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American Theatre Wing Announces 2004 Grants Recipients

The American Theatre Wing has announced the New York City not-for-profit theater companies and support organizations that are to receive grants form the organization this year. A total of $120,000 will be distributed via the 47th annual American Theatre Wing Grants Awards, which will be presented at a luncheon at noon on Friday, December 3, 2004 at Sardi’s (234 West 44th Street).

New companies that are being funded this year include The Flea Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company, The Pearl Theatre Company; and TADA! The other grant recipients are: Abingdon Theatre Company; The Acting Company; AMAS Musical Theatre; ART New York; Atlantic Theater Company; Barrow Group; Cap 21; Cherry Lane Alternative; City Center Encore Series; Classic Stage Company; The Culture Project; The Drama League; The Ensemble Studio Theatre; The Foundry Theatre, Inc.; HB Playwrights Foundation; INTAR-Hispanic American Art Center; Jean Cocteau Repertory; La MaMa E.T.C.; Lark Play Development Center; Lincoln Center Theater; Manhattan Theatre Club; MCC Theater; Mint Theater Company; National Alliance for Musical Theatre; New Dramatists; New Federal Theatre; The New Group; New York Theatre Workshop; Pan Asian Repertory; The Paper Bag Players; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; Public Theater; Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Company; Roundabout Theatre Company; Second Stage Theatre; Signature Theatre Company; The Talking Band; Thalia Spanish Theatre, Inc.; Theatre by the Blind; Theatre For A New Audience; TheatreWorks/USA; Vineyard Theatre; and the York Theatre Company.


This year’s grants recipients were chosen by a committee consisting of Theodore Chapin, Dasha Epstein, Sondra Gilman, Shirley Herz, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins (chair), Douglas Leeds, Jo Sullivan Loesser, Enid Nemy, Lloyd Richards and Howard Sherman.  The ATW also awarded $20,000 in scholarships for New York students pursuing theatrical careers. The American Theatre Wing remains dedicated to supporting and servicing the community through theater and building audiences for the future.