NEA Shakespeare in American Communities, FY2024
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- NEAPS2402
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,482,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Arts
- Eligible applicants
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- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Shakespeare in American Communities program, funded through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program of the National Endowment for the Arts, provides support for professional performances of Shakespeare's plays and related educational activities for middle and high school students across the United States. Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations can apply to the program by January 18, 2024 to receive subgrants managed by the NEA to perform for students, including in juvenile justice facilities, expanding in 2025 to include works inspired by Shakespeare. The program will also offer apprenticeships for theater administrators and technicians.
The NEA funding will support program management costs as well as performance subgrants to participating theater companies. No information is provided on award values or performance locations beyond serving communities across the United States, though the program has reached over 2.5 million students since 2003.
Synopsis
A program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Shakespeare in American Communities (SIAC) brings professional performances of William Shakespeare's plays and related educational activities to middle and high school students in communities across the United States, including youth in juvenile justice facilities. For many students, these performances may be their first experience with live, professional theater-as well as their first interaction with the works of Shakespeare. Since SIAC's inception in 2003, approximately 2.5 million students have participated in the program. In 2025, the program will expand its focus to include works inspired by Shakespeare, as well as offer apprenticeships for early and mid-career theater administrators and technicians. NEA funds will support program management expenses as well as subgrants to participating theater companies.
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