Theater: FY 2005 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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A Contemporary Theatre, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support the world premiere production of Tale of Two Cindys by Steven Dietz. The production will feature two separate, interrelated plays performed concurrently by one cast in two separate venues.
Acoma Center, Inc.
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support the commissioning, development, and production of a new play. Playwright Joan Holden will write and Artistic Director Chip Walton will direct the original play about the former Mayor of Denver, Robert W. Speer.
Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$50,000
To support the 29th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Artistic Director Marc Masterson will program and oversee the annual signature event.
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$42,000
To support the Festival of New Plays. The festival will feature workshop productions and the premiere production of The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove by Regina Taylor.
Alley Theatre
Houston, TX
$28,000
To support the production of the play, After the Fall, by Arthur Miller, to be directed by Artistic Director Greg Boyd. The production will feature post-show discussions, and education and community outreach activities.
American Conservatory Theater Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the adaptation and production of a rarely produced play. Playwright David Mamet will adapt the original version of the 1905 play The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker. Carey Perloff will direct the production.
American Repertory Theatre
Cambridge, MA
$40,000
To support the production of a classic play. Renowned Polish director and designer Krystian Lupa will stage and direct Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov.
Amherst College (on behalf of Folger Shakespeare Library)
Amherst, MA
$15,000
To support the production of the play The Clandestine Marriage by David Garrick and George Colman, to be directed by Richard Clifford. The lighthearted comedy tells the story of an arranged marriage of an 18th-century English aristocrat that goes awry. A related exhibit at the Folger Library portrays Garrick's life as a renowned actor and playwright.
Antenna Theater
Sausalito, CA
$15,000
To support The High School Project. The program will support communication among young people and their communities through the collaborative creation of original, multidisciplinary theater works.
Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of Roadside Theatre)
Whitesburg, KY
$25,000
To support the world premiere production of Betsy, a new play by Ron Short. Original bluegrass and jazz music for the piece will be composed by Nashville pianist and composer Beegie Adair.
Asian American Theater Workshop Co.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the NewWorks Incubator, a workshop program that will develop, produce, and electronically publish new plays about the Asian Pacific American experience. Under the oversight of playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, the program will combine a research and development model with a conservatory approach to create new plays.
Baltimore Theatre Project, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$8,000
To support the production of the play, Walk A Mile in My Drawers: The Lives and Times of Rodney Dangerous in the Field, The First Stand-Up Slave Comic, to be written, performed, and directed by Joyce J. Scott. The play will explore issues of racism and violence as they relate to the concept of black comedy.
Barter Foundation, Incorporated
Abingdon, VA
$18,000
To support the production of a new play, The Other Side of the Mountain, by Catherine Bush. The play deals with issues of diversity, economics, education, and acceptance; post-performance discussions and a lecture will also be featured.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
$45,000
To support the premiere production of a new play, Stories From Jonestown and the Peoples Temple by writer/director Leigh Fondakowski. The play examines issues of faith, community, responsibility, and the cult personality.
Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
$12,000
To support the production of a classic Spanish play. Margarita Galban will direct Fenisa's Hook/El Anzuelo De Fenisa, a comedy created in 1617 by Spain's Golden Age playwright Lope Felix de Vega.
Blackberry Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production of theatrical works, workshops, and exhibitions in Harlem Renaissance II. Worksong and Shelter will be presented as part of an educational performance event celebrating the contributions of African Americans.
Boise Contemporary Theater, Inc.
Boise, ID
$8,000
To support a play development program and the creation and production of a new work. Theater director and writer Michael Rohd, artists, and community members will use storytelling and interviews to address community concerns and develop a script and performance of The Physics of Regret: Boise Stories.
Bond Street Theatre Coalition Palenville Interarts Colony
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the production of a new play. The company will collaborate with The Exile Theatre of Kabul, Afghanistan to present Beyond the Mirror, a non-verbal play using symbolic representation, images, movement and music to examine the last two decades of Afghan history.
Brava! For Women in the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and workshop production of a new play, A/Way: The Urban Tao by Kate Rigg. The play will look at contemporary Asian American experience through the lens of the Chinese philosophical classic, the Tao Te Ching.
Carter Family Puppet Theater
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support a new adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Director and puppeteer and director Stephen Carter will collaborate with company artists in this adaptation of Mozart's opera of fantasy, romance, and treachery. Classroom workshops and post-show discussions will also be featured.
Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$55,000
To support production of a new play, Elima's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play tells the story of three generations of West Indian men living in contemporary London. The production will offer after-school workshops, post-show discussions and student matinees.
Chicago Theatre Group, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$55,000
To support the adaptation and production of the classic play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Rebecca Gilman. The performance, along with outreach and education activities, will examine how the meaning and interpretation of this text has changed over the past 100 years.
Child's Play Touring Theatre
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support workshops, artists' residencies, and performances in a writing program for children. In Writing Our World (WOW!), stories written by children are presented on stage with accompanying educational activities.
Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support the development and production of theatrical works for young audiences. Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, choreographer Shen Pei, and co-director Peter Brosius will adapt and produce Monkey King, adapted from a classic Chinese text. Hip-hop artist/playwright Will Power will develop and produce The Minneapolis Piece, based on the stories of young people in Minneapolis. .
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
$37,000
To support the development and world premiere of Leap, a drama about loss and hope, set in the days surrounding September 11, 2001. The development phase will include professional readings and workshops.
Circuit Playhouse, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$8,000
To support a production of a stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men directed by Drew Fracher and featuring members of the resident company. The production will be accompanied by an educational component including teaching guides, matinees, and a discussion series.
Circus Amok, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
To support the ensemble creation of a summer touring production that will be performed in public spaces throughout New York City. Performances will be offered free of charge in ethnically and economically diverse communities.
Circus Center
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and performance of an original circus production by the Center's professional performing troupe, the New Pickle Circus. The production will continue New Pickle's work toward the development of a new American circus aesthetic.
City Theatre Company, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the development and production of Ghetto Superstar, a new piece written and performed by Broadway veteran Billy Porter. The production will integrate storytelling, music, and dance performance and will be directed by Artistic Director Tracy Brigden.
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$22,000
To support the production of Venus by Pulizter Prize-winning playwright Suzan Lori-Parks. The play is a theatrical portrait of the 19th-century historical figure Saartjie Baartman, and examines such issues as the objectification of people, and how people are often more influenced by appearance than substance.
Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Summerworks '05 Festival, dedicated to the development and production of new works by emerging playwrights. The month-long festival will feature post-show discussions, staged readings and workshop productions of six new plays and one vaudeville variety presentation.
