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Theatre Funding News, Volume #33 Dear Theatre Artist, Welcome to Theatre Funding News, Volume #33. This free bi-monthly newsletter is a service provided by The Fund for Women Artists, a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women's lives. For more information about us, please see the About Us section of this web site.
Watch Our Online Video! Check out our lively 8-minute video introduction to The Fund for Women Artists at: www.WomenArts.org/push. It features interviews with our Executive Director Martha Richards and Julie Akeret, Andrea Hairston, Jenny Ladd, and Lenelle Moise, as well as music by Pamela Means and photos of many artists from the WomenArts Network. Produced by Kate Geis. Contents - This newsletter is organized into three sections:
Highlighted entries - Entries highlighted in orange are specifically seeking works by women. Best of luck in all your good work, Carrie Grabo |
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The Field Artist Residencies – Granting free workspace to New York City artists working in dance, theatre, music, literature, performance art, and various types of multidisciplinary art. Residents receive 4 months of rehearsal space (at The FAR Space, 521 W. 26th St. and 10th Ave.) for up to 6 hours per week and participate in Fieldwork, The Field’s work-in-progress forums. Studio space is approximately 40’ x 26’. NOTE: Grantees chosen by lottery. Those selected receive phone call on August 8 and must reply with confirmation of acceptance within 24 hours or lose slot. Also, grantees must attend one orientation meeting, either August 15 or August 22, 6:30-7:30 p.m. FEE: $25 (for artists who are not members of The Field. James Scruggs, Manager, The Field, Attn: FAR, 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, T: (212) 691-6969 ext. 15, james@thefield.org, www.thefield.org. Receipt deadline: August 7, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Identity House – Seeking artwork by queer artists for September show. Identity House is open to all forms of media, including film and video, installation, and performance art; subject matter of the artwork does not need to reflect the queer experience. NOTE: Contact Identity House by email for prospectus and entry form. NO FEE. Eric Allen Carter, I-Gallery Associate Curator, Identity House, 39 W. 14th Street, Suite 205, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 243-8181, eric@identityhouse.org, www.identityhouse.org. Deadline: August 7, 2006 Push Productions – Non-profit New York City theater company committed to creating ensemble theatrical presentations that promote social awareness, with characters whose choices affect a vast range of society. Interested in drama, musical, comedy, multi-media, and more. Push is currently accepting submissions, but process begins by sending inquiry email ONLY – do not mail or email unsolicited scripts. All types of works welcome: drama, musical, comedy, multi-media, other. Please note: submit your inquiry via mail only. NO FEE. Push Productions, Inc., info@pushproductions.net, www.pushproductions.net. Deadline: not specified Performing at Columbia University – Columbia seeks proposals from performers, artists, poets, video artists, etc. for Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 schedule. The university is specifically interested in performance programs connected to the topics of sexual/domestic violence prevention; prevention around drugs and alcohol; respecting diversity; masculinity; body images/eating disorders; and/or healthy relationships. Send packet/video package for review. NO FEE. Asere, Alfred Learner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Room 301, Mail Code 3841, New York, NY 10027, T: (212) 854-2136, kb2221@Columbia.edu. Deadline: not specified Bad Plays Festival / International Cringe Festival (Fall, 2006, New York, NY) – NY Artists Unlimited seeks “bad” plays: anything campy, risqué, taboo, satirical, politically incorrect, etc., but which keeps the audience laughing throughout. Any length up to 50 minutes (shorter preferred). As size of and attention to their Cringe Festival has grown (festival has garnered major media attention and attracted renowned writers, directors, and Broadway producers), organizers have restructured it “fringe” style, with a participation fee and box office split involved. Selection process is highly competitive, with plays read aloud by professional actors 2-3 times prior to decision. Mandatory application form available on website. FEE: $40-$50. Melba LaRose, Artistic Director, NY Artists Unlimited, 212 W. 14 St. #2A, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 228-2886, nyartunltd@aol.com, www.nyartists.org. Deadline: August 31, 2006 (regular), September 30, 2006 (late) Ohio State University Playwright-in-Residence Program – Offering a selected playwright a 10-week residency (January 3, 2007 – March 15, 2007) of teaching, writing, and a staged reading. Must teach playwriting course 2 days/week to approximately 20 students (undergrad and grad, mixed) and receive a staged reading of their work in the new works lab of the Department of Theatre. Housing at OSU’s James Thurber House. Recent Playwrights-in-Residence include Carlyle Brown, Catherine Filloux, Gloria Baxter, and Sam Kelly. To apply, send letter of interest and resume or C.V., by post or email. Letter of interest should include: an outline of your current projects and recent work; a statement regarding your personal approach to teaching the art and craft of playwriting; and a statement of how you plan to use your time at Thurber House to advance your development as a playwright. Selection made by October 1, 2006. NO FEE. Mark Shanda, Chair, Ohio State University Department of Theatre, 1089 Drake Performance and Events, 1849 Cannon Drive, Columbus, OH 43210-1266, T: (614) 292-5821, FAX: (614) 292-3222, shanda.1@osu.edu, http://theatre.osu.edu. Deadline: September 1, 2006 **Sphinx Theatre Company / Brave New Roles Award** – Opportunity for UK playwrights. Sphinx, a touring theatre company that places women at the center of its artistic endeavor, and Oberon Books are sponsoring this new award for the playwright who creates the most interesting role for a woman in a new play. Winning playwright receives 2,000 pounds plus commissioning fee, and the play will be presented as part of Sphinx’s 2007/2008 Brave New Roles showcase. 