Theater: FY2002 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$12,000
To support a series of marketing initiatives to increase audiences.
The company will create a Web site and a monthly e-magazine, and
will commission a new theater work to increase audience
engagement.
Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support the presentation of theater works by three theaters
companies through the Arts Outreach Program. The productions will
tour to underserved young audiences and families throughout the
state.
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
Bloomsburg, PA
$27,000
To support Theatre in the Classroom, a traveling educational
theater experience. This 23-year old program tours adaptations of
world folk literature or American history to elementary and middle
schools, offering performances and residencies throughout
Pennsylvania.
Capital Repertory Company
Albany, NY
$5,000
To support expanded efforts to provide assistance for the hearing
impaired. Plans include the installation of an infrared assisted
listening system and the engagement of professional sign language
interpreters for designated performances.
Children's Theatre Company and School (consortium)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the final phase of the Land Bridge Project, an ongoing
artistic and civic dialogue about the farm crisis with residents of
Minnesota. Working in a consortium with the Perpich Center for Arts
Education, the final phase of the project will include performance
festivals of participants' original works.
City Theatre Company, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
To support the Community Outreach Initiative. Spearheaded by the
Community Relations Department of City Theatre, the program was
created to increase accessibility of programming, events and
activities to underserved populations with an emphasis on
communities with low household incomes and people with
disabilities.
Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$25,000
To support expansion of Long Wharf Theatre's New Haven Project. The
theater has expanded its outreach programs to include an annual
community performance project, a subsidized ticket fund and
workshops at New Haven neighborhood sites every month during the
season.
Cultural Images Group, Inc.
Northampton, MA
$8,000
To support the development and tour of a play to high schools,
community colleges and youth cultural programs in the Northeast.
The Serious Play! Youth Theatre Ensemble will tour an alumni
company production of Marat Sade by Peter Weiss, with
additional text from Shakespeare's The Tempest, and new
music by composer Elizabeth Swados.
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY
$8,000
To support programs for underserved students and professional
opportunities for young people seeking careers in the arts. The
theater will expand and refine its ongoing programs to broaden
access to the arts among neighborhood young people.
Developmental Services Center of Champaign County
Champaign, IL
$7,000
To support the development and presentation of a new theater work
by The Prompting Theater. The ensemble will present the new work
during the 2002-03 annual Street Theatre Festival.
East Los Angeles Classic Theatre
Monterey Park, CA
$25,000
To support the Beyond Borders Literary Engagement Performance Tour
to schools and community venues. Touring productions of
Shakespeare's As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's
Dream will introduce students and communities to dramatic
literature and the art of the spoken word.
East-West Players
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the expansion and integration of the theater's
comprehensive education program, which consists of the Actors
Conservatory, the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute and Network.
Scholarships and membership subsidies will be provided on a
competitive basis to make the programs more accessible to emerging
artists from underrepresented Asian Pacific communities.
El Teatro de la Esperanza
San Francisco, CA
$16,000
To support the development of a modern secular adaptation of Las
Posadas Mojadas, a seasonal pageant and play about immigrants
seeking refuge. The adaptation will be designed as a touring
production that will bring theater to underserved audiences in San
Francisco and nationwide.
Fund for Women Artists, Inc.
Florence, MA
$15,000
To support the creation and implementation of a marketing and
fundraising initiative and the expansion of current on-line
services. The project is designed to assist women artists in the
marketing of their work.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID
$15,000
To support the expansion of a multistate theater Rural Outreach
Project. Idaho Shakespeare Festival's 2002 education program will
serve five to 10 percent more rural schools with an increased
number of workshops and community performances to deepen its impact
among parents and teachers.
Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a partnership of Black performance institutions in
supporting and nurturing a performing arts community rooted in
African American artistic traditions. The consortium of Cultural
Odyssey, Afro Solo Theater Company and the San Francisco Black Film
Festival will encourage self-empowerment through collective
marketing, audience development, technical assistance, Web
development and aesthetic exploration.
InterAct, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the National Showcase of New Plays project. The
three-week festival will feature staged readings of works by
writers from across the country.
Intiman Theatre
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support the matinee performances of up to three plays through
the Living History project. The company will produce Shakespeare's
Titus Andronicus, Moliere's Scapin, Harley Granville
Barker's Waste, and will conduct artist residencies at local
high schools.
Lime Kiln Arts, Inc.
Lexington, VA
$5,000
To support a multistate tour of musical theater works based on
classic tales and Appalachian folk tales. Productions will tour
through southeastern states.
Los Angeles Poverty Department (consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$18,000
To support a tour of Agents and Assets, a play that
investigates the advent of the U.S. crack epidemic, to Florida,
Ohio and Michigan. A community symposium with an invited panel of
experts will follow each performance, providing a forum for public
dialogue.
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
Santa Monica, CA
$10,000
To support a production of The Tempest as part of the Los
Angeles County Arts Commission's Summer Nights at the Ford series.
The Tempest will be performed by an all-female,
multicultural, multiracial cast and will feature acrobats,
pyrotechnics, live musicians and aerialists.
Magical Experiences Arts Company
Baltimore, MD
$6,000
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents
with severe disabilities. Magical Experiences Arts Company will
present This Is Your Rainbow, a program of interactive workshops
that provide participants with sensory, emotional and educational
experiences and the development of plays based on the writings of
Helen Keller.
Make*A*Circus
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
To support Circus Days 2002. Make A Circus will tour a
circus/theater musical play with audience participation to over 50
communities in California in summer 2002.