Columbus Association for the Performing Arts
Columbus, OH
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the presentation of a musical adapted from a literary work. A revival of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be presented in an American Sign Language (ASL) adaptation.
Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$20,000
To support the production of Travesties, a play by Tom Stoppard, during the company's 40th anniversary season. Travesties is a memory play about a minor official with the British consul in Zurich, Switzerland, whose life intersected with James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin, and artist Tristan Tzara.
Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$60,000
To support a consortium project for the development and production of a new play. With the National Conference for Community and Justice, Bill Rauch will direct the Faith-Based Bridge Project. This epic play by James Still is the culmination of a series of community story circles, inter-faith dialogues, and town meetings into a play that explores the religious diversity of contemporary Los Angeles.
Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
To support the development and production of a play adapted from a novel. Kevin Wilmott will write and direct a play adapted from Christopher Paul Curtis' young adult novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham.
Court Theatre Fund
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the production of a modernist play. Christopher Bayes will direct a reconceived production of Samuel Beckett's 20th century classic play Endgame.
Crowded Fire Theater Company
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
To support the world premiere production of a new play. Liz Duffy Adams will write a new play titled All the Truth in the World, which explores a post-apocalyptic landscape in which the characters struggle to cope with catastrophe.
Cuarzo Blanco, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$12,000
To support the production of a new play. WFUT, Radio del Futuro, by Adriana Pantoja, recounts Puerto Rican radio history and will be performed for underserved audiences in Puerto Rico.
Cultural Images Group Inc.
Northampton, MA
$8,000
To support the commission and development of a new play by Venezuelan playwright Greta Sanchez. The piece will be developed collaboratively by the Serious Play! Ensemble in the tradition of avant-garde physical theater.
Deep Ellum Theatre Group
Dallas, TX
$8,000
To support a consortium project to produce a series of radio plays by experimental playwrights. In conjunction with the Video Association of Dallas, the theater will commission and produce Radio Undermain, which will be broadcast by NPR affiliate KERA 90.1.
Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$22,000
To support the creation, development, production, and tour of a new play, Out on a Limb to be directed by Artistic Director Michael Fields and performed by the company's core ensemble. The project is based on a local event and explores the destiny of the nation's forests.
Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc.
Ashfield, MA
$8,000
To support the development and production of a play adapted from the a novel The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The novel portrays Soviet society at the turn of the 20th century and explores the nature of artistic, political, and spiritual courage and freedom.
Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Directors Project. The Drama League of New York provides new directors with career development opportunities and fosters the art and craft of stage direction.
East-West Players
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the commission, development, and premiere production of a new musical. The artistic team of lyricist Aaron Coleman, book writer Sachi Oyamo, and composer Nathan Wang will create a new production titled Imelda.
Emerald City Arts
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a semi-staged production of an American musical. In partnership with the 5th Avenue Theatre, the Seattle Men's Chorus will produce a concert version of a musical by composer Jule Styne and lyricist Leo Robbin.
Exitheatre
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the fifth annual DIVAfest, a festival dedicated to fostering new works by women writers. The project features commissioning, development, and the full production of new works by, for, and about women.
Fiji Theater Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the development, presentation, and tour of a new puppet theatre work. The company will tour Some Chinese Ghosts by Artistic Director Ping Chong throughout the Northeastern states.
First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of a musical for school and family audiences. Adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Honk! will be produced in collaboration with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Florida Stage, Inc.
Manalapan, FL
$20,000
To support the production of Hanging Fire, a play by Claudia Allen. The play tells the story of a retired school principal struggling with the effects of a stroke.
Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the commission, development, and workshop production of Out of Time, a new theater piece written and directed by Steve Cosson. The play will explore questions relating to the nature of time in the digital age and how individuals are affected by time.
Geva Theatre Center, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$25,000
To support Hibernatus Interruptus: A Winter Festival of New Plays. The eighth annual festival will feature commissioning and the development of new plays and a new musical.
Great Small Works, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,000
To support the 7th International Toy Theatre Festival and a variety series of one-time-only performance events. Both projects will involve company members and guest artists as curators, hosts, and performers.
Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Lewisburg, WV
$10,000
To support the development and production of Stories of Mountain Railroads, a new play with traditional music for southern West Virginia audiences. The script will be crafted through historical research, developmental workshops, and open readings.
Group I Acting Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, a spirited and comic look at young love. The company will offer educational activities including master classes, workshops, and week-long artist residencies for middle and high school students in selected venues throughout the tour.
Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support the production of an adaptation of Sophocles's Oedipus the King, by Ellen McLaughlin. The production will feature a symposium, post-show discussions, student workshops, and play readings.
Hartford Stage Company, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$35,000
To support the production of the play, The Cook, by Eduardo Machado. Directed by Michael John Garces, the play takes place in the kitchen of a mansion in Havana, Cuba in 1958, 1972, and 1997.
Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new theater work, Lake Street Excavation: Toy Theater Extravaganza. This production will place miniature puppet theaters at strategic locations along Lake Street to portray the historic origins of this major commercial artery.
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd
New York, NY
$23,000
To support the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), a professional development program for mid-career performing and visual artists and collaborative artist teams. HARP serves artists through workshops, panel discussions, productions, and career development services.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$27,000
To support the world premiere production of a new play for young adult audiences by Bryan Wake. Queen of Makaha (Rell Sunn) will tell the story of Hawaiian cultural icon Rell Sunn, a female surfing pioneer and community activist.
Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Incorporate
Blauvelt, NY
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the restoration and redesign of puppets and sets for the production of Mammoth Follies, a musical puppetry work. This vaudeville-style dinosaur review is part of the company's touring repertoire.
Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support the New Theatres/New Works artistic development programs. Play development activities will include commissions, developmental support, community partnerships, and the Breaking Ground new play festival.
id Theatre, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$8,000
To support the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, a new work development program for professional and student playwrights. Selected playwrights from rural Idaho are given the opportunity to develop their plays with the support of a professional artistic team.
Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the creation and production of My Life in the Concrete Jungle, written and directed by Rhodessa Jones with music by Idris Ackamoor. Inspired by Amos Tutulola's My Life in the Bush of Ghost, the piece will be a modern day musical myth that tells the story of lost souls in modern society.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support the commission, workshop, and adaptation of a play from Booth Tarkington's novel The Gentleman from Indiana, a 19th-century story of a journalist returning to Indiana to settle a community injustice. Development of the play will involve local historical and literary research, workshops, and a youth education component.