5 additional short-listed writers will have their pieces performed as part of award’s lunchtime showcase. To apply, must be UK resident and play must be over 30 minutes long and previously unperformed. No email submissions. NO FEE. Sue Parrish, Artistic Director, Brave New Roles, c/o Sphinx Theatre Company, 25 Short Street, London, SE1 18LJ UK, T: (+44 (0) 20 7401 9993/4, FAX: +44 (0) 20 7401 9995, info@sphinxtheatre.co.uk, www.sphinxtheatre.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=730B26A5-2DED-408F-A915-7337D32C0452. Receipt deadline: September 30, 2006 Y.E.S. (Year End Series) Festival (April 12-22, 2007, Highland Heights, KY) – Department of Theatre of Northern Kentucky University seeks full-length plays and small-orchestra musicals for award-winning festival of new plays. $500 cash prize, full production, and expense-paid visit to NKU for playwright to see production (playwright should be available to visit beginning about one week prior to festival). Plays must not have had prior professional or university production. No children’s theatre, one-acts, or reader’s theatre pieces; adaptations considered only if adapted work is in public domain. NOTE: No electronic submissions. NO FEE. Sandra Forman, Y.E.S. Festival Project Director, Northern Kentucky University, Department of Theatre, FA 228, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099, forman@nku.edu, www.nku.edu/~theatre/yesfestivalrules.htm. Deadline: September 30, 2006 GayFest NYC Festival of New Plays and Musicals (May 9 – June 2, 2007, New York, NY) – Young and emerging writers and experienced and professional playwrights and composers encouraged to submit original, unpublished, full-length, production-ready works dealing with LGBT characters or issues in a literal or metaphorical way. Works may be selected for full main stage Equity productions (6-10 performances) or for the Studio Reading series. Librettos and musical scores must be complete. 3 settings max, 9 actors max. No works having Equity showcase within 1 year before or after festival or that have been produced in an NYC theatre with more than 99 seats. Send 2 copies of script and 1 CD of score; include on title page the author’s name and contact info; enclose bio and/or author’s history of play, character breakdown, brief synopsis, and adequate SASE if return of material desired. NO FEE. GayFest NYC, c/o Bruce Robert Harris, One River Place, Suite 917, New York, NY 10036. Deadline: September 30, 2006 **Potluck Productions / Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival** – Open to all female playwrights writing in English, including students enrolled in BFA/MFA playwriting programs. Special attention given to emerging Kansas City area writers. Scripts should be previously unproduced short plays or monologues (10-20 minutes). Playwrights chosen for the festival will be given 2 roundtable readings, separated by 5 - 6 days for rewrites, in December and January. The roundtable readings will include festival’s director and actors (playwright’s participation optional). Winning plays then undergo 4 weeks of rehearsal before receiving fully staged production run. Playwrights allowed to attend several rehearsals, with rewrites during this time allowed at discretion of festival’s director. No electronic submissions. Potluck Productions, 7338 Belleview, Kansas City, MO 64114, talk_to_us@kcpotluckproductions.com, www.kcpotluckproductions.com. Deadline: October 1, 2006 INPORT IV International Video-Performance Art Festival (December 2006, Tallinn, Estonia) – Bringing performance artists from around the world closer to Estonian audiences. Online catalog will be compiled and posted on www.inport.tk after festival. Categories: Video-performance (performances made specially for the camera) and Video documentary (video documentations of performances). All lengths, single screen only. Formats: DVD, miniDV (PAL only), VCD. No official entry form. Enclose on paper or as CD-R/Word doc performance artist or group name; performance title; statement of performance; date, venue, festival, or event where first performed; brief resume of performance artist, contact info (email, postal address, etc.). NOTE: All deliveries from international participants must be marked “No Commercial Value – For Cultural Purposes Only.” NO FEE. Gert Hatsukov, INPORT Curator, Kotka 28-1, Tallinn, ESTONIA, info.inport@mail.ee, www.inport.tk. Deadline: October 1, 2006 Queer Soup Theater / New Play Festival: The Anniversary Series – For playwrights residing in New England region. Queer Soup seeks scripts for plays 5-30 minutes long, for festival of new plays that “introduce, unite, and incite audiences by using laughter to smuggle ideas across society’s borders.” Submissions must be queer-oriented (LGBTQA) and address in some way the festival theme of “anniversary.” No full-length plays; no musicals or children’s theatre. Plays may not have had a previous professional or university