The Public Theater Receives $2 Million Ford Foundation Grant

The Public Theater has received a $2 million grant from the Ford Foundation for the theater’s Going Public capital campaign, which is being used to renovate the theater’s longtime home on Lafayette Street.

In recognition of the contribution, the renovated Public Theater lobby will be renamed the “Ford Foundation Lobby.” The renovation of the theater, is expected to be completed by summer 2012 with a grand reopening in fall 2012. Shows are continuing to perform there
during the renovation.

This contribution was announced at a special event at the Foundation on October 26, which featured an advance screening of the film Joe Papp in Five Acts by Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen, along with a panel discussion with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Suzan-Lori Parks and Oskar Eustis.

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