InterAct, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the world premiere of a new play, The Beauty Inside by Catherine Filloux. Directed by Kay Matschullat and co-produced with New Georges in New York City, the play explores the struggle between ancient traditions and humanistic values.
International Arts Relations, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the world premiere of Tight Embrace, a new play by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, directed by Loy Arcenas. Based on a kidnapping incident in Colombia, South America, the play investigates the theme of terrorism.
Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$8,000
To support the creation, development, and production of Voice Soup (working title). This ensemble-created interdisciplinary performance work will spring from educational outreach activities with youth from two local social service organziations.
Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$12,000
To support the production of a Euripides' tragedy, Trojan Woman, about the victims of the war between the Greeks and Trojans. The theater will host student matinee performances and facilitate mother-daughter educational workshops.
Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Dallas, TX
$12,000
To support the 2005 New Works Festival. The festival will feature a mainstage production of a new American play, staged readings of new plays, and staged readings of new works by young writers through the PUP (Playwrights Under Progress) Fest.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the creation and production of a new play based on the Greek myth Atalanta. Artistic Director Ellen Stewart will develop the text treatment, and Elizabeth Swados will compose original music.
LAByrinth, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the world premiere of a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Directed by Co-Artistic Director Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot will explore contemporary issues of religion, justice, morality, and forgiveness.
Lark Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support an expansion of Playwrights' Week, an annual festival of new works by emerging artists. During the festival, competitively selected playwrights are provided with teams of professional directors and actors to support the development of a new script.
Lawrence Arts Center (on behalf of Seem-to-Be-Players)
Lawrence, KS
$10,000
To support developmental workshops with guest artists and touring performances of plays for young audiences. Productions of The Ant and the Grasshopper, Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight, and The Diary of Anne Frank will be augmented with original live music and tour nationally to young audiences.
Lexington Children's Theatre, Inc.
Lexington, KY
$10,000
To support the tour of productions based on Appalachian folktales and legends for children in rural communities. Lexington Children's Theatre will tour The Legend of John Henry, a play about an African American folk hero, and a new work based on Karen Hesse's young adult novel, Witness.
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the presentation of a musical adapted from a literary work. As the centerpiece of the 2005 Summer Season, Honk! will include the training of a youth ensemble to participate in the production.
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation and production of a site-specific theater work that celebrates the history and geography of New York City and surrounding communities. Ruth Maleczech will conceive and direct Song For New York to be written by female poets reflecting New York City's boroughs.
Madison Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 2005 Fall Festival of the Future. The festival will feature readings and workshop productions of new plays.
Magic Theatre, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the commission, development, and production of a new play, Dear Sara Jane (working title) by Victor Lodato. The play portrays a woman awaiting the return of her soldier-husband, and explores issues of national identity, the ethical contradictions of war, and the price of domestic peace.
Manhattan Class Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh. In the play, a member of the IRA turns violent when he discovers the object of his affection, his cat Wee Thomas, is dead.
McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$20,000
To support the production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, to be directed by Daniel Fish. The production will offer performances for high school students as well as post-show discussions, teacher study guides, and in-school residencies and performances.
Melting Pot Theatre Co.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of a new musical by composer Mike Reid and lyricist/librettist Sarah Schlesinger. In This House examines the lives of two married couples.
Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
$18,000
To support the development and production of a new outdoor play, Circle of Chalk. Based on a Chinese folktale about two women struggling for possession of a child, the play will feature masks and puppets, and will tour New England states in the summer of 2005.
Miracle Theatre Group
Portland, OR
$8,000
To support the development and production of an English translation of a Spanish drama classic, Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega. The play looks at the nature of leadership, the role of government in the lives of citizens, and the ability of individuals to address social inequities.
Missouri Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
To support the production of August Wilson's play, Two Trains Running. Part of Wilson's cycle of plays about the African American experience, the play takes place in a Pittsburgh diner in 1969 and examines the lives of regulars struggling to cope with the rapidly changing world around them.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the production of new plays, including Pan American, a bilingual play about an adoptee returning to her native Colombia from Minnesota. The Deaf Duckling is a new touring show about deaf culture. Queen of the Remote Control is a dramatic comedy that looks at the schism between Hindu and Muslim Indians, and the Indian American community.
Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$13,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream using actors with masks and Bunraku-style puppets. Artistic Director Robert Smythe will direct the production, adapt the text, and oversee the design and construction processes.
Neo-Futurists
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support a production of a new work by founding director Greg Allen. The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen will explore the nature of dramatic tragedy in contemporary theater and how it intersects with modern lives.
New 42nd Street, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the presentation of theater productions for young audiences by international touring companies. The productions will be augmented by Weekend Theater Workshop offerings that will focus on theater, music, poetry, and puppetry.
New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Readings and Workshops program. Through a variety of flexible development activities, the program provides opportunities for company playwrights to collaborate with actors and directors on new plays and musicals during extended residencies.
New Federal Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the world premiere production of Real Black Men Don't Sit Crosslegged on the Floor. Written by Christopher "Malk" Browne in the style of a choreopoem, the play will combine non-linear narrative with original music, poetry, prose, blues, rhythm, and dance to explore how African American men survive in America.
New Paradise Laboratories, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the creation, development, and production of Belmont Plateau, an ensemble-created work examining the 1960s counterculture movement in Philadelphia. The play will be directed by Artistic Director Whit MacLaughlin.
New Theatre, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$15,000
To support the production of a new play, The Last Trial of Clarence Darrow by Shirley Lauro. Social issues of class and race underpin the play's narrative about Darrow's defense of a U.S. Navy officer.
New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support a production of Eyewitness Blues, a new interdisciplinary work by Mildred Ruiz and Steven Sapp. The piece will blend storytelling, abstract movement, experimental music, and choreography with diverse ethnic influences to challenge the boundaries of traditional theatrical forms.
North Shore Community Arts Foundation, Inc.
Beverly, MA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the 2005 New Works Development Program. Since 1985, North Shore Music Theatre has provided a nurturing environment for artists and has been a catalyst in the development of new musicals.
Old Globe Theatre
San Diego, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of a new musical about the Irish author James Joyce, titled Himself And Nora. The project will be written by Sheila Walsh and composer Jonathan Brielle; Tony Award winner Joseph Hardy will direct the production.
Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation and production of a new work, titled The Idiot Savant. The work will explore the nature of truth and consciousness in an absurdist format that poses intellectual questions.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR
$45,000
To support the design and production of two commissioned new works: Gibraltar, by Octavio Solis, and By the Waters of Babylon by Robert Schenkkan. The two works explore the influence of race and culture on interpersonal interactions in 21st-century America.
Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
To support the production of Slippery When Wet, a play by Suzan Murakoshi that uses poetry, music, and dance to explore the hypocrisy of a colorblind American culture. Educational activities include pre-play symposia and post-show discussions.
People's Light & Theatre Company
Malvern, PA
$50,000
To support ThirtyFest, the 30th annual summer festival of plays. The festival will feature the presentation of short plays and a full production of The O'Connor Girls by Kate Forjette, a play that depicts an Irish American family working through relationships after the death of the family patriarch.
Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support world premiere productions of a chamber musical and a new play, part of a festival of emergent theater works. The Long Season depicts the lives of Filipino immigrants working in salmon canneries in 1930s Alaska. The play Columbinus illuminates the realities of adolescent culture and behavior.
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the New Plays Project. The program will include commissioning, readings, and productions, and will feature the STAGES festival of new American plays. This reading series provides playwrights with a day of rehearsal with director, dramaturg, and cast, along with a free reading open to the public.
Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$12,000
To support the commission, development, and world premiere of a new adaptation of Pirandello's Enrico IV, the story of a man who awakes after a horse-riding accident believing he is the German King Henry IV. Created by Irish playwright Thomas Kilroy, Henry will feature acclaimed Irish actor Stephen Rea.
Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$18,000
To support the 23rd annual PlayLabs Festival. The program supports the development and presentation of new American plays by bringing together theater professionals and playwrights for workshops and play readings.
Playwrights Foundation, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 28th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The festival includes an artists' retreat, artistic collaborations, development of short plays, a commissioning program, symposia, outreach activities, and a series of staged readings of new work by vanguard regional and national writers.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of new work development programs and studio productions during the 2005-2006 season. The development programs are focused on serving the needs of writers, offering support, feedback, and artistic and technical resources during the process of creation.
Portland Stage Company
Portland, ME
$22,000
To support the production of Yemaya's Belly, a play by Quiara Alegria Hudes about a young boy's coming of age in the Caribbean. Outreach activities include matinee performances, and post-show discussions.
Primary Stages Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production of Going to St. Ives, a play by Lee Blessing. Directed by Maria Mileaf, the play portrays an encounter between a doctor and the mother of an African dictator.
Redmoon Theater
Chicago, IL
$23,000
To support the creation and production of Spectacle '05: Loves Me...Loves Me Not. This site-specific production will take place in Chicago's Sherman Park.
Research Foundation of State University of New York (on behalf of Performing Arts Center, Purchase College)
Albany, NY
$20,000
To support the Theatre Masterpieces series. National touring ensemble theater companies will perform interpretations of classic texts, such as Henry James's Turn of the Screw and H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Alliance Theatre Company)
Atlanta, GA
$32,000
To support the world premiere production of Day of the Kings, the winning play in the national Graduate Playwriting Competition. This work by Daphne Greaves portrays an annual festival in colonial Cuba during which slaves were "free" for one day. Staged readings of work by competition finalists, free master classes and audience enrichment activities are also planned.
Round House Theatre
Bethesda, MD
$35,000
To support the final development and world premiere of Columbinus, a play about the1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO. Through extensive interviews and workshops with adolescents nationwide, the collaborators are exploring adolescent culture and behavior.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the production of Sam Shepherd's play, Fool For Love. The contemporary classic depicts a couples' volatile relationship and explores themes of love, hate, and the decline of the Old West.
Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$6,000
To support the commission of new plays. With water becoming a resource that is increasingly contentious in the West, the company will commission as many as 12 writers, each with Utah connections, to write a short play on the subject.
San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development, production, and tour of Behind Every Child, an original musical comedy that explores how critical thinking in our education system contributes to our democracy. As the centerpiece of its annual summer tour of free shows, Behind Every Child will tour to venues throughout California including underserved rural communities.
Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research
Putney, VT
$7,000
To support the Voices of Community series. The series will present new theater works by solo theater artists.
Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the production of Joe Sutton's adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage, based on the Steven Crane novel. The story follows young Henry Fleming, who is fascinated by the glory of war; performances will be followed by post-show discussions.
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support new play festivals that will provide emerging writers with opportunities to develop scripts through workshops and readings. Hot Type and the Women Playwrights Festival provide competitively identified playwrights with opportunities to work with teams of actors, dramaturges, and directors toward the development of new scripts.
Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the New York premiere of Birdie Blue, a new play by Cheryl West about a husband and wife coping with the difficulties of old age in their day-to-day lives. West will continue development of the play while in residence at the theater.
Seven Loaves, Inc. (on behalf of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of a new musical work with actors, jazz musicians, and puppets. The Bass Saxophone tells the story of teen musicians and jazz aficionados in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II.
Seven Stages, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the world premiere production of Skinwalkers by Murray Mednick., a play that explores the influence of Native American mythology on the contemporary American West. The production will offer special matinee performances for high school students.
Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support the production of Alfred de Musset's classic play Lorenzaccioa, the story of a complex and heroic charater's struggle with absolute power and the question of producing change by a radical act. The production will be accompanied by post-show discussions, seminars with senior and community centers, and other educational outreach activities.
Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of Hot 'N' Throbbin by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel. The play examines domestic violence and explores its complex effects on families. The production will be accompanied by outreach to organizations that support victims of domestic violence.
Signature Theatre, Inc.
Arlington, VA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the adaptation and production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Pacific Overtures. The musical portrays Japan's first encounter with America in 1853, and is presented during the 150th anniversary of U.S.-Japan relations.
Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a play. Trilogy, created and directed by Theodora Skipitaris, will feature puppetry, dance, and multimedia elements, and is based on the events surrounding the Trojan War.
Sledgehammer Theatre
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the production of a new play, The Frankenstein Project 2005, based on Mary Shelley's novel and directed by Kirsten Brandt. The play examines issues of mortality, biotechnology, and the responsibility of the artist in the process of creation.
South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$45,000
To support the development and production of a new play, Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon. Against the backdrop of Pompeii, Vesuvious explores the complicated ways people deal with changing perceptions in the wake of sudden disaster.
Southern Repertory Theatre
New Orleans, LA
$8,000
To support the third annual Southern New Plays Festival. The festival will feature staged readings and world premiere productions of new work by emerging Southern playwrights and a playwriting competition for high school students.
