Project Grant 18873193622

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Inc. to support the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for high school students from March 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Through this award, the National Alliance for...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Pan Asian Repertory Theater Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses for Pan Asian Repertory Theater Inc. in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Theatre Communications Group, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel and facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Mayi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The grant funding will support Mayi Theatre Co.'s personnel and facilities expenses to continue providing arts programming in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As the grant program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $566,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) for the period of August 7, 2024 to August 6, 2025. Through this award, FTS will produce three mainstage theatrical productions for approximately 60,000 audience members and provide educational opportunities, including student matinees, guided and virtual field trips, oratory programs, a podcast program for high school...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. The grant supports comprehensive arts programming and education initiatives for youth in New York City, with a focus on...

The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation will receive $978,876 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program to make archival materials from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater accessible for restaging. The Foundation will catalog and digitize technical information needed to restage ballets, collect and analyze dramaturgical content and rights information for each work, and develop "dance capsules" comprising this collected...

The La Mama Experimental Theatre Club received a $131,906 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program. The award will support the ongoing effort to preserve and digitize the organization's archival materials documenting the off-off Broadway movement from 1991 to 2008. Key deliverables include cataloging paper materials such as programs, flyers, posters, production notes, and photographs. New catalog records...