Randi Berry

IndieSpace And Indie Theater Fund Announce Merger And Celebratory Wedding Ceremony

IndieSpace and Indie Theater Fund announce that they will be merging into one company, IndieSpace.

NYC Announces $15 Million Project to Create New Immigrant Research & Performing Arts Center

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that the People's Theatre Project - an immigrant- and women-led nonprofit - will own and operate a first-of-its-kind Immigrant Research and Performing Arts Center coming to Inwood.

Mayor Adams Appoints Laurie Cumbo As Department Of Cultural Affairs Commissioner

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the appointment of Laurie Cumbo as commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs. In that role, she will direct cultural policy for the city and oversee city funding for hundreds of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations across the five boroughs that deliver quality arts programming for New Yorkers. 

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards Announce 2021 Honorary Awards Ceremony

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards have announced its 2021 Honorary Awards Ceremony, hosted by Shalewa Sharpe and Courtney Fearrington. This year’s celebration will take place at The Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003) on November 14th, 2021 starting at 7pm, as well as live-streamed.

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards Announce Recipients of 2020-21 Honorary Awards

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards has announced the recipients of the 2020-21 Honorary Awards. The Honorary Awards and recipients are Caffe Cino: The Parsnip Ship; Ellen Stewart: The Indie Theatre Fund/IndieSpace; Artistic Achievement: Penny Arcade/Steve Zehentner; Outstanding Stage Manager: Rachel April and more.

Cultural Solidarity Coalition Opens Microgrant Applications for NYC Artists and Cultural Workers

The Cultural Solidarity Fund will award $500 relief microgrants to individual artists and cultural workers to ensure that they make it through this critical time. Applications will open for one week from February 26, 2021, at 9am, to March 5, 2021, at 5pm.

Cultural Solidarity Coalition Announces New Fund for NYC Artists and Cultural Workers

Right now, 62% of arts and cultural workers are entirely unemployed, including more than 69% of Black and Indigenous artists and artists of color. Creative workers faced an average individual loss of $22,000 each in 2020.

The League of Independent Theater and IndieSpace to Hold Emergency Town Hall to Suspend Commercial Rents

Since the beginning of the PAUSE in New York, small arts venues have been at a standstill, unable to generate any revenue while public events remain on hold for the greater good. Meanwhile, rents are due each month with no relief.

Indie Theater Fund Continues To Distribute Funds To NYC Indie Theater Companies

Rapid relief grants of up to $500 continuing to be awarded to support the indie theater community, prioritizing the consortium of companies, venues, and individuals working in NYC independent theater (Off-Off-Broadway in theater houses of 99 seats or less), operating with budgets under $250,000.

Indie Theater Fund Launches Emergency Fundraising Campaign For Independent Theaters

Rapid relief grants of up to $500 will be awarded to support our community, prioritizing the consortium of companies, venues, and individuals working in NYC independent theater (Off-Off-Broadway in theater houses of 99 seats or less), operating with budgets under $250,000.