The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) are thrilled to announce the 108 recipients of the 2022 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program). Through this regrant program, $340,000 was distributed via flexible, general operating support grants to small theatres across New York State. Over the past two years, the coronavirus pandemic has had an outsized impact on the performing arts community, who have pivoted to new forms and methods of engaging with their artists and audiences. We hope this funding can support theatres in capacity building and stabilization as theatres continue the ongoing work of recovery.
Recipients of the Creative Opportunity Fund were determined by a panel of theatre-makers from New York City and across the state. Nominations for panelists were solicited from the community, and 20 panelists met virtually to score and allocate funding for the 145 applicants.
A.R.T./New York is thrilled to partner for the fifth year with the New York State Council on the Arts to continue to build and strengthen the theatrical field statewide.
“A.R.T./New York’s thoughtful, targeted, and focused approach to make impactful investments in nonprofit theatres drives the development of New York’s theatrical sector,” said NYSCA Executive Director Mara Manus. “The performing arts were one of the hardest hit areas of the creative sector, and we are thrilled to work with A.R.T./New York to ensure that these vital dollars reach theatres statewide. On behalf of the entire NYSCA Team, congratulations to all 108 awardees!”
Recipients of the 2022 Creative Opportunity Fund Grant:
Act Now Foundation-New Voices in Theater
Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York
Brave New World Repertory Theatre
FELT THEATER Inc (The Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater Inc)
General Mischief Dance Theatre
Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory (The Lab)
JV Squad presents Theater in Quarantine
Katharine Pettit Creative – KPC
Mass Transit Street Theater Inc
NWM Bombs & Blooms Historical Musical Theater Project
SALVATORE LARUSSA DANCE THEATRE
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
The Community Synagogue Theater Company
The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS)
Titan Productions, Incorporated
Turkish American Repertory Theater and Entertainment
USE: Underground Skills Exchange
Walking on Water Productions (WoW)
Westchester Collaborative Theater
Will Kempe’s Players Cooperative
Panelists for the 2022 Creative Opportunity Fund Grant:
Omonike Akinyemi
Artistic Director, Image Quilt Dance Theater
Moe Angelos
Company Member, The Builders Association
Brian Beirne
Managing Director, 59E59 Theaters & The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation
Sean Crawford
Executive Assistant/Office Manager, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Katy Donnelly
Managing Director, The Parsnip Ship
Ashley Jones
Associate Artist, PUSH Physical Theatre
Meredith Lucio
Producing Director, The Assembly
Emily Lyon
Incoming Artistic Director, Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre
Mara McEwin
Artistic Director, Treehouse Shakers
Melissa Moschitto
Artistic Director, The Anthropologists
Nella Mupier
Director of Programs, Girl Be Heard
Katie Palmer
Co-Artistic Director, Theater in Asylum & Executive Director, Together in Dance
Vanessa Pereda
Education + Community Director at The Bushwick Starr
Steven Prestia
Grants for the Arts Assistant, Huntington Arts Council
Rosalba Rolon
Artistic Director, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (Pregones/PRTT)
Kori Rushton
Producing Artistic Director, IRT Theater
Kyra Sims
Senior Ensemble Member & Education Chair, New York Neo-Futurists
Sean Tecson
Freelance Director, Producer, and Theatre Arts Educator
Tony Williams II
Artistic Director, Astoria Performing Arts Center (A.P.A.C.)
Kristina Wong
Solo Theater Artist
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