Sixty-three US Theatres Receive Actors' Equity Grants

Sixty-three U.S. theatres--among them the Arden Theatre Company, the Atlantic Theatre Company, the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, the Irish Repertory Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club and Primary Stages--have been announced as recipients of the Actors' Equity Foundation's 2005-2006 Theater Grants.

The grants--which total over $54, 850 to be shared among the theaters--are given to not-for-profit Equity theatres each year.  This year's recipients of the Theater Grants are:

Eastern Region

Acting Company
Amas Musical Theatre
Arden Theatre, Company
ArtsPower
Atlantic Theater Company
Capital Repertory
Cherry Lane Theatre
Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Geva Theatre Center
Great Lakes Theatre Festival
Irish Repertory Theatre
Jean Cocteau Repertory
Manhattan Theatre Club
MCC Theatre
New Federal Theatre
New York Theatre Workshop
No. Carolina Shakespeare Festival
Orlando Theatre Project, Inc.
Pan Asian Repertory
Pearl Theatre Company
Primary Stages
Public Theater
Signature Theatre Company
The New Group
Theater By The Blind
Theatre For A New Audience
Theatreworks USA
Vineyard Theatre
Walnut Street Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre

Central Region

American Players Theatre
Apple Tree Theatre
Arkansas RepertoryTheater
Boarshead Theatre
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
Human Race Theatre
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Mixed Blood Theatre
New Harmony Theatre
Penumbra Theatre
Purple Rose Theatre
Stage One: Louisville Children's Theatre
Stages St. Louis
St. Louis Black Repertory
Theatre at the Center
Unicorn Theatre
Writers Theatre

Western Region

Actors Theatre of Phoenix
Austin Shakespeare company
California Conservatory Theatre
Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts
Colony Theatre Company
East West Players
Falcon Theatre
International City Theatre
Lyric Stage Company
Native Voices
Seattle Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare& Friends
Theatre Rhinoceros
WaterTower Theatre