Metro Theater Company
St. Louis, MO
$27,000
To support the presentation and tour of two plays to rural and
urban communities in the Midwest and nationally for two seasons.
Metro Theater Company's tour will include the productions of
Captain Lindbergh's Ocean Flight, developed by Het Filiaal
of the Netherlands, and Two Donuts by Jose Cruz
Gonzalez.
New Hampshire Mime Company
Portsmouth, NH
$10,000
To support a tour of five works exploring and celebrating the
history of New England to rural communities. Performances will take
place in town halls, libraries, museums, schools and other
community facilities.
New Repertory Theatre, Inc. (consortium)
Newton Highlands, MA
$12,000
To support two collaborative projects of the New Repertory Theatre
and the Brandeis University Theatre Arts Program. Brandeis/New Rep
On Tour will tour plays to local high schools and offer artist
residencies, and the Brandeis/New Rep Project will provide a
comprehensive internship program.
Non-Traditional Casting Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
To support Artist Files/Online and the National Diversity Forum.
These two initiatives link theater producers with artists of color
and artists with disabilities to promote a national dialogue
concerning diversity and inclusion.
Pegasus Players Theatre (consortium)
Chicago, IL
$13,000
To support continuing efforts toward a more integrated audience.
The theater will work with consortium member the Chicago Theatre
Company to create integrated audiences at both theaters through
subscriber exchanges, shared artistic staff and joint development
of new works.
Penobscot Theatre Company
Bangor, ME
$8,000
To support a production of The Diary of Anne Frank and an
accompanying outreach project. A series of multicultural and
intergenerational initiatives for schools, libraries and senior
centers will engage the theater's community in an examination of
bigotry in the contexts of religion, ethnicity and sexual
orientation.
Perishable Theater
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the Shows for Young Audiences touring program, which
provides access to touring productions of original musicals to K-8
schools, libraries and community centers in Rhode Island. The
program includes a Web-based component and a residency project with
an arts magnet school in Providence.
Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$16,000
To support the Academy Theatre for Youth Artists-in-Schools Tour
Team, a multiracial ensemble that develops original,
curriculum-based, issue-oriented plays that tour to schools and
other youth organizations throughout the Southeast. Performances
are accompanied by post performance drama workshops to provide
students with a forum for discussion.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Co., Inc.
New York, NY
$22,000
To support a national tour of La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny
by Carmen Rivera during the 2003 season. In keeping with its
tradition, the company will present the play in both English and
Spanish.
Seattle Shakespeare Festival
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support a Shakespeare festival involving all Seattle School
District middle schools and volunteers from the senior community.
Participants will work with professional actors and production
managers from Seattle Shakespeare Festival to rehearse and perform
90-minute Shakespeare adaptations in a festival format.
Shakespeare - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
To support Free Shakespeare in the Park which offers diverse
audiences the opportunity to enjoy professional productions of
Shakespeare in San Francisco Bay Area public parks. The 2002
production will mark the company's 20th anniversary of offering
free performances to the region.
Shakespeare Festival LA, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in
downtown Los Angeles' Pershing Square as part of the company's
annual Summer Festival. To increase access to traditional and
non-traditional theater audiences, more than half of the Summer
Festival performances will be free.
Shakespeare Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,000
To support free outdoor performances of Shakespeare's
Othello in parks and public spaces throughout New York City.
The production will be targeted to non-traditional audiences and to
the communities surrounding the park venues.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
To support components of the company's Community and Education
programs. The initiative includes a professional theater intern
program, touring performances, student matinees and workshops,
acting classes and a summer theater camp.
Stageworks, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$5,000
To support the production and tour of two plays by the Rainbow
Tribe. The company will present African American Greats by
De Vellus Glover and Inner Circle by Patricia McLawrey.
Stamford Theatre Works, Inc.
Stamford, CT
$12,000
To support a production of Flyin' West by Pearl Cleage. The
company will present Flyin' West in celebration of Black
History month.
Ten Thousand Things
Minneapolis, MN
$9,000
To support the presentation and tour of Shakespeare's King
Lear. The company will tour 16 performances of a highly
physical production of King Lear to audiences in prisons,
homeless shelters and adult education centers serving low-income
people in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Theatre Development Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Interpreting for the Theatre, an intensive one-week
institute for proficient sign language interpreters. The program is
designed to improve the skills of certified interpreters who have
experience in signing plays and musicals, and to maintain national
standards of excellence in the field.
Underground Railway Puppets & Actors, Inc.
Arlington, MA
$10,000
To support a tour of How Do You Spell Hope?, a new play
about the power of reading and the rewards of literacy, to
community centers in underserved neighborhoods of Cambridge, MA.
Workshops will be offered with performances to encourage
intergenerational audiences to make connections between the play
and their own experiences.
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
$13,000
To support Celebrate the Classics, a series of performances and
dialogues produced for rural community audiences in Montana. The
Montana Repertory Theatre will present a fully staged production of
The Miracle Worker in a producing partnership with the
non-arts community leadership of each town on the tour.
VSA arts of Georgia, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the expansion of the theatrical sign language
interpreting program StageHands. The program will offer discounted
services to small and mid-sized theater companies in Georgia and
will offer professional development opportunities for current and
new theatrical interpreters.
Washington Theatre Awards Society
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the Washington Audience Development Initiative, a
multimedia promotional campaign to identify and develop new
audiences for all Washington theaters. The initiative will work
toward developing theater audiences in metropolitan Washington that
are representative of area demographics.
Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$17,000
To support expansion of the theater's education and outreach
programs for an intergenerational, rural, underserved audience.
Under the leadership of a new education director, new initiatives
will be launched and existing programs enhanced.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Topanga, CA
$5,000
To support the development and touring of a new piece about the
history of Spanish-speaking people in California. Free performances
of the new work will be offered to underserved audiences in schools
and library venues throughout southern California.
Z Space Studio (on behalf of Word for Word)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the expansion of Word for Word's educational outreach
activities. The project includes additional performances, workshops
and artist residencies in local schools and libraries.
Challenge America Access
Arkansas Repertory Theatre Company
Little Rock, AR
$25,000
To support the presentation of free outdoor performances of a
Shakespeare play. The production of The Tempest will be
presented in state parks throughout the summer of 2002.
Big Apple Circus, Ltd.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Clown Care Unit program in which professional clown
performers make bedside visits to hospitalized children around the
country. Using juggling, mime, magic and music, Big Apple Circus
clowns use classical circus arts to bring humor to acutely and
chronically ill children and their parents.
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas, TX
$30,000
To support a theater touring program to serve audiences limited by
disabilities, economic, cultural and/or educational constraints.
Dallas Theater Center will tour an adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy
Antigone to regional schools with underserved populations,
juvenile detention centers, halfway houses and other community
organizations.
Das Puppenspiel Puppet Theater, Inc.
Westfield, NY
$25,000
To support a multistate tour of plays for young audiences.
Performances will feature a variety of performance styles including
mime, mask and shadow puppets and will tour to performing arts
centers, schools and museums.
Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California, Inc.
Pasadena, CA
$25,000
To support an audience development initiative through increased
access opportunities for deaf and hearing impaired, and low-income
individuals. The program will include signed performances,
audio-described performances for the blind and visually impaired,
and pay-what-you-can opportunities for individuals with limited
financial resources.
Spanish Theatre Repertory Co.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support Teatro Acceso, a tour of theater works to students from
underserved schools and Latino communities with limited access to
the arts throughout the New York metropolitan, tri-state area, and
the northeastern United States. Spanish Theatre Repertory Company
will implement grassroots promotional efforts to reach the
underserved communities.
Creativity
A Contemporary Theatre, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the production of a play. Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill will be
directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.
A Traveling Jewish Theatre
San Francisco, CA
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. Una Noche de Suenos
Vidi: A Dream of Flowers is an ensemble-created theater work directed by Artistic Director
Helen Stoltzfus.
About Productions
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000
To support the development and production of a new performance work. On Earth as it is in
Heaven is an ensemble-created interdisciplinary theater work.
Actors Express, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support the co-production of a new theater work. The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger will be
produced in collaboration with Perseverance Theatre Company in Douglas, AK.
Actors Theatre of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play by Gus Edwards based on historical and
contemporary stories of the African American community in Arizona. The project will unearth and
explore stories of the contributions of African American historical figures in Arizona to create a
work that speaks to the theater's local community.
American Conservatory Theater Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the production of a new translation of Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova by American
playwright Constance Congdon. Artistic Director Carey Perloff will direct the production featuring
Olympia Dukakis and members of the theater's new core acting ensemble.
American Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$35,000
To support a production of Lysistrata adapted by Larry Gelbart and directed by Andrei
Serban, with music and lyrics by William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein. The production will be a
reunion of artists with long histories of working with American Repertory Theatre, including Tony
Award-winning actress Cherry Jones in the title role.
American Theater Company
Chicago, IL
$6,000
To support the world premiere production of Lisa Dillman's Flung. Members of the ensemble
will be directed by Chicago-based playwright, actor and director Susan Nussbaum.
Archipelago Company, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
$5,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. And Mary Wept will be co
created by Artistic Director Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall, who will collaborate with three female
artists to explore the historical roles of women and the feminine influences in cultures.
Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the creation, development and production of new American theater works. Arden Theatre
Company commits its resources to the unique costs of play development and support to emerging
artists in The Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.
Arizona Theatre Company (consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$28,000
To support the development and co-production of a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher and Eric Simonson.
Work Song, a work about the life and art of Frank Lloyd Wright, will be a co production with
Missouri Repertory Theatre.
Barter Foundation
Abingdon, VA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of the first annual Appalachian Festival of Plays. Five
plays with Appalachian themes by writers from the region will be presented.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
$60,000
To support the development and presentation of a new play by Tony Kushner. Homebody/Kabul
will be produced during the spring of 2002.
Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the development and presentation of a classic Hispanic play. The production of The
Mayor of Salamea by Pedro Calderon de la Barca will be directed by Artistic Director Margarita
Galban.
Blackberry Productions
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of new theater works. Harlem Renaissance II is a three-fold event featuring
two repertory theater performances, arts education residencies, and a visual arts exhibit.
Brava! for Women in the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$13,000
To support the world premiere production of Okra by Anne Galjour. The project is a new play
exploring the mysteries of family and the complexity of race relations between Cajun and Creole
communities in a small town in Louisiana.
Brown University (on behalf of Rites and Reason Theatre)
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the development and workshop performance of a new theater piece. Artistic Director and
playwright Elmo Terry-Morgan will collaborate with theater artists Keith Antar Mason of The Hittite
Empire and Steven Pannell, an archivist, to develop Profiles and Shadows.
Carpetbag Theatre, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$6,000
To support the creation and development of a spoken word opera for young audiences. Developed by
the theater's ensemble company through improvisation along with spoken word artists and National
Poetry Slam Champions, the piece will be rooted in African American poetic forms.