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT
$20,000
To support the production of a new adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, adapted and directed by Howard Jensen. The work will be presented as part of the Utah Shakespearean Festival's rotating repertory of classical productions.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$45,000
To support the world premiere production of The Pain and the Itch by Bruce Norris. Directed by associate artist Anna D. Shapiro, the play is a dark comedy about privilege and corruption in a seemingly stereotypical upper-middle-class family.
Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the production of plays during the Russian Winter Project, which introduces audiences to Russian writers who have emerged since the fall of the USSR. Black Milk by Vassily Sigarev, Afterplay by Brian Friel, and The Death of Meyerhold by Mark Jackson will be accompanied by educational programs with American and Russian scholars,
SU Theatre Corporation
Syracuse, NY
$20,000
To support the production of The Grapes of Wrath, based on the novel by John Steinbeck. The production will feature eduational workshops, study guides, curriculum support materials and community outreach.
Sundance Children's Theatre Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
$35,000
To support the Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a professional development program for theater artists. The project will use the support of resource artists and mentors to develop new scripts, stage adaptations of previously written narratives, and develop new interpretations of classic texts.
Synchronicity Performance Group, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a theater work through the Women in War project. The project will be lead by Co-Artistic Directors Rachel May, Hope Mirlis, and Michele Pearce; and solo-artist/choreographer Celeste Miller will assist in the development of the piece.
Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new play, Delicious Rivers (working title) by Ellen Maddow. Developed in collaboration with mathematician Marjorie Senechal, the play follows four postal workers and three neighborhood apartment dwellers whose lives intertwine in a variety of surprising twists and turns.
Teatro de la Luna
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support production of Continent Virile by Alejandro Acobino. Directed by Artistic Director Mario Marcel, this stylized comedy follows a scientist as he investigates the suicide of several colonies of penguins in the Antarctic.
Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the stage adaptation of One Arm, an unproduced screenplay by Tennessee Williams. Moisés Kaufman will adapt and direct the piece through an intensive development process.
Theater Labrador, Inc.
New York, NY
$11,000
To support the production of The Beauty Inside by Catherine Filloux. The play is inspired by an actual event in which a 14-year-old Turkish girl was placed under state protection, the victim of an attempted honor killing.
Theater Mu Incorporated
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of a new music theater work adapted from a play in the theater's repertoire. The Walleye Kid, inspired by Korean and Japanese folktales, is based on the experience of thousands of Korean cross-racial adoptions in Minnesota.
Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego County
La Jolla, CA
$38,000
To support the development of a new play through the 2005 Page to Stage program. The company will present a workshop production of Nobody by Melissa James Gibson, a modern interpretation of Homer's The Odyssey in which children take on the roles of storytellers and gods.
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the creation, development, and production of Waterloo, directed by Robert Rosen. The story features imagined conversations between Napoleon and historical icons including Amelia Earhardt, Idi Amin, and Harry Houdini.
Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the production of plays. The company will present William Shakespeare's Coriolanus directed by Karin Coonrod and a new English translation of Eduardo de Filippo's Questi Fantasmi titled Souls of Naples by Michael Feingold.
Theatre for Children, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
To support the commission, development, and production of a new play through the Theater Fast Forward program. The company will premiere Comfort Food a play about America's obsession with food and weight, by Kira Obolensky.
TheatreWorks
Palo Alto, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support an annual New Works Festival. As a component of the New Works Initiative, the festival will include staged readings and the California premiere of Crowns, a work by Regina Taylor that celebrates African American women and their church heritage.
Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$12,000
To support the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The festival will feature companies and artists from around the world in performances, lectures, discussions, and workshops on international theatrical and cultural traditions.
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$45,000
To support the creation and production of a new comedy that combines several of Moliere's short plays into one seamless work. The highly physical and comedic new work will be directed by Christopher Bayes and performed by the resident acting company.
Underground Railway Puppets & Actors, Inc.
Arlington, MA
$10,000
To support the creation, presentation, and tour of A State of Grace, directed by Greg Smucker and lead by writer/performer Debra Wise. The play is inspired by the work of writer and poet Grace Paley.
Unidentified Moving Objects Company, Inc.
Vashon, WA
$8,000
To support the development and presentation of a new piece of theater based on the Grimm's fairy tale Rapunzel. Using the ensemble's advanced aerial and movement skills, the company will create a work that explores the transitions from adolescence to adulthood to old age.
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the world premiere production of Symmetry by David C. Field. Set in academia and exploring issues of lost opportunities and misplaced loyalties, the production will feature acclaimed stage and film actor John Mahoney.
Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the development and production of a new interpretation of J.M. Barrie's 1920s play Mary Rose. The revival of the lost classic will involve dramaturgical research, developmental readings and workshops, and the commission of an original score.
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Based on a novel by Sherley Anne Williams, Dessa Rose will be directed by Graciela Daniele, with libretto and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and score by Stephen Flaherty.
Washington Drama Society, Inc.
Washington, DC
$45,000
To support a production of Intimations for Saxophone, a lost play by American Expressionist playwright Sophie Treadwell. Discovered and adapted by dramaturg Michael Kinghorn, the play will be directed by Anne Bogart and the ensemble will include members of the SITI Company.
William Inge Festival Foundation
Independence, KS
$12,000
To support a series of Guest Artist Residencies. The William Inge Theatre Festival will bring professional directors and actors to collaborate with playwrights-in-residence on the development of new plays through readings and workshops.
Wilma Theater, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the world premiere production of Raw Boys, a new play by Dael Orlandersmith. Commissioned by the Wilma and directed by Blanka Zizka, the play will explore clashes between English, Irish, and Puerto Rican cultures.
Women's Project & Productions
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Developmental Theatre Program. The program includes The Directors Forum, Playwrights Lab, First Looks rehearsal readings and Works-in-Progress workshops.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the world premiere production of Big Death & Little Death, an apocalyptic comedy set in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war, by Mickey Birnbaum. Directed by Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz, the production will inaugurate the theater's new performance space in downtown Washington, DC.
Young Playwrights Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Young Playwrights Festival 2005. The festival will feature workshops, staged readings, and full productions of plays by young playwrights.
Access to Artistic Excellence II
A Traveling Jewish Theatre
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a production of The One That Got Away, the U.S. premiere of a large-scale, site-specific theater piece created and directed by Kendra Fanconi. Set in and around a swimming pool, the play explores one woman's search for her submerged Jewish identity, using water as a medium for space and time.
African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the production of a contemporary musical. Scot Reese will direct Jelly's Last Jam, by George C. Wolfe and lyricist Susan Birkenhead, in ACTC's new performance venue.
Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$12,000
To support the presentation of Frog and Friends by Theatre Terra of the Netherlands and The Happy Prince by MacRoberts Productions of Scotland. The productions were selected to provide increased access to the arts for geographically and economically underserved audiences through student and public performances.
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Nancy Quinn Fund and the Theatre Leadership Institute as technical assistance programs. The initiatives will provide management-related technical assistance to small and mid-size theater companies nationally.
Aquila Theatre Company
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production and multistate tour of plays. The company will tour Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre Company
Little Rock, AR
$35,000
To support the production and tour of a play. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck will tour to rural, economically, and geographically diverse audiences throughout the state.
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR
$15,000
To support the Artists to Go program. The company will present matinee performances of mainstage productions and artists workshops to middle and high school students.
Associated Recreation Council (on behalf of Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the production of a play. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center will present Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, directed by Artistic Director Jacqueline Moscou.
Autry National Center of the American West
Los Angeles, CA
$33,000
To support Native Voices at the Autry, a program to develop and present new plays by Native American writers. Writers will work with professional directors and actors, and participate in the readings and workshop productions.
Barter Foundation, Incorporated
Abingdon, VA
$35,000
To support a consortium project for the final development and production of a new musical theater work celebrating Appalachian music and culture. In partnership with the Town of Clintwood, Virginia, and the Ralph Stanley Museum, the Barter Theatre will produce Constant Sorrow: The Story of the Stanley Brothers by Dr. Douglas Pote.
Big Apple Circus, Ltd.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support performances of Circus of the Senses. The program makes circus performances accessible to audiences of physically and developmentally disabled children.
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support the Black Playwrights Initiative. The project will provide training to emerging playwrights in the development of new musical theater works, to be showcased at the annual Chicago Black Playwrights Festival.
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Inc.
Bloomsburg, PA
$23,000
To support Project Discovery educational programs. Project Discovery in the Classroom brings original, live theatrical performances to elementary and middle schools across Pennsylvania.
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$12,000
To support the Book It All Over! Education and Outreach Program. The program brings curriculum-based touring performances of adapted literature to students throughout the state of Washington.
California Shakespeare Festival
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support the production of a play adapted from a literary work, and accompanying writing workshops. Jonathan Moscone and Sean Daniels will co-direct a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, by David Edgar.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
To support the production of plays with accompanying educational activities for middle and high school students from underserved areas. The Young Audiences Program will offer matinee performances of regular season productions free of charge, accompanied by study guides and pre- and post-play workshops and discussions.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support an educational outreach program. Team Shakespeare is a community-based, educational initiative offering full-length and abridged performances of works by William Shakespeare, with accompanying workshops and study guides for area students and teachers.
City Center 55th Street Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
To support the restoration, remounting, and staged concert productions of musicals and a concert in the Encores! series. The annual series of rarely-heard American musicals is performed in City Center's 2,753-seat theater.
Civic Light Opera
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
To support the tour of a new musical. Jason Coll and Andrew Masich's historical musical, Young Washington, explores George Washington's early life in western Pennsylvania, and will be presented as part of an education and outreach program in schools.
Contemporary American Theater Festival
Shepherdstown, WV
$12,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work. The company will present Father Joy by Sheri Wilner, with Producing Director Ed Herendeen overseeing the collaboration between playwright, designers, and director.
Contemporary Arts Center (consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support a consortium project, the Alternative Theater Festival. In collaboration with ArtSpot Productions, the project will present performances by national and international companies and performing artists.
Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support the production of a play. The company will develop and produce, in collaboration with the Cornerstone Institute and residents of Grayson and Westley, California, a new adaptation of Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca.
Das Puppenspiel Puppet Theater Inc.
Westfield, NY
$12,000
To support a national tour of The Puppet Tree Series. The company will tour contemporary plays and adaptations of classic works for young audiences, including Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and the Native American parable The Story of Jumping Mouse.
Delaware Theatre Company (consortium)
Wilmington, DE
$15,000
To support a consortium project to expand the Arts Across the Curriculum program. In partnership with the Ferris School for Boys, the program will develop a series of core learning activities that integrate the arts as a permanent part of the curriculum.
East Los Angeles Classic Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
$23,000
To support the Literary Engagement Performance Tour. The tour will bring an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, performed in a "Zoot Suit" style, to schools and community venues, and provide free performances for the general public at the Ford Amphitheatre.
El Teatro Campesino
San Juan Bautist, CA
$15,000
To support a production of La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale at the Old Mission San Juan Bautista. With a cast of both professional artists and community volunteers, the production will be the centerpiece of the community's annual holiday celebration.
Eth-Noh-Tec Creations
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
To support a Bay Area tour of Takashi's Dream, an original production dramatizing the life journey of a man who survived the bombing of Hiroshima when he was eight years old. Takashi Tanemori, whose life is the inspiration for the piece, will participate in a post-performance dialogue with artists and audiences after each performance.
Figures of Speech Theatre
Freeport, ME
$8,000
To support the presentation of a past work in the theater's performance repertory. The project will remount Anerca, to be produced at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland, Maine.
Fine Arts Association Willoughby (on behalf of The Corning Theatre)
Willoughby, OH
$10,000
To support the production of a contemporary play. Fabio Polanco will direct the production of Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler.
Freehold Theatre Lab Studio
Seattle, WA
$8,000
To support the Engaged Theatre Program. The project will provide participatory theater performances, interactive workshops, and residencies to underserved audiences.
GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
Washington, DC
$32,000
To support the development and production a play. El Rufían Castrucho (Castrucho, the Scoundrel) by Lope de Vega will be directed by Artistic Director Hugo Medrano.
Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support a state-wide tour of a Shakespeare play. Artistic Director Richard Garner will direct the production that will be offered free of charge and tour to elementary schools in rural areas of south and central Georgia.
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
East Haddam, CT
$50,000
To support the remounting of a musical theater work based on the novel Marked by Fire by Joyce Carol Thomas. Abyssinia, with book by James Racheff and Ted Kociolek, music by Kociolek, and lyrics by Racheff, will be presented on the mainstage of the Goodspeed Opera House in the fall of 2005.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID
$20,000
To support the Idaho Theater for Youth and Shakespearience regional tours of plays by William Shakespeare. The productions will tour to elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a consortium project, the African American Theatre Alliance for Independence (AATAIN!). In partnership with the Afro Solo Theater Company, the project will encourage self-empowerment through collective marketing, audience development, technical assistance, and aesthetic exploration.
