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United States Artists Names 2022 USA Fellows

DeLanna Studi, Machine Dazzle, Marga Gomez, Nataki Garrett, and Lars America Jan make up the theatre and performance fellows.

The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to ‘correct and broaden’ conceptions of Jewishness onstage.

Reynolds-Knott will develop a new play with Oklahoma City University, Centre College in Kentucky, and Furman University in South Carolina.

2021 fellow Bleu Beckford-Burrell will also continue her fellowship into a second year.

The producing fellows will join a larger class of fellows across the theatre industry.

This class of artist-activists are honored for their use of narratives to impact systemic racism and criminal justice reform.

Among the grants are nearly 300 for theatre organizations, earmarked for a total of more than $3.2 million.

The Minnesota company will produce three new plays, including one by the late playwright Barbara Field.

Finalists for the $35,000 prize and six-week residency include Luis Alfaro, Eisa Davis, and Madeleine George.

This year’s recipients are Kenan Arun, Nathaniel J. Bice, Chibueze Crouch, Mitchell Jakubka, Gabriel Nuñez de Arco, and Grisel (GG) Torres.