production. NO FEE. Queer Soup Theater, ATTN: Festival Director, 24 Hopkins Road, Arlington, MA 02476, T: (617) 824-4297, festival@queersoup.net, www.queersoup.net/opportunities.html. Deadline: October 1, 2006 Theatre on a Shoestring Playwriting Contest – For New England playwrights. Winner receives a full production and $500. Entries must be non-musical, full-length plays, any genre, 8 characters max. Playwrights must be legal residents of Vermont, Massachusetts, or New Hampshire and must be 18+ years old at time of entry. NO FEE. TOAS Playwriting Contest, P.O. Box 1012, Burlington, VT 05402-1012. playreading@theatreshoe.com, www.theatreshoe.com/ContestRules-Playwriting06.asp. Receipt deadline: October 15, 2006 Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award – At the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University. Open to original, full-length plays by any playwright, all themes or genres. No previously produced or published plays, and no musicals, one-acts, or works previously entered in Northern Michigan University’s playwriting competitions. Winning playwright receives $2,000 cash award and fully-mounted production during upcoming Forest Roberts Theatre Season, plus travel, room, and board to come to the university to serve as Artist-in-Residence the week of the show. (Winner may also be asked to participate in a Script Development Workshop during the summer, working with professional dramaturge, the director, and an assembled cast – transportation, room, and board provided.) Submissions open August 1. NO FEE. Playwriting Coordinator, Panowski Playwriting Competition, Forest Roberts Theatre, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, MI 49855-5364, www.nmu.edu/theatre/award2.html. Receipt deadline: October 31, 2006 **Pleiades Theatre / Stars of the Future New Play Project** – A staged reading series of works on women-oriented themes: issues of importance to women; celebrating the fullness of women’s experiences in a contemporary or historical context; honoring women of past generations; reaching out to young women of the next generation(s). Preference given to women playwrights with a Kentucky connection, though all scripts considered. Script submitted during 1st quarter of the year would be read during second quarter, for consideration for the third quarter staged reading, etc. Script may be selected for future mainstage production. NO FEE. Stars of the Future New Play Project Coordinator, The Pleiades Theatre Company, P.O. Box 1795, Louisville, KY 40201-1795, artistic@pleiadestheatreco.org, www.pleiadestheatreco.org. **Rivendell Theatre Ensemble** – Professional Equity company dedicated to pursuing the talents of women artists – playwrights, actors, directors, technical staff, and designers – to create a quality, compelling environment for both actor and audience, an intimate theatre experience that explores new voices and reflects personal human journeys in an engaging salon environment. Seeking one-act plays or full-length plays with 6 performers max; interested in creating new work as an ensemble as well as in producing Chicago and world premieres. NO FEE. Tara Mallen, Artistic Director, 1711 West Belle Plaine #3B, Chicago, IL 60613, T: (773) 472-1169, info@rivendelltheatre.net, www.rivendelltheatre.net. City Theatre Company – Providing a home for contemporary theatre in Pittsburgh, PA, with a strong focus on new works, often in their premieres or second producations (and often with playwright in residence developing the text). Always seeking unproduced work, and accepts full-length original plays, adaptations, translations, musicals, and solo plays. Particularly interested in new, innovative, theatrical plays of substance and ideas that engage the intellect as well as the emotions and that challenge preconceptions about both life and theatre; works of unconventional form, content, and/or use of language; compelling stories; and plays by underrepresented voices (e.g., women, writers of color, writers with disabilities). Do not send script; rather, mail a query letter, with resume, complete synopsis of play, a character breakdown, a 15-20 pp. dialogue sample (and demo cassette or CD for musicals), and development and production history of play. NOTE: no phone calls. NO FEE. Carlyn Ann Aquiline, Literary Manager & Dramaturg, City Theatre Company, 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, caquiline@citytheatrecompany.org, www.citytheatrecompany.org. Silk Road Theatre Project – Chicago-based theatre company dedicated to showcasing works relevant to a people (or peoples) of the Silk Road and/or their Diaspora community or communities. Company is eagerly looking for plays written by South Asian playwrights (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan), Korean-American playwrights, and Greek-American playwrights. The play’s protagonist must be of an Asian, Middle Eastern, or Mediterranean background. Dramas, comedies, musicals, solo pieces, and performance art pieces all welcome. Submissions will be considered for either staged reading or production. Include a resume with production history when mailing script. NOTE: no email submissions. NO FEE. Jamil Khoury, Artistic Director, Silk Road Theatre Project, The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 West Washington Street, Pierce Hall, Chicago, IL 60602, jamil@srtp.org, www.srtp.org. Portland Theatre Works – Always accepting submissions for workshops and the FreshWorks reading series. Mission is to develop new work – public presentation is not necessarily primary part of the process. Most projects involve submission of complete draft of a script, but company is open to different models and