Theater News

American Theatre Wing Offers Early Holiday Gifts to Schools and Non-Profit Theaters


The American Theatre Wing will present $140,000 in funds to 48 New York non-profit organizations and seven schools as part of its 45th Annual Grants and Scholarships Awards on Thursday, December 5.

The theater groups receiving this year’s awards are: Abington Theatre Company; The Acting Company; AMAS Musical Theatre; Atlantic Theatre Company; Barrow Group; CAP 21; Cherry Lane Alternative; City Center Encores! Series; Classic Stage Company; The Culture Project; The Directors Company; The Drama League; The Ensemble Studio Theatre; The Foundry Theatre, Inc.; HB Playwright’s Foundation; Intar Hispanic American Art Center; The Irish Repertory Theatre; Jean Cocteau Repertory; La MaMa E.T.C.; Lincoln Center Theater; MCC (Manhattan Class Company); Manhattan Theatre Club; Melting Pot Theatre Company; Mint Theatre Company; Musical Theatre Works; New Dramatists; New Federal Theatre; The New Group; New York Theatre Workshop; Pan Asian Repertory; The Paper Bag Players; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; The Public Theater; Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Company; Roundabout Theatre Company; Second Stage Theatre; Signature Theatre Company; Talking Band; Thalia Spanish Theatre, Inc.; Theatre by the Blind; Theatre For a New Audience; TheatreWorks/USA; Vineyard Theatre; Weissberger Theater Group; Women’s Project & Productions; WPA Theatre; The York Theatre Company.

The awards will be presented in a luncheon to be held in the Eugenia Room of the venerable theater district restaurant Sardi’s on Thursday, December 5, at 12 noon.