Carter Family Puppet Theater
Seattle, WA
$11,000
To support the creation and production of The Burning House, a multidisciplinary theater
production using classical style marionettes, baroque music and opera singers. The company will
work from a lost score created by Franz Joseph Haydn for the Royal Marionette Theater of Prince
Esterhazy.
Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$50,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale directed by Irene Lewis. The
production will involve artists with long histories of collaboration with Center Stage, including
actors Lawrence O'Dwyer and Warren Snipe and designers Pat Collins, Candice Donnelly and David
Budries.
Cherry Lane Alternative
New York, NY
$5,000
To support playwriting commissions and mentor fees for Mentor Project 2001. Mentors will include
David Henry Hwang, Craig Lucas, Marsha Norman, Alfred Uhry and Michael Weller.
Chicago Dramatists
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the development and production of a full-length play selected from works in progress
by Chicago Dramatists' resident and network playwrights. The production will serve as the final
stage in Chicago Dramatists' series of workshops and will be a vital tool in the growth of
playwrights and the development of new scripts.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a fairytale-inspired production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The production will
be directed by Artistic Director and Chicago Shakespeare Theater Founder Barbara Gaines.
Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
To support an intensive play development laboratory to create theater for multigenerational
audiences. Threshold 2002 will include the development of The King of Children by playwright
Jeffrey Hatcher and the main stage production of The Beggars' Strike by playwright Carlyle
Brown and composer Kysia Bostic.
Childsplay, Inc.
Tempe, AZ
$28,000
To support the creation of three new works in various stages of development. The plays being
developed in the Childsplay New Plays Program are Eric And Elliot, about teen suicide;
Pandero's Dream (An Urban Puppet Fable) by Jose Cruz Gonzales; and a new adaptation of
Peer Gynt with multimedia artist Tony Brown.
Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, OH
$35,000
To support the Next Stage New Play Development Program. The program will include a festival of new
plays, the commission of two new works, development and workshop production of Forest
City by playwright Bridgette A.Wimberly, and the Playwrights Unit.
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. Blue Sky
Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead will be created in collaboration with Theatre
Labyrinth of Cleveland.
Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the commission, development and production of a new theater work. The company will
produce Flesh in the Desert by Carson Kreitzer.
Contemporary American Theater Festival
Shepherdstown, WV
$10,000
To support the development and production of The Silence of God, a new play by Catherine
Filloux. The project will include a residency component for collaborative work on the play and
educational activities thematically linked to the production.
Cornerstone Theater Company
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support the Catholic Immigrant Project, the world premiere of Bill Cain's adaptation of the
medieval Mystery Plays. The project is the first community residency of the company's Faith
Based Theater Cycle.
Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support The Legend Project, a series of plays for multigenerational audiences exploring
legendary characters Frankenstein, Zorro and Faust. Each production will act as a catalyst for
educational and community dialogues as well as individual exploration through post performance
forums and special educational resources.
Court Theatre Fund
Chicago, IL
$28,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet in rotating repertory with another large
scale dramatic work. Artistic Director Charles Newell will direct the production largely comprised
of Court's resident artists and apprentices.
Dallas Children's Theater, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$12,000
To support the U.S. premiere of a new theater work, outreach expenses and an artist residency.
Deadly Weapons by Laurie Brooks explores contemporary issues of youth violence and
abuse.
Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$17,000
To support the creation of a new theater work. A new play based on the development of a Native
American casino in Dell'Arte's rural community will be created in the Dentalium project.
Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc.
Ashfield, MA
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play. Relentless, an ensemble-created
theater work, will be directed by Artistic Director Stacy Klein.
Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the Drama League Directors Project. The Directors Project is a national apprenticeship
for young directors that will provide opportunities for new directors to work with professionals in
off-Broadway or regional theaters.
Ensemble Studio Theatre
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the Going to the River play development program. Activities include a two-week festival
of five workshop productions and a monthly reading series of new works.
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc.
Waterford, CT
$35,000
To support the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference. The
programs include the creation and development of new plays and musical theater works.
Evidence Room Theater Project
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. The Don Juan Myth by playwright Peter J.
Nieves will be presented during the spring of 2002.
First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$12,000
To support the creation and world premiere production of Einstein-Hero of the Mind, a new
play for audiences of all ages. The collaboratively developed play explores Einstein's discoveries
through the eyes of a young girl on a life-changing journey through time and space, and will
incorporate live actors and puppetry.
Florida Stage, Inc.
Manalapan, FL
$15,000
To support a development workshop for the script Good Boys by playwright Jane Martin about
gun violence in schools. The evolving play will benefit from a variety of activities including
readings, rehearsals and discussion for suggested rewrites.
Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support seasonal productions of Kids and Yiddish, a children's educational musical that
illuminates the Yiddish language through audience participation. The play is designed to preserve
the Yiddish culture and heritage, allowing the language to evolve and grow with future generations
of children.
Foothill Theatre Company
Nevada City, CA
$6,000
To support the rewriting, development and production of Grinder's Stand by Oakley Hall III.
Written entirely in verse, the piece will explore the life of Meriwether Lewis and the questions
surrounding his mysterious death.
Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$11,000
To support a production of TALK, a new play by Carl Hancock Rux. TALK is constructed
as a phonetic opera and discourse on art, post-modernism and the mortality of invention in the 21st
century, in the style of a Greek symposium.
Geffen Playhouse, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the commission and development of a new work by playwright Donald Marguiles The project
represents the theater's commitment to the development of new works and will be a learning tool for
the theater's literary and dramaturgical staff.