processes of developing new work. Scripts and proposals may be submitted. Plays may not have had a professional Equity production, but previous workshops or readings are okay. NO FEE. Andrew Golla, Portland Theatre Works, P.O. Box 8582, Portland, OR 97207-8582, T: (503) 296-5533, submissions@ptwks.org, www.ptwks.org. Theatre One Productions – Located 45 miles south of Boston, MA, and with a mission to nurture, develop, and encourage playwrights, Theatre One seeks new plays for staged readings, future slams, and possible productions. Comedies preferred but will strongly consider dramas; monologues and performance pieces also accepted. No children’s plays or musicals at this time. Plays with no more than 4 characters preferred (venue is small). Plays may be 5, 10, or 60-90 minutes long. Submit by postal mail or as a Word attachment to an email. NO FEE. Theatre One Productions, Inc., c/o Peg Holzemer, 12 Spencer St. #C, Middleboro, MA 02346, Pegasus@tmlp.com. Wishbone Productions (Vernon, B.C., Canada) – Seeking scripts about cowgirls. Especially interested in one-woman shows. Wishbone works out of the Historic O’Keefe Rance in Vernon, B.C., where cowboy/girl, Western-themed material with music goes over very well. Theatre seats 170. NO FEE. Sharon, Wishbone Productions, Box 5, Dunster, B.C., V0J 1J0, CANADA, stearnssa@yahoo.com, www.okeeferanch.bc.ca/cowboytheatre.php. Group M35 Agency Online Magazine – Launching in October, 2006, with a mission to build new bridges between seeing and telling, documentation and imagination. Monthly online magazine will combine award-winning photographs with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics, dialogue, essays, comedy, etc. All genres and styles welcome. Each month, 10 photographs will be displayed on the website. Writers choose 1-3 of these images and build an original piece around them. Group M35 also welcomes submissions of written work unrelated to the photographs, to be considered for a Features project; if selected, writer works one-on-one with one of Group M35’s photographers to conceptualize and create a magazine piece from scratch. For all submissions, writers compensated in event work is used. Submissions in language other than English welcome if you also provide an English translation. No submissions by email or FAX. NO FEE. Magazine Submissions, Group M35, 526 West 26th Street, Studio 507, New York, NY 10001, T: (212) 242-1593, magazine@groupm35.com, www.groupm35.com/writingsubmissions. |
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National Assembly of State Arts Agencies / National Accessibility Leadership Award – Seeking nominations for award of one-year matching grant of up to $30,000 to a state or regional arts agency, in recognition of an exceptional and effective initiative or program that makes the arts accessible and inclusive to individuals with disabilities and/or older adults. Award co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Nominations may be made by any state arts agency or regional arts organization staff or council member or by individuals/organizations working on access issues in participation with such an agency/organization. Paula Terry (for questions), Dennis Dewey (Managing Director), NASAA, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, T: (202) 682-5530, FAX: (202) 737-0526, terryp@arts.endow.gov, http://nasaa-arts.org/natl_access_award_2006.html. Deadline: August 14, 2006 Johnson & Johnson / Society for the Arts in Healthcare Partnership Arts and Healing Grant Program – For healthcare organizations and/or arts agencies working in partnership to produce innovative projects to serve patients, their families, and caregivers in healthcare settings and to promote healing and preventive health. Projects should be broad and innovative and may be located in a variety of settings. Funds will be reserved for arts programs serving those living with HIV/AIDS, their families, and/or their caregivers. Applicants must be a current member of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Application by invitation only; process begins with letter of inquiry. J&J/SAH Partnership, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, 2437 15th St., NW, 3rd Floor, Washington , DC 20009, T: (202) 299-9770, FAX: (202) 299-9887, mail@thesah.org, www.thesah.org. Receipt deadline (for letters of inquiry): August 16, 2006, 5:00 p.m. EST Service-Works – Grants of $200-$300 to individuals for short-term projects that have a total maximum budget of $350. Each exact grant amount varies –determined by how much money Service-Works’ creator, artist and waiter Josh Greene, makes in tips on one specific night’s work at a fine-dining restaurant in San Francisco ($250 on average). Anyone may apply; project need not seem like “art,” but should be engaging. As sole judge, Greene is “…most interested in … projects that may involve exchange, interaction, story telling and problem solving…projects that grow out of and deal with real-life situations, be they political, personal or environmental…work that incorporates risk, humor, pathos and absurdity.” Not for projects already in process – must be able to start and complete project within about 3 weeks. Grantees required to document project using images and text, which will be presented on Service-Works website. Apply online. Josh Greene, works.service@gmail.com, http://web.mac.com/serviceworks/iWeb/Site/Service-Works.html, www.josh-greene.com. Deadline: 21st of each month Pride Foundation Northwest States Funding Program – Offers a range of grants and scholarships intended to connect, inspire, and strengthen the Pacific Northwest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in pursuit of