NYFA Awards $2.9 Million to Theater Companies

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) today announced the recipients of grants made through The Andrew W. Mellon New York Theater Program. The program, which NYFA administers on behalf of The Foundation, awarded $2.9 million to New York City-based not-for-profit theaters. Grants will be awarded to 31 companies on the basis of artistic excellence. Among the recipients, which represent a variety of missions and budget sizes, are Elevator Repair Service, The Mint, National Asian American Theatre Company, Pregones, PS 122, The Women's Project and The Working Theater (a complete list of recipients follows). The term of the grants is two-years and funds will support the general operations of each organization.

"It is always an honor and inspiration to collaborate with The Mellon Foundation," said NYFA Executive Director Michael L. Royce. "They are truly committed to ensuring the effectiveness and relevance of their grant making. In these uncertain times, providing organizations with generous, multi-year general operating support allows them to continue to produce their work without compromise."

"Mellon support for ERS is perfectly timed," says John Collins, Artistic Director of Elevator Repair Service Theater. "Demand for our work has grown rapidly over the last five years and though we have made huge strides in developing an efficient and professional administrative infrastructure to support it, this kind of grant is critical right now. Our two-year Mellon grant helps us stay ambitious with our production calendar and it is a tremendous vote of confidence in our future."

The recipients were recommended by a panel of 18 theatre professionals who collectively reviewed work at 124 theaters with budgets between $75,000 and $4 million. Those considered the most artistically excellent were invited to submit funding proposals. Grants awarded range between $10,000 and $200,000 based on the size of the recipients' operating budgets. NYFA began administration of the New York Theater program in 2008.

Theaters Awarded:

3-Legged Dog
Ars Nova Theater
Atlantic Theater Company
Big Dance Theater
The Chocolate Factory Theater
Civilians
Clubbed Thumb
Dixon Place
Elevator Repair Service
The Foundry Theater
HERE Arts Center
Lark Play Development Center
Ma-Yi Filipino Theater Ensemble
Mint Theater Company
National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO)
National Theater of the USA (NTUSA)
New Georges
The New York City Players
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Performance Space 122
The Play Company
Pregones
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Repertorio Espanol
Siti Company
Soho Repertory Theater
St. Anne's Warehouse
Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center
Women's Project & Productions
The Wooster Group
The Working Theater Company About the New York Foundation for the Arts

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) was founded in 1971 to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives. Each year we provide over $1 million in cash grants to individuals and small organizations. Artspire, our fiscal sponsorship program is the largest and most established in the country and helps artists and organizations raise and manage over $3 million annually. Our NYFA Learning programs provide thousands of artists with professional development training and our website, NYFA.org, received over 1.9 million unique visitors last year and has information about more than 8,000 opportunities and resources available to artists in all disciplines.

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