George Mason University Foundation, Inc./Theatre of the First Amendment
Fairfax, VA
$7,000
To support a script development program at the Theatre of the First Amendment. The theater will
produce its second annual First Light Festival: Theater at the Moment of Discovery, a two week
script development program that culminates in a weekend festival of readings and other
activities.
George Street Playhouse, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
$20,000
To support the world premiere of a new play. George Street Playhouse will produce Waiting For
Tadashi by Velina Hasu Houston in spring 2002.
Great Lakes Theater Festival
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. The production Love Langston, written and
directed by Loni Berry, will be based on poems and stories by writer Langston Hughes.
Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Lewisburg, WV
$10,000
To support the creation and production of a new play. Playwright K. C. Davis will be commissioned
to write a new play tentatively titled The Martyr.
Group I Acting Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production and national tour of a play. The company will tour an adaptation of Mark
Twain's Puddn'head Wilson.
Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support the production of a new theater work. Speakeasy, or the Bootleg Gentleman by
playwright Michael Bogdanov will be presented during the 2002 main stage season.
Hartford Stage Company, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$35,000
To support the presentation of two one-act plays during the fourth annual Tennessee Williams
Marathon. The Gnadiges Fraulein and I Can't Imagine Tomorrow will be directed by
David Schweizer.
Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$22,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. The Nightingale by Martha
Beosing will be presented during the 2002 main stage season.
Hippodrome State Theatre, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
To support the creation and production a new interpretation of Medea, written by playwright
Naomi Wallace and directed by Artistic Director Lauren Caldwell. The imaginative reinterpretation
will imbue the classic Greek tragedy with the complexities of contemporary cultural obsessions with
youth and beauty.
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), a professional development program for
mid-career artists and collaborative artist teams. HARP serves artists through workshops, panel
discussions, productions and career development services.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
To support the production and tour of a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, written by
playwright Y York, developed with a DJ/turntabulist, and directed by Artistic Director Mark Lutwak.
Created with three actors and a DJ, the production will be targeted to Hawaii teenagers statewide
and designed to play in virtually any venue.
Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the 2002 New South for the New Century Play Festival and the Young Playwrights Festival.
The annual festivals feature productions, workshops and staged readings of plays with connections
to the South.
Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the production of a play by Frank McGuiness. Written in 1985, Observe the Sons of
Ulster Marching Towards the Somme depicts the tragedy that befell many Irish regional units
during the First World War.
Icarus Puppet Company
San Diego, CA
$6,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Artistic Director Mark Robertson will
design the puppets and Rosemary Tyrrell will write the script for a new work titled We Didn't
Think.
Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Performing artists Rhodessa Jones and
Idris Ackamoor will collaboratively create They Speak Through Us, an exploration of the
legacy of 20th-century African American performance.
Imago, Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
$11,000
To support the creation and production of a new work. In Walking Into Walls and Backing Into
Holes, Artistic Director Carol Triffle will continue her recent explorations in creating works
that include vaudeville, existentialism, comedy and the absurd.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$55,000
To support a production of He Held Me Grand, a major new work by playwright-in-residence
James Still. The multidisciplinary piece looks at the 20th century through the eyes and
remembrances of those who lived it, and is based on stories from senior citizens from the
Indianapolis and Philadelphia areas.
Intersection (on behalf of Campo Santo)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the development and production of a new work by Octavio Solis. Written specifically for
and with Campo Santo, the play will tell the story of San Francisco, exploring forgotten places and
reclaiming its history, vitality, diversity and beauty in the midst of rapid change.
Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support the creation, development and production of a new theater work. Snow Days, by
Craig Wright, will be presented during the 2003 main stage season.
Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Dallas, TX
$7,000
To support the fourth annual New Works Festival. The festival will feature the presentation of a
new, ensemble-created theater work and staged readings of new theater works.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$32,000
To support the production of a play. Carmilla, by playwright Wilford Leach, will be directed
by Artistic Director Ellen Stewart.
Live Bait Theatrical Company
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. Blind Tasting by playwright Sharon Evans
will be directed by Gary Griffin.
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. The Manuscript
Found in Saragasso, adapted and directed by playwright Mary Zimmerman, is a world premiere.
Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a production of The Last of the Suns by Alice Tuan, a biting satire about three
generations of the Sun family. Using hip, street-smart dialogue, Tuan weaves parallel narratives
that mix Chinese folklore with the banalities of consumerist America.
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and premiere of an original work based on the life of James Joyce's
daughter Lucia. Cara Lucia will visually, linguistically and musically explore the life of
Lucia Joyce in relation to her father and his work.
Magic Theatre, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$17,000
To support the development and production of Wintertime written by Charles L. Mee and
developed in collaboration with director Kenn Watt and the Fifth Floor acting ensemble.
Wintertime will be developed in residence at the Magic through workshops with actors during
a significant portion of the development period.
Mark Taper Forum (Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
To support the development and production of a collaborative project consisting of several short
plays set in Los Angeles and linked by themes of transformation over time. The Los Angeles
Project (working title) will be written, directed and produced by the theater's artistic staff
in collaboration with other Los Angeles artists.
McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$50,000
To support the presentation of a theater work. The production of All Over by Edward Albee
will be directed by Artistic Director Emily Mann.
Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation of an original play based on a Chinese folk tale. The ensemble created
theater piece will tour throughout rural communities in upstate New York and New England.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support a production of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, directed by Eric Simonson. One of
his less-produced works, the play explores many of O'Neill's common themes, depicting the struggle
for redemption and forgiveness.
