workshop Project, led by Executive Artistic Director Holly Henson in collaboration with playwright Elizabeth Orndorff and instructor Curt Tofteland. Located at Northpoint Education Center, a medium-security prison, the project will employ theater professionals (trained in working with the incarcerated) to stage a production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile and present talk-back discussions and workshops to enhance communication and life skills.

Purple Rose Theatre Company
Chelsea, MI
$10,000
To support a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Purple Rose will engage Dr. Enoch Brater, a professor at the University of Michigan, to participate in lectures, concert readings, talk-backs, student matinees, tours, study guides, and the production of an educational video that will be made available to schools, libraries, senior centers, and others free of charge.

Red Bull Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a production of John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, directed by Artistic Director Jesse Berger. This rarely-performed, but often-discussed classic play is considered a masterpiece of the Jacobean period.

Rude Mechanicals-A Theatre Collective (aka Rude Mechs)
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the development and premier of Decameron Day 3: Revolution! Through a series of focus groups and brainstorming sessions with community stakeholders such as the neighborhood association, local business association, and fellow arts organizations, the theater will devise a new work that engages and reflects the needs of their immediate community in East Austin.

Saratoga International Theatre Institute, Inc. (aka SITI Company)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a residency and the development of touring versions of Cafe Variations. This large-scale music/theater/dance piece is constructed from fragments of works by playwright Charles Mee about basic human needs for love and meaning in life. It will be excerpted to produce smaller touring works for presenting houses and community centers nationwide.

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$15,000
To support a production of Tovarich by Jaques Deval. Tovarich (the Russian word for comrade) was translated into English from French by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1933 and explores individualism, loyalty, and conviction as sources of happiness.

Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (aka Repertorio Español)
New York, NY
$75,000
To support Teatro Acceso Education Outreach Program. The program will feature free online resources for students and teachers, in-school residencies by teaching artists, and matinee and touring performances of classical and contemporary Spanish-language plays for student audiences including simultaneous English translation through an infrared listening system.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Professional Training, Community, and Access Program, which provides professional, paid learning opportunities to directors and choreographers at all levels of their careers. Free and low-cost auxiliary programs are offered to the general public as well as theater professionals.

Su Teatro
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support a production of The Gospel at Colonus 2050: A New Majority Production. A new interpretation of The Gospel at Colonus by Lee Breuer and Bob Telson will be created in partnership with Shadow Theater Company, Denver's only African American theater company.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$80,000
To support the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. Live theater performances, an international theater conference, workshops, visual arts and photography exhibits, plus the free-of-charge International Children's Day will be a few of the festival highlights.

Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the development and presentation of Square Peg Round Hole: A Theatrical Exploration of the Autistic Spectrum. Using technology, personal narratives, scientific data, and explorations of theatrical form, the play will investigate what it means to live in a world outside the bounds of "normal."

Ten Thousand Things
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Artistic Director Michelle Hensley will direct and produce the show, which will be performed at prisons, homeless shelters, and other low-income centers free-of-charge, as well as for the general public.

That Uppity Theatre Company
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the development and production of new work in the DisAbility Project. Company actors and community members, with and without disabilities, will create and perform original work exploring the culture of disability to foster community, encourage civic dialogue, and enhance public awareness about disability.

Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego County (aka La Jolla Playhouse)
La Jolla, CA
$30,000
To support the 2013 Performance Outreach Program Tour. The tour revolves around a professional theater production for young audiences commissioned by the Playhouse. The project will include an on-site and interactive reading of the production as well as pre-performance workshops and engagement activities, and professional, in-school performances throughout San Diego.

Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the expansion of an audience development initiative to increase recognition of Greater Philadelphia as a world-class theater city. Through heightened visibility of the region's theaters, increased interaction with the general public, and interactive opportunities at PhillyTheatreTix, a source to find a variety of ticket buying options, the project will engage new audiences with Philadelphia theater while strengthening the capacity of Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia's member theaters.

Theatre Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the Leveraging Social Media program. The training program will help theaters in five cities across the United States as well as national service organizations to better utilize social media tools to deepen their relationships with their constituents and build new audiences.

Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support professional development programs for theater staff, artists, and trustees, including the annual TCG National Conference, Fall Forum, and educational and leadership teleconferences. The 2012 National Conference will be held in Boston and TCG also will continue to publish print and online resources including the Theatre Directory, Theatre Facts, and the TCG Bulletin, made available to their 519 member theaters and 12,000 individual members.

Theatre Development Fund, Inc. (aka TDF)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the National Open Captioning Initiative. The program will provide theaters with open captioning services to increase access to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences and will also train organizations to implement their own open captioning programs, following in the footsteps of successful past participants including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Touchstone
Bethlehem, PA
$20,000
To support the Young Playwrights Lab. This 8-week, 16-session residency meets bi-weekly during after-school hours at select school sites and is led by a team of Touchstone teaching artists with classroom support provided by on-site school staff.

Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The festival will feature companies from all over the world in performances throughout the cities of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, along with free workshops and lecture-demonstrations for students at the University of New Mexico and within the Albuquerque community.

Underground Railway Puppets & Actors, Inc. (aka Underground Railway Theater, Inc)
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support a production of Tony Kushner's translation of Brundibar, a family opera by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister, and But the Giraffe!, a one-act play that Kushner wrote as its partner. A collaboration with Facing History and Ourselves, Longy School of Music, and the Terezin Music Foundation, related programming will include an arts immersion institute for teachers, a training and mentoring program for young performers, pre-show symposia, post-show conversations, story-telling events, and a lobby installation.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of Playmakers Repertory Company)
Chapel Hill, NC
$100,000
To support Playmakers Repertory Company's rotating repertory productions of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris. By pairing Hansberry's 1959 work with Norris's, written in 2009 as a response to A Raisin in the Sun, the theater will explore issues of race and gentrification using a company of 16 actors.

Walnut Street Theatre Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the Walnut Street Theatre's Apprentice Program. The program gives apprentices practical experience in all aspects of theater administration and technical production, including acting, literary management, production, stage management, casting, development, and marketing.

Watts Village Theater Company (aka WVTC)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the development and performances of Meet Me @Metro: Uncovering LA's Hidden Treasures. The company will collaborate with arts organizations, cultural museums, and historical societies to develop new work and multidisciplinary live performance celebrating Latino, Japanese, and Native American historical contributions throughout greater Los Angeles.

Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the development of a production of Troilus & Cressida. Created in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the production will premiere in the cultural program of the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the TheaterWorks! program. The adult education program teaches low- and middle-income workers to write and perform their own short plays based on their work lives, and to learn to use art as a tool of expression and communication. The program will culminate in a performance at an off-Broadway theater with professional directors, actors, and crew.

Young Playwrights, Inc. (aka Young Playwrights Festival)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and production of the Young Playwrights Festival. Approximately 10 writers, chosen by a selection committee, will attend a week-long writers' conference and, while in residence, will receive dramaturgical and development support throughout the rehearsal process.

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