GRANTS AND AWARDS TO THEATRES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PROMOTING DRAMA - DGF SUPPORTS THEATER COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO THEATRICAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT PRODUCE WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. LYRICISTS, AND COMPOSERS. GRANTS IN AID TO INDIVIDUAL WRITERS BASED ON HARDSHIP - THROUGH THE KESSELRING EMERGENCY GRANT PROGRAM, THE FUND AWARDS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO WRITERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