Mockingbird Public Theatre
Nashville, TN
$8,000
To support the production of a play. The company will produce The Kentucky Cycle by
playwright Robert Schenkkan, directed by Associate Artistic Director Rene Copeland.
Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new play. The company will present a new
theater work by Robert Smythe incorporating Vietnamese water puppetry.
Nashville Academy Theatre/Nashville Children's Theatre Association
Nashville, TN
$11,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work. Franklin's Apprentice, by
playwright Laurie Brooks, will be directed by Scot Copeland.
New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the expansion of the New Works Process. The program will increase actor and director
compensation, along with a portion of artistic staff salaries and program expenses.
New Federal Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. Leaving Watermaine by playwright Nancy N.
Ewing tells the story of a middle-class African American family living in Watermaine, GA during
1940's.
New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$38,000
To support the development and presentation of a new theater work. The production of Lazarus
Unstoned will be written and directed by Artistic Director Walter Dallas.
New Theatre, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$10,000
To support the production of a semi-historical play by Nilo Cruz about the cigar industry in Ybor
City, FL in the late 19th century. The play is part of an effort to document Latino cultural
contributions to North America, and will explore the human impulse for storytelling.
New York Shakespeare Festival
New York, NY
$50,000
To support productions of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt and Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice. All tickets for the productions will be free, and performances will be accompanied by
comprehensive outreach and education initiatives.
New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$34,000
To support a production of Peter Gaiten's Flesh and Blood, adapted from the novel by Michael
Cunningham. Flesh and Blood explores the legacy of hope and expectation as passed down
through three generations of an American family in the 20th century.
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Inc.
Edmond, OK
$7,000
To support the production of three Shakespearean plays. During summer 2002, Oklahoma Shakespeare in
the Park will produce William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, Henry VII and
Macbeth.
Omaha Theatre Company for Young People
Omaha, NE
$7,000
To support the creation and a national tour of a new theater work for teens and their families,
performed by the Pride Players: Odyssey ensemble. The production will be scripted by playwright
Megan Terry and directed by Everett Quinton, former artistic director of the Ridiculous Theatrical
Company.
Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$26,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Artistic Director Richard Foreman
will write, direct and design a new play entitled Disoriented.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association (consortium)
Ashland, OR
$40,000
To support the development, workshop and public reading of two new plays by David Edgar. Oregon
Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre will support the development of The
Continental Divide, a pair of new plays about the contradictions in U.S. politics of the late
20th century.
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation of a new play. Artistic Director Ron Nakahara will direct Forbidden
City Blues by Artistic Associate Alexander Woo.
Paper Bag Players
New York, NY
$18,000
To support a multistate tour of a new theater work for children ages four through nine. The company
will tour Dancing Houses (working title), a humorous musical fantasy by Artistic Director
Judith Martin.
Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
To support the production of a new theater work. Laurie Carlos will direct Con Flama by
Sharon Bridgforth.
Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$28,000
To support the presentation of Spring 2002, a festival of new theater works. The festival will
feature one statewide tour of a fully-staged play, one main stage production of a new work, and the
development of three to six new plays.
Phoenix Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$10,000
To support the collaborative creation and production of two plays by artists from a variety of
theater disciplines under the artistic leadership of playwright Toni Press-Coffman. The goal of the
project is to develop the work of artists from different cultural backgrounds, creating pieces that
offer unique perspectives on issues surrounding race, culture, and ethnicity.
Pig Iron Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the reworking and presentation of Cafeteria, an original ensemble-created piece
directed by Co-artistic Director Daniel Rothenberg. Cafeteria was first created and
performed by the company in 1997, bringing European movement theater techniques to an exploration
of American themes, iconic images and archetypal characters.
Ping Chong and Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.)
New York, NY
$27,000
To support the presentation and tour of a new puppet theater work. The company will tour
Obon by Artistic Director Ping Chong.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the New Theater Wing Developmental Program. The program is a series of artistic
initiatives that support both emerging and established writers in the development and presentation
of new works.
Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$12,000
To support the PlayLab program. The program supports the development and presentation of new
American plays.
Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$12,000
To support the development and presentation of new theater works during the JAW/West 2002
playwrights festival. During the two-week festival, the company will develop and workshop new plays
by writers from across the country.
Potomac Theatre Project
Middlebury, VT
$5,000
To support participation in the Potomac Theatre Festival. PTP in PTF will be four one-act pieces in
repertory by playwrights Steven Dykes, Snoo Wilson, Howard Barker and Harold Pinter.
Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theater Collection, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support the production of two new works through the CityStage project. The initiative will
include the development and presentation of new works and the upgrading of research programs that
facilitate the creation of new works.
Present Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$13,000
To support the New York International Fringe Festival, a celebration of emerging theater companies
and performing artists from around the world. The festival's goals are to unite the next generation
of theater artists, to provide a forum for producers and artists to meet, and to increase the
public's awareness of the vitality and diversity of live theater.
Puppet Co.
Glen Echo, MD
$7,000
To support the refinement and remounting of a large-scale puppet production of Rudyard Kipling's
The Jungle Book, originally developed and designed by Applause Unlimited. The Puppet Co.
will revise and rebuild the production to make it more feasible for touring or repertory
production.
Redmoon Theater
Chicago, IL
$17,000
To support the creation and presentation of the eighth annual All Hallow's Eve Ritual Celebration.
