NEA Launches ArtsHERE Grants, With Focus on Equity and Access
The new program will provide grants of of $65,000 to $130,000 to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity.
The new program will provide grants of of $65,000 to $130,000 to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity.
The 10 playwrights will receive staged readings of their work and a $10,000 stipend.
The New Jersey theatre is developing new works by Scott Organ, Vincent Terrell Durham, Benjamin V. Marshall, and Melissa Toomey.
The songwriting duo’s musical ‘Ride’ will have its American premiere at the Old Globe next year.
The fellowship seeks to support a promising female or nonbinary actor of color and includes a $10,000 prize.
Her specialties have been performance theory, European theatre and cultural history, transformative aesthetics, and performances of Greek tragedies since 1800.
The new works grant is named in honor of founding artistic director Katherine Owens.
The 2 writers were honored at last week’s Dramatists Guild Foundation gala.
A Tony winner for ‘The Cher Show,’ the Broadway star most recently appeared on Chicago stages as the Baker’s Wife in the national tour of ‘Into the Woods.’
Kareem Fahmy and AriDy Nox will develop Next Forever commissions, while Michael Breslin, Dan Caffrey, Zachariah Ezer, Leonardo Gonzalez Dominguez, James La Bella, Elizagrace Madrone, Dominique Rider, and Cat Rodriguez will join the 2023-24 R&D Group.