Programs

  • Online Performances and Education Program

    DURING FY21 OUR PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE SPACE REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A ROBUST SERIES OF ONLINE PERFORMANCES, DRAWING ON PLAYS SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR NEW WORKS IN ACTION PROGRAM OF NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT. ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL WE PRESENTED 2 FULL LENGTH PLAYS AND 9 SHORT SCRIPTS SELECTED FROM OVER 100 SUBMISSIONS TO OUR PROGRAM. THESE POPULAR FREE EVENTS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR PATRONS AND WORK NOT ONLY WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, BUT THEATER PROFESSIONAL LITERALLY AROUND THE WORLD. ADDITIONALLY, WE FILMED OUR PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF THE LADY FROM THE VILLAGE OF FALLING FLOWERS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IN THE THEATER AND PRESENTED THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. IN PREPARATION FOR A FALL 2021 RETURN TO LIVE PERFORMANCE, WE FILMED A BACKSTAGE TOUR OF OUR THEATER AND THE HISTORIC CHURCH WHERE IT IS LOCATED, OFFERED ONLINE AS A BONUS EVENT FOR OUR PATRONS AND DONORS. FOR THEATER BUFFS, OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM CREATED A SERIES OF ONLINE SEMINARS THAT REVISITED VIDEOS OF PRIOR PRODUCTIONS AND FEATURED PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS WHO STAGED THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $83K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    IN THE FALL OF 2023, WE PRODUCED THE BRAZILIAN QUEER FABLE AGRESTE, DIRECTED BY STUDIO ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DANILO GAMBINI, WHICH GENERATED 6 HELEN HAYES AWARD NOMINATIONS. IN THE SPRING, WE PRODUCED FRONTIERES SANS FRONTIERES BY PHILLIP HOWZE, A SATIRE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GEORGETOWN COLLABORATIVE FOR GLOBAL CHILDRENS ISSUES. THIS SHOW RECEIVED A HELEN HAYES RECOMMENDED STATUS AND PLAYED TO 90% ATTENDANCE. WE ALSO PRODUCED THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE READING OF THE NEW PLAY EISENSTEIN BY MIKHAIL DURNENKOV, AN EXPLORATION OF THE ARTISTS ROLE IN TIME OF OPPRESSION, FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT FREE SPEECH WITH A JOURNALIST FROM VOICE OF AMERICA AND YURI KORDONSKY, CO-CHAIR OF THE YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA. OVER THE YEAR, WE RECEIVED A CAPITOL PROJECTS GRANT TO MAKE OUR PERFORMANCE SPACE WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE AND RESTARTED OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $189K