Genres Theater
New Works Series 2018
29th Street Playwrights Collective
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
Staged Readings of six new socially-engaged full-length plays by mature emerging playwrights, mostly women, who are often excluded from programming due to sexism and ageism. The goal is to present the most moving, eventful, relevant theatrical work possible. Read More
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- Website: 29thstreetplaywrightscollective.org
Holy Land (2014)
3rd Kulture Kids
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
What if bombs & gunfire were the daily soundtrack to your life? Mohamed Kacimi finds humor and poetry in his critically acclaimed "Holy Land", translated by Chantal Bilodeau. The US premiere was presented at HERE in Spring 2014. Read More
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- Website: www.3rdkulturekids.com
Rerelease Party (The Golden Record)
A Host of People
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
Re-Release Party is theatrical performance rooted in the 1977 project led by Carl Sagan and a dynamic team of scientists and artists who created the Golden Record, a phonograph record which attempts to communicate the story of life on earth for extraterrestrials and future humans. Read More
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- Website: www.ahostofpeople.org
The Appointment
Alice Yorke
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
A dark satire with original music, THE APPOINTMENT examines the misogyny, hypocrisy, and absurdity of the contemporary abortion debate in America. The work unpacks the economic, societal, and political systems that disempower groups of people from making informed reproductive decisions. Read More
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- Website: www.lightningrodspecial.com
Land Use Intervention Library
Almeida, Nora
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
Land Use Intervention Library is part of an ongoing project about land use, climate change, and self-determination based in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The library exist(s)ed temporarily as two site-specific public performances and permanently as a handmade catalog, video, and collection of ephemera. Read More
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- Website: https://noraalmeida.com/land-use-intervention-library
Labor Arts Program (2014)
American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Labor Art classes for students grades 3-5 are held on Saturdays at the American Labor Museum to introduce children to the story of immigrants and the labor movement,then & now, as a means of inspiration to create performing and visual arts projects. Read More
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- Website: http://www.labormuseum.net
SPECIAL
Ann P Meredith
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
The timely unprecedented diverse inclusive character driven play offering 6 female leads that passionately looks at the life long ramifications of sexual harassment rape & sexual assault & the healing power of reclaiming one’s stolen innocence through finding your voice & speaking the Truth Read More
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- Website: www.annpmeredith.com
Elemental
Arcata Playhouse and Playhouse Arts
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
Elemental is an outdoor spectacle that includes giant puppets, a shadow play, community made lanterns Read More
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- Website: http:/www.arcataplayhouse.org
The Future Within Us
Arts & Climate Initiative
Year Grant Awarded: 2023
An evening of short plays about the climate crisis. Read More
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- Website: www.artsandclimate.org
Playback Theatre Festival 2012
Arts Rising
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
October 5-8 2012, D.C, the Playback Theatre Festival "Making Life Visible" convened 150 performing artists, from 39 troupes, featured 40 workshops on social impact and artistry, and offered community plenaries and 6 public performances. Read More
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- Website: http://playback-north-america.spruz.com/festival-2012.htm