equality. Currently accepting applications for its Pride 5-State grants program: $5,000 to organizations or projects that operate within one or more of the Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska and that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people. General operating support considered for organizations that target services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people, with an emphasis on small grassroots organizations. NOTE: Application details vary according to state – check website for particulars. Jeff Hedgepeth, Grants Program Manager, Pride Foundation, 1122 East Pike Street, PMB 1001, Seattle, WA, 98122-3934, T: (206) 323-3318 or 1-(800) 735-7287, grants@pridefoundation.org, www.pridefoundation.org/our_programs/grants/application_download/. Deadline: Varies North Carolina's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bright Ideas Education Grants. All North Carolina certified K-12 teachers are eligible to apply for a Bright Ideas grant of $1,000-$2,000 to finance an innovative and creative classroom project that would otherwise go unfunded, including hands-on projects involving activities in music, art, history, language, reading, science, career-planning, and information technology. Apply online. 1-800-662-8835, x2430, http://www.ncbrightideas.com/Nav.asp. Deadline: August 29 or August 31, 2006, depending on the school Dana Foundation Arts Education Program – Arts education organizations may apply for 1- and 2-year grants to support professional development projects originating in the New York City, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles areas, leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools. Grant size varies, up to $75,000. Projects should be aimed at professional artists teaching performing arts in the public schools and in-school art specialists who are permanent school staff and teach performing arts as primary area of instruction. Foundation’s interests include (but are not limited to): dance, music, or theatre based on a specific pedagogy, and arts curricula integrated into a school’s standard curriculum. Projects may not begin prior to April 1, 2007. NOTE: No awards directly to individuals or to individual schools or school districts. The Dana Foundation, 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10151, T: (212) 223-4040, FAX: (212) 317-8721, grantsinfo@dana.org, www.dana.org/grants/artseducation/guidelines.cfm. Deadline: August 31, 2006 (letter of intent) Pacific Life Foundation (Orange County, CA) – Accepting grant proposals from nonprofit agencies seeking funds for programs and projects in the areas of health and human services, education, arts and culture, civic and community development, and the environment. Programs and projects should serve areas with large concentrations of Pacific Life employees, i.e. the greater Orange County area, usually including more than one city or community. Some California statewide and national organizations will also receive support. General grants range from $2,500 to $10,000 for one year. Capital grants range from $10,000 to $100,000, paid out over multiple years. Robert G. Haskell, President, Pacific Life Foundation, 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660-6397, T: (949) 219-3787, www.pacificlife.com/Resource/Contact+Us/, www.pacificlife.com. Receipt deadline: August 31, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (postmarked by August 29, 2006) Starbucks Foundation Giving Voice Program – Grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for programs for youth (ages 6-18) that integrate literacy with personal and civic action, including by means of the arts (with particular mention of audio/video media and/or spoken word performance). Preference given to organizations that deliver services to traditionally underrepresented/underserved communities and communities of color; represent models in non-traditional learning environments and are directly engaged in service delivery; demonstrate program sustainability; and provide opportunities to integrate Starbucks partners (employees of Starbucks) and stores in a meaningful way. Apply online. The Starbucks Foundation, T: (206) 318- 7022, foundationgrants@starbucks.com, www.starbucks.com/foundation/. Deadline: September 1 and March 1 annually (for letters of inquiry) Fund for Southern Communities Grants for Social Change Work – Fostering social change initiated by progressive, grassroots, community-based nonprofit groups in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including efforts to promote and create nontraditional arts and media. Grants of $1,000 - $5,000 may be used to seed a new project or for general or project support for small organizations that have an organizational budget of $150,000 per year or less. FSC is especially interested in supporting projects unlikely to be funded by more traditional funding sources, including those whose geographic location limits funding opportunities. FSC does not fund direct services, social services, or special events. Fund for Southern Communities, 315 West Ponce De Leon Ave., Suite 1061, Decatur, GA 30030, T: (404) 371-8404, fsc@fundforsouth.org, www.fundforsouth.org. Receipt deadline: September 1, 2006, 5:00 p.m. National Foundation for Jewish Culture New Play Commissions in Jewish Theater – Grants of up to $5,000 awarded to nonprofit theater companies in the U.S. for the commissioning of a new full-length play or musical dealing substantively with issues of Jewish history, tradition, values, and/or contemporary life. Theater company must commit to presenting play to public in workshop production and/or staged reading, including a forum for public