Imagination Stage, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
$15,000
To support a production of The Hundred Dresses. Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Eleanor Estes, the production will be adapted and directed by Mary Hall Surface.
Imagination Workshop, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support theater arts workshops for individuals with special needs in the greater Los Angeles area. The program prepares professional stage and screen artists to lead workshops in creation and performance for participants in hospitals, group homes, inner-city schools, and other institutions.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc. (consortium)
Indianapolis, IN
$30,000
To support a consortium project to develop a Greek heroic story into an interdisciplinary theater piece. Artists from the IRT will collaborate with Dance Kaleidoscope, a professional modern dance ensemble.
Intiman Theatre
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support a production of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, directed by Linda Hartzell, artistic director of Seattle Children's Theatre. The production will be the second installment of Intiman's The American Cycle, a five-year series of ambitious masterpieces exploring the American character.
L.A. Public Theatre, Inc.
Auburn, ME
$12,000
To support a student matinee program, free theater, and youth internships. The project will provide access to theater presentations for a diverse and underserved population of children and adults in a largely rural and economically depressed region of Maine.
Landis & Company Theatre (Enchantment Theatre Company)
Glenside, PA
$10,000
To support a multistate tour of an original production of Pinocchio to student and family audiences. The production will be inspired by commedia dell'arte and minimalist Asian theatre traditions, including Indonesian shadow puppets and the highly stylized classical Noh theater of Japan.
Lime Kiln Arts, Inc.
Lexington, VA
$17,000
To support the production and tour of a musical based on Appalachian folk tales. The project will re-orchestrate and produce a summer outdoor production of Sing Down the Moon, by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox, and tour a one-hour version of the work to rural areas.
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America, Inc.
New York, NY
$6,000
To support the Technology Initiative. The mission of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America is to affirm, support, and broaden the roles that literary managers and dramaturgs play in the theater field.
Los Angeles Poverty Department
Los Angeles, CA
$12,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a play. Fried Poetry will be written through a workshop process in collaboration with community partners, neighborhood residents, and writer and playwright Ron Allen.
Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
To support the development and workshop readings of The Suitcase Trilogy by Han Ong. Development activities will include closed workshop sessions, an extended collaboration process with director, playwright, dramaturg, and cast, and public readings of the work-in-progress.
Mad River Theater Works
West Liberty, OH
$25,000
To support the creation of a play based on local history and folklore in collaboration with students and their families, teachers, and members of the public. The play will tour to non-traditional settings throughout Ohio and surrounding states.
Magical Experiences Arts Company
Baltimore, MD
$7,000
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. The Faerie Queen by Artistic Director and playwright Joanne Margolius will tour to area schools providing interactive workshops for students residing at the Maryland School for the Blind and The Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents.
Metro Theater Company
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
To support a multistate tour of Salt & Pepper by José Cruz Gonzales to rural and urban areas throughout the country. In conjunction with performances, Metro will conduct education workshops for young people, educators, families, and older adults.
Montana State University (on behalf of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks)
Bozeman, MT
$30,000
To support a summer tour of classical theater productions. The tour will serve communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming, and eastern Idaho, with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas.
National New Play Network, Ltd.
Kansas City, MO
$12,000
To support The Continued Life of New Plays Fund, an initiative providing production stipends to theaters that participate in the sequential production of a new play. The fund will support "rolling" world premieres of new plays at theaters throughout the United States.
New Hampshire Mime Company (Pontine Movement Theatre)
Portsmouth, NH
$8,000
To support a tour of works exploring and celebrating the history and literature of New England. Performances will take place in town halls, libraries, museums, schools, and other facilities in rural communities.
New Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Newton Highlands, MA
$12,000
To support the New Rep On Tour program. Dramatic works will tour to middle and high schools throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
New York Shakespeare Festival (Public Theater)
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the production of Two Gentleman of Verona through the Free Shakespeare in Central Park program.
New York University (on behalf of The Drama Review)
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the publication and distribution 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.
Non-Traditional Casting Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Inclusion Project, which will include Artist Files Online and the National Diversity Forum. The project is designed to assist nonprofit theaters in achieving greater diversity.
Northern Stage Company
White River Junction, VT
$8,000
To support the production and tour of a play. Judevine by David Budbill will tour to venues throughout the New England region.
OLLANTAY Center for the Arts, Inc.
Jackson Heights, NY
$12,000
To support the publication of OLLANTAY Theatre Magazine, an international journal that features the work of Latino playwrights and theater artists. Now in its 13th year, the magazine includes complete play texts, articles, essays, and interviews with artists and scholars, and is published in a combination of English and Spanish.
Oregon Children's Theatre Company
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the production of a new adaptation by Eric Schmiedl of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. The play will be developed for a middle school touring program, and will be accompanied by a variety of educational activities.
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and workshop production of a new musical adapted from a literary work. Based on the novel Days of the Tong War by author and lyricist C. Y. Lee, The Fan Tan King will be composed by Douglas Lackey and directed by Tisa Chang.
Paper Bag Players
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and multistate tour of a new work for children. Founder and veteran Artistic Director Judith Martin will lead an ensemble of artists through the writing, musical scoring, and design of the new production for children ages four to nine.
Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California, Inc. (consortium)
Pasadena, CA
$30,000
To support a consortium project to produce Open Window, a new play by Stephen Sachs. The Playhouse will collaborate with Deaf West Theatre on the production, which will include deaf and hearing actors performing in American Sign Language and English.
Penobscot Theatre Company
Bangor, ME
$10,000
To support the production of a contemporary play. As part of its Classics in Context Series, The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman will be produced with accompanying community outreach activities.
Penobscot Theatre Company (consortium)
Bangor, ME
$8,000
To support a consortium project for the production and tour of an issue-based theater work to schools and community centers. With the Acadia Hospital Corporation, Penobscot Theatre Company will tour Pals, a one-act play by David Perkins that addresses teen suicide.
Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
To support a tour of original, curriculum-based, issue-oriented plays and drama workshops to schools throughout metro-Atlanta and the Southeast. The plays will be created and performed by the Academy Theatre for Youth Tour Team ensemble, in consultation with educators, psychologists, parents, and students.
Providence Black Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support Project Langston 2005. The actor-training program is a continuation of A Tribute to Langston Hughes, a company-created piece that provides an opportunity for repertory and community actors to expand and refine their skills.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Co., Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Raul Julia Training Unit and the Playwrights Unit. The career development programs will offer tuition-free, bilingual professional development to Latino youth and adults.