Redmoon will collaborate with community organizations, local theater and visual artists, and
musicians to create a large street theater spectacle during Halloween 2002.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center (on behalf of Alliance Theatre Company)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the production of a regional premiere of a new play and related activities. The Alliance
Theatre Company will present Sleepwalkers by the Cuban American playwright Jorge
Ignacio.
Round House Theatre
Silver Spring, MD
$18,000
To support the world premiere production of a play by Ernest Joselovitz. Shakespeare, Moses and
Joe Papp recounts the story of two formidable men and their clash over presenting free
Shakespeare in Central Park.
Rude Mechanicals - A Theatre Collective
Austin, TX
$5,000
To support the development and production of an adaptation of a novel by James Kelman. Director
Sarah Richardson and playwright Kirk Lynn will workshop and develop How Late It Was How
Late.
Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$8,000
To support the presentation of new plays. The company will commission over a dozen writers to
create a series of short plays to be performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego, CA
$60,000
To support the presentation of two theater works through the Calafia at Five/El Año Quinto
Festival. The community-based festival will feature Culture Clash from Coast to Coast and
the revival of the musical Corridos by Luis Valdez.
San Francisco School of Circus Arts
San Francisco, CA
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new circus performance. The New Pickle
Circus, San Francisco School of Circus Arts' performing company, will present a holiday show for
regional touring.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
San Jose, CA
$15,000
To support the development and world premiere of a play. Las Meninas by playwright Lynn
Nottage will be directed by Michael Edwards.
Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Research
Putney, VT
$8,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work for actors and puppets.
The Child Behind the Mirror explores the relationship of the child and its violent
surroundings.
Santa Fe Stage Company
Santa Fe, NM
$6,000
To support the development of The Abduction of Hernan Cortes, a cycle of plays by Leo
Garcia. Earth, the third play in the cycle, will be developed through workshop performances,
and the playwright will conduct workshops for community youth and artists while in residence in
Santa Fe.
Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the development and production of Tibet Through the Red Box, based on the
Caldecott Honor Book by Peter Sís, in an adaptation by playwright David Henry Hwang. The
play will be given a workshop and reading as part of the development process, and the world
premiere production will be accompanied by a comprehensive curriculum supplement.
Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the development and New York premiere of Sorrows and Rejoicings, written and
directed by Athol Fugard. The play tells the personal story of an Afrikaner poet who returns home
after being politically exiled.
Seven Loaves, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the production of a new theater work with music. Seven Loaves will create a new piece
entitled Peter Pan to be produced by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre.
Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support the production of a classic theater work. The Shakespeare Theatre will produce the
Washington, DC premiere of The Duchess of Malfi by Jacobean playwright John Webster.
Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of a new play by playwright-in-residence Lanford Wilson. Mr. Wilson
will participate in the selection of designers, actors and other artistic personnel in consultation
with the artistic director.
SITI (Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and premiere of SCORE, the final part of a solo trilogy about the
creative spirit developed by the SITI Company and Anne Bogart and arranged by Irish writer Jocelyn
Clark. SCORE is a one-man play based on the life and work of American conductor/composer
Leonard Bernstein.
Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work in puppetry arts. Skysaver Productions
will create a work entitled Helen based on the play by Euripides.
South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$20,000
To support the development and world premiere productions of Horton Foote's Getting Frankie
Married-and Afterwards and British playwright Lucinda Coxon's Nostalgia. The productions
will culminate the theater's Mainstage and Second Stage seasons and run concurrently with the
theater's Pacific Playwrights Festival.
Stages, Inc.
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the production of a new play. The production of Blood Wedding by Frederíco
Garcia Lorca will be directed by Rob Bundy.
State University of New York, Research Foundation
(on behalf of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College)
$15,000
Albany, NY
To support the presentation of a series of theatrical performances by four avant-garde ensembles.
The gogmagos of London, Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis), Les Deux Mondes (Canada), and
Squonk (Philadelphia) have each expanded theatrical vocabulary through music, dance and visual
effects.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the world premiere of a new play by Bruce Norris. Purple Heart will be developed
through the New Plays Initiative and will be the final play in the theater's main stage season.
Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the development and production of resident artist Sophy Burnham's new play Imagined
Prometheus. Artistic and Managing Director Joy Zinoman will direct this contemporary companion
play to Aeschylus's classic Prometheus Bound.
Sundance Children's Theatre, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
$17,000
To support the Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a professional development program for theater artists.
The program includes developing new scripts, staging adaptations or previously written narratives,
and developing new interpretations of classic texts.
Syracuse Stage (SU Theatre Corporation)
Syracuse, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of a newly translated and adapted classic theater work. Syracuse
Stage will present Joachim Neugroschel's translation and adaptation of The Dybbuk.
Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the development, rehearsal and production of Squantz Pond, a new theater piece
with music written and composed by Ellen Maddow. The production will be developed through workshops
in the Talking Band Performance Lab, inviting both company members and younger artists into the
development process.
Teatro Avante, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$40,000
To support the 17th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents multilingual
theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from
Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Teatro de la Luna - The Moon Theater (consortium)
Washington, DC
$11,000
To support the Fifth International Festival of Hispanic Theater in a consortium project with the
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division. The festival will offer several weeks of Spanish
language theater with interpretation into English, focusing on emerging trends in Latin American
theater.
Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the development of a new play titled And Yet It Moves. Using Bertolt Brecht's
Galileo as a base text, Artistic Director Moisés Kaufman will parallel the lives of
the author and his subject to explore the topic of artistic discoveries.