discussion. Grant can be used for any aspect of new play development, including commissioning fee, playwright’s residency expenses, or workshop costs. Company must have completed at least 2 seasons of public performance to qualify. NOTE: Website has not been updated with current deadlines – check in early August, when applications are slated to open. Kristen Runk, Associate Operations Director, New Play Commission in Jewish Theater, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 330 7th Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10001, T: (212) 629-0500, ext. 215, grants@jewishculture.org, www.jewishculture.org/theater/theater_npc.html. Deadline: Last year’s deadline was September 8 – check website Association of Performing Arts Presenters Ensemble Theatre Travel Subsidy Program – Grants of up to $2,000 annually to 1) theatre directors, producers, presenters, managers, artists, and agents, to see work by ensemble theatre companies who have initiated dialogue about long-term partnership, and 2) artistic, production, education, publicity, or marketing staff at ensemble theatre companies, to visit a potential host theatre or arts presenter in order to prepare for future engagement. Eligible: individuals at nonprofit theatres, presenting organizations, and artist management companies, as well as some independent directors, producers, presenters, or artist managers without nonprofit affiliation and staff at for-profit agencies and management firms. For U.S. and international travel for individuals and teams. Rachel Ferrara, Programs Manager, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, T: (888) 820-2787, FAX: (202) 833-1543, theatretravel@artspresenters.org, www.artspresenters.org. Receipt deadline: September 12, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (online) Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Grants for Programs Serving Adults with Disabilities – Towards their mission of “changing the face of disability on the planet,” ELA offers program grants of $1,000-$5,000 to U.S. nonprofit organizations, including arts organizations, that serve people with disabilities and have been in existence for 2+ years. Eligible programs must also have support from other funding sources in the community. Deborah Lewis, Executive Director, ELA Foundation, 2460 North Lake Avenue, PMB #128, Altadena, CA 91001, T: (626) 398-8840, executivedirector@ela.org, www.ela.org. Deadline: September 15, 2006 (initial online application) Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation – Grants of $2,500-$15,000 to support the work of early- to mid-career individual creative artists working in musical theatre. Individuals may apply for general support for ongoing development of work or for support for particular project (collaborators who work together regularly encouraged to apply as a team). Need not be U.S. citizen but must reside/work in U.S. on at least part-time basis. Organizations may only apply for project support for development and/or production of a new music/theatre piece that includes a Jonathan Larson Foundation prior individual award recipient as one of the creative artists. Students not eligible – artists should have completed their formal training and begun working in professional field. Nancy Kassak Diekmann, Executive Director, Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation, P.O. Box 672, Prince St. Station, New York, NY 10012, T: (212) 529-0814, FAX: (212) 253-7604, JLPAF@jlpaf.org, www.jlpaf.org. Deadline: September 15, 2006 Kleban Award – Given annually to both a librettist and a lyricist, each of whom receives $100,000, payable in 2 annual installments of $50,000. Applicants must EITHER have had work previously produced on a stage or in a workshop performance OR be or have been a member or associate of a professional musical workshop or theater group, i.e., ASCAP, BMI Theater Workshop, or the Dramatists Guild Musical Theater Development Program. Previous Kleban Award winners or individuals whose work has been performed on Broadway for a cumulative 2 years prior to date of application ineligible. Kleban Award Coordinator, New Dramatists, 424 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, T: (212) 757-6960 ext. 19, www.newdramatists.org/kleban_award.htm. Deadline: September 15, 2006 The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust / Piper Fellows Program (Arizona) – Annually offers awards of up to $30,000 to support the professional development of outstanding senior executives of 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organizations serving the people of Maricopa County, AZ, in the areas of human services, health, education, religion, and arts and culture. Awards intended to give professionals in the nonprofit field a one-two month work-release time (plus expenses for study and travel) to retool, refresh, and renew their skills. The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, 6720 North Scottsdale Rd., Suite 350, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, T: (480) 948-5853, info@pipertrust.org, www.pipertrust.org. Receipt deadline: September 15, 2006 New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers – An international fellowship program open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the NYPL Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Academics, independent scholars, and creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets) work on a project at the library and engage in ongoing exchange of ideas within the center and in public forums throughout the library. Fellow receives a stipend of $50,000 - $55,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the library’s physical and electronic