Regents of the University of California at San Diego (on behalf of Theatre Forum)
La Jolla, CA
$10,000
To support the publication TheatreForum, an international journal of contemporary performance. Using an expansive definition of theater, the publication features plays by American and international playwrights, and articles on new work by scholars and artists.
San Jose Children's Musical Theater
San Jose, CA
$18,000
To support the training of young artists, workshops, and the production of a musical. Young performers will receive introductory training with professional theater artists and perform in a presentation of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. Originally commissioned and premiered by the San Jose Repertory Theatre, the production is directed by Artistic Director Anne Bogart and performed by members of the SITI Company.
Shakespeare Festival/LA, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$22,000
To support the 20th Annual Summer Festival. A production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Ben Donenberg, will be presented free of charge in Los Angeles' downtown Pershing Square and other outdoor venues.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$10,000
To support the tour and production of Julius Caesar with accompanying educational activities and materials for student and adult audiences. The play will be the final presentation in a multiyear examination of politics and ethics using selected plays from William Shakespeare's canon.
Skylight Opera Theatre Corp.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support the KidsWrites Workshop Program. The project, intended to advance children's understanding of musical theater, includes a writing workshop that culminates in the creation of a musical.
Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$14,000
To support the Writer/Director Lab and Phase 2 Play Development programs. The projects will foster the creation of new plays by playwrights near the start of their careers, and the development of plays in workshops.
Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (Repertorio Español)
New York, NY
$55,000
To support the Teatro Accesso program. The company will tour theater works to underserved schools and Latino communities throughout the New York metropolitan area and the Northeastern United States.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$35,000
To support the development and staged reading of a play. Relativity by Cassandra Medley will be directed by Artistic Director Ron Himes.
STOP-GAP
Santa Ana, CA
$20,000
To support the production and tour of a play. Eradic/hate, written and directed by Fionnuala Kenny, will tour to young audiences in area schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, and summer camps.
Su Teatro
Denver, CO
$18,000
To support the production of a new play. The company will present El Sol Que Tú Eres/The Sun That You Are by Anthony Garcia, with music composed by Daniel Valdez.
Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the 20th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents audiences with multilingual theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
Ten Thousand Things
Minneapolis, MN
$18,000
To support the production of a new version of Antigone created by Emily Mann. Performances will be targeted to low-income audiences in prisons, shelters, and housing projects.
Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support efforts to define and promote the greater Philadelphia area as a destination for first-class theater. An Economic Impact Study will include hiring a consultant, collecting data, and distributing a report specific to the theater community, and its impact on the local economy.
Theatre Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the Mentoring Initiative, to improve organizational stability and the effectiveness of mid-size theater companies. The project will create year-long mentoring relationships between theaters in the Bay Area.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$130,000
To support the 15th National Conference. The conference will meet in Seattle and through sessions, performances, topical meetings, and workshops will explore the role of the arts in shaping American identity.
Theatre Development Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$22,000
To support the Interpreting for the Theatre initiative. The program is an intensive one-week institute for theater sign-language interpreters that seeks to support and preserve the art of sign-interpretation, set national standards of excellence in the field, and ensure that theater is accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired audiences nationwide.
Theatre Grottesco North America, Inc. (consortium)
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support a consortium project The National Ensemble Theater Festival with accompanying workshops, panels, and educational activities. In partnership with the Network of Ensemble Theaters, the project will produce a festival celebrating America's ensemble theater movement.
Theatre of Yugen
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the development, presentation, and multistate tour of a new theater work. Moon of the Scarlet Plums will be adapted by playwright Erik Ehn and performed by the company's ensemble members in the Japanese Noh tradition.
Theatreworks/USA Corporation
New York, NY
$45,000
To support a national tour of theater productions for young audiences. Theatreworks/USA will provide audiences in 35 states and the District of Columbia with access to live theater and educational activities that complement school curricula.
Timber Lake Playhouse
Mt. Carroll, IL
$10,000
To support the production of a seldom-produced musical theater work based on a literary text. The musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by playwright David H. Bell, lyricist Cheri Coons, and composer Tom Sivak, will be further developed and directed by Artistic Director Brad Lyons.
Tulane University (on behalf of The Summer Lyric Theatre)
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support the Summer in Residence program for artists. Choreographers, dancers, and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will be in residence at the Summer Lyric Theatre for the production of musicals, and to participate in community outreach activities.
UNIMA-USA
Atlanta, GA
$12,000
To support the publication and distribution of Puppetry International Magazine and the Directory of Touring Companies & Professional Puppetry Services. The project will include expanded Web site services to promote the interests and international visibility of American puppeteers.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (on behalf of THEATREWORKS)
Colorado Springs, CO
$12,000
To support the production and tour of a Shakespeare play to audiences in underserved Colorado communities. Artistic Director Murray Ross will direct.
Western Stage Auxiliary Corporation
Salinas, CA
$15,000
To support the continued development of a stage adaptation of Victor Villaseñor's novel Rain of Gold. The original play, created and produced by the company in 2003, will be further developed, performed, and reworked as a viable script for publication and future production.
Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$27,000
To support a multistate tour of Jo Roets' acclaimed adaptation of Cyrano, directed by Liz Diamond, to rural and underserved audiences throughout New England. Targeting communities with no resident theater, the production will be supplemented by study guides, workshops, pre-show lectures, audio description, and ASL interpretation.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Topanga, CA
$12,000
To support the production of William Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra with accompanying educational programs and materials. The project will include a one-hour version of the play to tour to schools throughout Los Angeles, and educational school field trips to see matinee performances.
Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the BRACE UP! Project, an educational video installation. The project will include the development of a DVD compiled from video footage of the production of Paul Schmidt's translation of Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.
Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the TheaterWorks! project. The initiative offers artist residencies and workshops to low-income people in New York City labor unions.
Writers' Theatre
Glencoe, IL
$10,000
To support the creation, development, and tour of a new play. The King Project (Where were you when Martin Luther King was shot?) will be written and directed by playwright Yolanda Androzzo, and will tour to area middle and high schools.
Young at Heart Chorus, Incorporated
Northampton, MA
$25,000
To support the production and tour of two musicals. The Chorus will tour the repertory works Road to Heaven and Road to Nowhere to states in the Midwest, and on the West Coast.
Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
Washington, DC
$18,000
To support the Youth to Dare Tour. The project will produce plays that are engaging and playful, and reflect current issues that will speak to multigenerational, multicultural audiences.
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