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FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Multidisciplinary | Museums | Music | Musical Theater
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MUSICAL THEATER

About Face Theatre Collective
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the development and production of a new musical. Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati and composer Stephen Flaherty will create a new musical adapted from the writings of Gertrude Stein.

American Music Theater Festival, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support a festival of new musical theater. The 2005 New Music Theater Festival will include performances and showcases of new musical theater works, workshops, residencies, panels, and audience discussion activities.

Augustana College (on behalf of The Children's Theatre Company of Sioux Falls)
Sioux Falls, SD
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new musical based on the Hans Christian Anderson story The Emperor's New Clothes. Emperor, Incorporated will be conceived by Artistic Director Nancy Halverson, written by Wesley Middleton, and composed by Michael Keck with the participation of local students in the development process.

Columbus Association for the Performing Arts
Columbus, OH
$8,000
To support the presentation of a musical adapted from a literary work. A revival of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be presented in an American Sign Language (ASL) adaptation.

East-West Players
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the commission, development, and premiere production of a new musical. The artistic team of lyricist Aaron Coleman, book writer Sachi Oyamo, and composer Nathan Wang will create a new production titled Imelda.

Emerald City Arts
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a semi-staged production of an American musical. In partnership with the 5th Avenue Theatre, the Seattle Men's Chorus will produce a concert version of a musical by composer Jule Styne and lyricist Leo Robbin.

First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$15,000
To support the production of a musical for school and family audiences. Adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Honk! will be produced in collaboration with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Incorporate
Blauvelt, NY
$8,000
To support the restoration and redesign of puppets and sets for the production of Mammoth Follies, a musical puppetry work. This vaudeville-style dinosaur review is part of the company's touring repertoire.

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
$18,000
To support the presentation of a musical adapted from a literary work. As the centerpiece of the 2005 Summer Season, Honk! will include the training of a youth ensemble to participate in the production.

Melting Pot Theatre Co.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new musical by composer Mike Reid and lyricist/librettist Sarah Schlesinger. In This House examines the lives of two married couples.

Music-Theatre Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$38,000
To support the final development and production of a new musical work. The artistic team of composer Tod Machover, U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, director Diane Paulus, and writer/director Randy Weiner will develop Death and the Powers, exploring the life of inventor, businessman, and showman Casey Powers.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$33,000
To support the 17th annual Festival of New Musicals. The festival will showcase new musicals for an invited audience of producers and musical theater professionals.

North Shore Community Arts Foundation, Inc.
Beverly, MA
$40,000
To support the 2005 New Works Development Program. Since 1985, North Shore Music Theatre has provided a nurturing environment for artists and has been a catalyst in the development of new musicals.

Old Globe Theatre
San Diego, CA
$30,000
To support the world premiere of a new musical about the Irish author James Joyce, titled Himself And Nora. The project will be written by Sheila Walsh and composer Jonathan Brielle; Tony Award winner Joseph Hardy will direct the production.

Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$25,000
To support world premiere productions of a chamber musical and a new play, part of a festival of emergent theater works. The Long Season depicts the lives of Filipino immigrants working in salmon canneries in 1930s Alaska. The play Columbinus illuminates the realities of adolescent culture and behavior.

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the development, production, and tour of Behind Every Child, an original musical comedy that explores how critical thinking in our education system contributes to our democracy. As the centerpiece of its annual summer tour of free shows, Behind Every Child will tour to venues throughout California including underserved rural communities.

Second Generation Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the production of a new musical theater work. Based on Ang Lee's Academy Award-nominated film, the adaptation titled The Wedding Banquet: The Musical will be created by the artistic team of co-bookwriter and conceiver Welly Yang, co-bookwriter and lyricist Brian Yorkey, and composer Woody Pak.

Seven Loaves, Inc. (on behalf of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new musical work with actors, jazz musicians, and puppets. The Bass Saxophone tells the story of teen musicians and jazz aficionados in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II.

Signature Theatre, Inc.
Arlington, VA
$30,000
To support the adaptation and production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Pacific Overtures. The musical portrays Japan's first encounter with America in 1853, and is presented during the 150th anniversary of U.S.-Japan relations.

Society of the Educational Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support productions of children's musical theater with accompanying workshops in New York and Puerto Rico. Through the presentation of Latin American children's classics and folk tales, Sociedad Educativa de las Artes (SEA) preserves Latin American arts and culture.

Thalia Spanish Theatre Inc.
Sunnyside, NY
$10,000
To support the world premiere of a musical theater work that celebrates the art of tango. To be written and directed by Angel Gil Orrios, with original music by composer Raul Jaurena, I Love Tango/Te Amo Tango will explore tango from its origins to its fusion with jazz and modern dance.

Theater Mu Incorporated
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new music theater work adapted from a play in the theater's repertoire. The Walleye Kid, inspired by Korean and Japanese folktales, is based on the experience of thousands of Korean cross-racial adoptions in Minnesota.

TheatreWorks
Palo Alto, CA
$20,000
To support an annual New Works Festival. As a component of the New Works Initiative, the festival will include staged readings and the California premiere of Crowns, a work by Regina Taylor that celebrates African American women and their church heritage.

Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Based on a novel by Sherley Anne Williams, Dessa Rose will be directed by Graciela Daniele, with libretto and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and score by Stephen Flaherty.


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