resources for 9 month term (September–May). Candidates who need to work primarily in the NYPL’s other libraries not eligible, nor are applicants seeking funding for research leading directly to a degree. The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, The New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., Room 225, New York, NY 10018-2788, T: (212) 930-0830, csw@nypl.org, www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/index.html. Deadline: September 29, 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships for Scholars and Artists – Fellowships awarded to scholars and artists who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Filmmakers and playwrights among those eligible. Students ineligible. Grant amounts vary, adjusted to fellow’s other resources and the purpose and scope of her/his plans (in 2006, average grant was around $40,000). Appointments for at least 6 months, generally 1 year. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, T: (212) 687-4470, FAX: (212) 697-3248, fellowships@gf.org, www.gf.org. Deadline: October 1, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), December 1, 2006 (Latin America and Caribbean) Theatre Bay Area’s New Works Fund – Annually awards 2 grants of $10,000 each to a creative team composed of a Bay Area playwright and a theatre company, with $5,000 going to playwright and $5,000 to company. In fulfillment of grant, writer and company will develop and fully produce the awarded new work. Fund targets playwrights living full-time in greater San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma counties) and theatre companies with annual budgets of $50,000-$750,000 (and that have current Theatre Bay Area membership). Proposals may be for any type of theatrical work (plays; musicals; operas; multi-media or performance pieces) or multi-disciplinary production that involves an original and unproduced scripted text. Theatre Bay Area, 870 Market St., Suite 375, San Francisco, CA 94102, T: (415) 430-1140, members@theatrebayarea.org, www.theatrebayarea.org. Receipt deadline: October 2, 2006, 5:00 p.m. NYFA Artists' Fellowships – The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship program makes $7,000 cash awards to individual artists who have been living and working in the state of New York for at least 2 years. This year NYFA is accepting applications in select disciplines including Computer Arts, Film, and Cross-Disciplinary/Performative Work. Artist must be 18+ years old; matriculated students are not eligible. Preferred online application will be available soon on the website. Artists’ Fellowships, New York Foundation for the Arts, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10013-1507, T: (212) 366-6900, ext. 217, FAX: (212) 366-1778, nyfaaft@nyfa.org, www.nyfa.org. Deadline: October 3, 2006 The American Antiquarian Society Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists – Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, filmmakers, journalists, and others whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Work should be intended for a general audience; among eligible projects are performance of historical music or drama; documentary films; television programs; radio broadcasts; plays; libretti; screenplays; and many others. Fellowships provide 4 weeks of uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the Society, plus $1,200 stipend and a travel allowance. David Moran, Director of Outreach, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634, T: (508) 755-5221, FAX: (508) 753-3311, cmcrell@mwa.org, www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm. Receipt deadline: October 5, 2006 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships – Private, nonprofit North Carolina-based center will provide 40 residential fellowships of up to $50,000 plus travel for advanced study in the humanities during the 2007-08 academic year. Scholars of any age and from any nation encouraged, but must hold doctorate or equivalent and have record of publication. In addition to scholars from all fields of humanities, the NHC accepts individuals, including from the arts, who are engaged in humanistic projects. This year, individual fellowships available in art history or visual culture, French history or culture, Asian Studies, theology, American art history, and environmental history. Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256, T: (919) 549-0661, nhc@ga.unc.edu, www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm. Deadline: October 15, 2006 **Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants** – Providing grants of up to $2,500 for women and trans people in the Delaware Valley region (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) who have financial need, so that they may create their art and social change project or opportunity. Open to any medium, including traditional and non-traditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms. Project should have an impact on the artist and a larger group, audience, or community. Applicants must have letter of support from a supporting or collaborating Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way) and be 18+ years old. Full-time or matriculated students in an arts-degree program ineligible. Leeway Foundation, 123 S. Broad St., Suite 2040, Philadelphia, PA 19109, T: (215) 545-4078, info@leeway.org, www.leeway.org. Deadline: October 16, 2006 Theatre Communications Group / International Theatre Institute Travel Grants – Fostering cultural exchange and artistic partnerships between theatre professionals in the U.S. and counterparts in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe. TCG/ITI grants of $2,500 support travel in either direction between theatre artists, administrators, and educators. Recipients may be either a U.S. not-for-profit theatre applying on behalf of a theatre professional or an individual theatre professional who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Two grant cycles; for fall 2006, travel must be completed by July 31, 2007. Michael Francis, Artistic Programs Associate, TCG/ITI Travel Grants, 520 Eighth Ave, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156, T: (212) 609-5900 ext. 252, mfrancis@tcg.org, www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_index.cfm. Deadline: October 27, 2006 **A Room of Her Own (AROHO) 2006-07 Gift of Freedom Award for Fiction** – [NOTE: Although the following award is not for playwriting, I include it here in case any playwrights are also writing fiction. What a wonderful award! – C.G.] $50,000 grant for American women writers who demonstrate not only their talent but their motivation and who have a social, as well as an artistic, vision. AROHO looks for women who have solid creative and spiritual goals and a specific project to accomplish during the grant term. Award based in part on potential future impact of artist’s work on broader community. Recipients have a moral contract to complete their project (over 2-year period) and give back to AROHO by mentoring other Gift of Freedom recipients. Must be U.S. citizen. Application process is somewhat complex - start early! FEE: $35. A Room of Her Own Foundation, P.O. Box 778, Placitas, NM 87043, info@aroomofherown.org, www.aroomofherown.org/giftfreedom_application.html. Deadline: February 1, 2007 Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Education Program – Providing grants of up to $5,000 for small-scale education initiatives (teacher training and related programs that address the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community) in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states, in order to increase awareness and understanding of Japan. Performances, exhibitions, movie screenings, readings, and demonstrations of Japanese traditional arts eligible but must include discussion or lecture component. Charles Tanzer, Center for Global Partnership, Education Program, 152 W. 57th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10019, T: (212) 489-1255 ext. 118, charles_tanzer@cgp.org, www.cgp.org. Deadline: Rolling |
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Power of Words: Liberating Yourself and the World through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word (October 6-9, 2006, Plainfield, VT) – Conference organized by Goddard College’s Transformative Language concentration and featuring singer-songwriter Greg Greenway, storyteller Gail Rosen, poet and writer Cheryl Savageau, poet and actress Laura Secord, plus 35 presenters in literature, the arts, and healing arts. Registration: $210-$240. Some partial scholarships available, including the Roxanne Florence Fund for people of color. Jewel, (802) 454-8311 ext. 204, TLAconference@goddard.edu, www.goddard.edu/academic/TLAconference.html See Jane – Seeking to engage professionals and parents in a call to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters - and to reduce gender stereotyping - in media made for children 11 and under. See Jane founder Academy Award winner Geena Davis says, "By making it common for our youngest children to see everywhere a balance of active and complex male and female characters, girls and boys will grow up to empathize with and care more about each others' stories." See Jane is administered by national non-profit Dads and Daughters (www.dadsanddaughters.org), which provides fathers with tools to be better fathers and advocates for our daughters and whose advocacy has changed public policy and corporate marketing. Easy-to-use tips for professionals and parents as well as news bulletins and forums on the latest research and advocacy efforts concerning children’s media are available at www.SeeJane.org. Stageplays Lists Ongoing Opportunities for Playwrights – Through their newly redesigned online Playwrights’ Forum, Stageplays.com offers several pages of theatres’ ongoing calls for entries. Playwrights are encouraged to visit the individual theatres’ listed websites to confirm that the information is current. Browse the various offerings at www.stageplays.com and follow the links to the Forum or go directly to the ongoing calls listings at www.stageplays-forum.com/forum16/135.html . KadmusArts Theatre, Dance, and Music Festival Database – For and about performing arts festivals all over the world. With over 4,500 festivals and growing, www.KadmusArts.com serves as a resource and social network for festivals, audiences, artists, and cultural tourists, with practical information for planning as well as background articles, biographies, interviews, books, photos, and artist websites. KadmusArts is based in Southern Vermont, with freelance stringers around the world. The Fair Use Network – Launched by The Free Expression Policy Project, a new website with information and resources to help artists, scholars, activists, and everyone else who contributes to culture and political debate, to defend their rights to fair use under copyright and trademark law. What are your own copyright or trademark rights? How much can you borrow, quote, or copy from someone else's work? What happens if you get a "cease and desist" letter from a copyright owner? The Fair Use Network was created because of the many questions that artists, writers, and others have about "intellectual property" issues. At http://fairusenetwork.org. |
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