FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence II

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Multidisciplinary | Museums | Music | Musical Theater
Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

THEATER

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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