Theater By The Blind Corporation
New York, NY
$12,000
To support expanding efforts in the training and professional development of blind and visually-
impaired theater artists. Theater By The Blind responds to a lack of access to theater texts for
blind and visually impaired individuals by offering an elaborate reading service by sighted actors
and staged reading performance opportunities.
Theater MU, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support the production of a new collaborative theater work. Artistic Director Rick Shiomi will
collaborate with Marcus Quiniones to create a new play Temple of Dreams that examines the
Filipino American history in Hawaii.
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the production of a play. The company will present a new adaptation of Euripides'
Medea.
Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production of a Shakespearean play. The artistic director of Seattle's Intiman
Theater Company, Bartlett Sher, will direct the production of Cymbeline.
Theatre of Yugen, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the tour of a new theater piece. Theater of Yugen will tour At the Hawk's Well, a
Noh Play recreated from the work by W. B. Yeats.
Theatre Rhinoceros
San Francisco, CA
$7,000
To support the development and production of a new play. Strangers in Paradox is a
multimedia theater work by Kate Bornstein.
Theatre X, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$6,000
To support the presentation of a new play. The Noam Chomsky Play will be an ensemble created
theater piece directed by John Schneider.
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$50,000
To support the production of Tomy Kushner's play HOMEBODY/KABUL.
Unidentified Moving Objects, Inc.
Vashon, WA
$7,000
To support the development of a new work. Collaborating with playwright Adam Rapp, Unidentified
Moving Objects will interview professionals who work with perpetrators of violence and combine this
content with research on the human impulse for violence.
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the work of three playwrights at various stages of development. Claudia Allen will be
commissioned to write a new piece, Gloria Bond Clunie's work will receive a script development
workshop, and Dean Corrin's new play The Battle of the Bands will have a world premiere.
Walden Theatre
Louisville, KY
$5,000
To support the presentation of three plays during the Shakespeare Festival. The company will
present William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Cymbeline and Taming of the Shrew.
Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Williamstown, MA
$10,000
To support the development and production of Donald Margulies' God of Vengeance. Directed by
Gordon Edelstein, the piece will be developed through five weeks of rehearsals involving the
playwright.
Wilma Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the production of a play. The company will present Indian Ink by Tom
Stoppard.
Women's Project & Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Developmental Theatre Program that develops the work of women theater artists. The
program is comprised of the Directors Forum, Playwrights Lab, First Looks Rehearsed Readings, and
Works-in-Progress initiatives.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support a production of Big Love by Charles Mee. Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz will
direct the work, which is based on Aeschylus's The Suppliants.
Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of a theatrical adaptation of William Faulkner's 1930 novel As I Lay
Dying. The work will continue the theater's exploration of American vernacular as well as
family psychodrama.
Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the commissioning, development and world premiere production of a work by Linda
Faigao-Hall. The 7th of October offers a compelling look at homophobia in the workplace
through the eyes of a construction worker.
Z Space Studio
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support developmental services for four established writers with roots in San Francisco Bay Area
theater. Through the Studio's acclaimed Z Commissions program, the artists will have access to a
wide range of artistic, technical and facility resources, including a three-week workshop
production.
Heritage/Preservation
Gala, Inc. Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support a production of Cervantes: Master Between Acts, an
evening of short farces by the Spanish Golden Age writer Miguel de
Cervantes. Written in both verse and prose to be performed between
the acts of Spanish classical plays, these short farces or
entremeses are humorous and satirical, reflecting the popular
culture and customs of 17th century Spain.
International Arts Relations, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and presentation of a new play entitled
Our Wide, Wide Sea, by Afro-Cuban playwright Alberto Pedro. The
play will be co-produced in both New York City and Los Angeles.
Irondale Productions, Inc. (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
To support the next phase of development of the Network of Ensemble
Theaters (NET), a service organization for ensemble-based theaters.
NET was created to document and preserve the ways in which
ensembles create work, while serving the needs of those companies
and mentoring artists who will form the next generation of American
ensembles.
New York University
New York, NY
$8,000
To support the publication and distribution of four volumes of The
Drama Review, an international journal of live performance. The
Drama Review is committed to documenting important new work and to
reassessing traditional notions of performance.
OLLANTAY Center for the Arts, Inc.
Jackson Heights, NY
$9,000
To support the publication and distribution of two volumes of
OLLANTAY Theater Magazine, a semi-annual journal of Latino theater.
The magazine is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of
Latino culture in the United States through the investigation and
publication of works by Latino artists.
Pleiades Theatre Company, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$5,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new
theater work by women playwrights from Kentucky. Up to four women
playwrights will collaborate to create a play that will explore the
lives of a diverse group of women from Kentucky's history.
UNIMA-USA
Atlanta, GA
$5,000
To support publications which promote the interests and
international visibility of American puppeteers. UNIMA-U.S.A.'s
publications document puppet theater works and provide technical
assistance to puppet artists.
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$5,000
To support the publication and distribution of two issues of
Theatre Forum. The journal documents and disseminates innovative
theatre works internationally.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
$5,000
To support the preservation and publication of collections which
document the origins and development of the American circus.
Professor LaVahn G. Hoh of the Drama Department of the University
of Virginia will collect and develop an electronic archive/exhibit
to display these materials on-line.
Organizational Capacity
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Nancy Quinn Fund and the Theatre Leadership Institute technical assistance programs.
The two initiatives provide management-related technical assistance to small and mid-size theater
companies nationally.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$125,000
To support professional and leadership development programs and resources for the nonprofit
American professional theater field. The programs are targeted to artistic and managing leaders,
middle managers, and trustees and are designed to increase organizational effectiveness and improve
management expertise.
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