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 71 recipients of the 2024 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program). Through this regrant program, $240,000 was distributed via flexible, general operating support grants to small theatres across New York State.
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 163 applicants.
A.R.T./New York is thrilled to partner for the seventh year with the New York State Council on the Arts to continue to build and strengthen the theatrical field statewide.
“New York’s nonprofit theaters are both artistic think tanks and an essential cornerstone of our world-renowned arts and culture sector,” said Erika Mallin, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts. “Through this program with A.R.T./New York, I am so pleased that critical funding will reach 71 of these theaters across the State with flexible operating support. A round of applause to all of the grantees, along with our admiration for the incredible work that you do.”
NYC Recipients of the 2024 Creative Opportunity Fund:
Experimental Theatre Project Inc. (dba WOW Cafe Theater)
Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre, Inc.
Kids Creative Collective, Inc.
KPC – Keeping People Connected
New Ambassadors Theatre Company
Roaring Epiphany Production Company (REPC)
Steps Theatre & Production Company
The Associates Theater Ensemble
Untitled Theater Company No. 61
Outside-NYC Recipients of the 2024 Creative Opportunity Fund:
American Repertory Theater of WNY, Inc
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY
Turkish American Repertory Theater and Entertainment
Walking on Water Productions (WoW)
Will Kempe’s Players Cooperative
Panelists for the 2024 Creative Opportunity Fund:
Stephanie Acosta
Interdisciplinary Artist, Director and Activist
Pascale Armand
Quick Silver Theater Company
Samantha Blain
Co-Artistic Director at Hit The Lights! Co.
Kristoph DiMaria
Cofounder, Director of Development, Musical Director at Will Kempe’s Players Cooperative
Janelle Garcia Domig (& Chris Domig)
General Manager & Artistic Director, SeaDog Theater
Jalissa Fulton
Actress | Artistic & Community Programming Partner w/The Anthropologists Theater Co.
Marianne Goodell
Managing Director, Headwall Theatre Company
Carrie Heitman
Artistic Director, Hook & Eye Theater
Hannah Johnson-Walsh
Executive Director at Emit Theatre
Tannis Kowalchuk
Artistic Director, Farm Arts Collective
Stacey Linnartz
Actor, Producer, Teaching Artist
Brendan Bo O’Connor
Creator & Director, Lucid Dream
Azure D. Osborne-Lee
Theatre Maker
Dolores Avery Pereira
Artivist and Theater Maker
Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez
Co-Founder of One Whale’s Tale
Peter Royston
Stage Manager and Accessibility Advisor
Jasmine Rush
Actress/Director, company member for Quick Silver Theater Company and
The Grove Theater NYC, Inc.
Suzette Simon
Joker-in-Chief / Laughter Mastermind at NYLaughs
Leigh Walter
Executive Creative Producer, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Malka Wallick
Actor-Writer-Producer & Founder at Girl Gang Production(s)
The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award $127 million in FY 2024, serving over 2,000 arts organizations and artists across all 10 state regions. The Council on the Arts further advances New York’s creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA’s Facebook page, on X @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.
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