Genres Theater

Arriving in Asian America

Johnson, Christine Toy

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Asian American Composers & Lyricists Project collaborated to collectively write a song cycle called "Arriving in Asian America", performed at Symphony Space in NYC on December 8, 2014 Read More

INTERNAL BLEEDING Workshop

Johnson, Christine Toy

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

An exploratory workshop and public reading of INTERNAL BLEEDING by Christine Toy Johnson. The lead character (written as both disabled and non-disabled) was cast with an actor with a disability, followed by a panel discussion about the process. Read More

EYE D

Johnson, Christine Toy

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

A documentary theatre piece with music, reflecting issues of identity amongst multi-generational and multi-cultural women. Read More

11th Annual Juneteenth Jamboree of “Best” New Plays

Juneteenth Legacy Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

For the first time, this renowned festival about the African-American experience includes full productions of cornerstone plays including: Juneteenth Blues Cabaret, Passing Ceremonies, Till, How Long Have I Been Dead Anyway?, and "Passing Ceremonies. Read More

2nd Annual Juneteenth Festival of New Plays in NYC!

Juneteenth Legacy Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, a 2010 AUDELCO award winner, presented seven one-acts about the black experience as a lunchtime reading series at the Workshop Theatre’s Jewel Theater in Midtown Manhattan, May 16-20, 2012. Read More

Walkkiing from Rumania

Kahn, Barbara

Year Grant Awarded: 2009

Walking from Rumania set in 1899, was inspired by women-only groups of “fusgeyers” (pedestrians) who walked from Rumania to escape discrimination. Read More

Unreachable Eden

Kahn, Barbara

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

“UNREACHABLE EDEN” is a stand-alone musical drama sequel to The Spring and Fall of Eve Adams. It follows the Polish Jewish lesbian from 1920’s New York to France before and during World War II. Music composed by Arthur Abrams. Lyrics by Barbara Kahn. Read More

Verzet Amsterdam [Resistance Amsterdam]

Kahn, Barbara

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

Verzet Amsterdam [Resistance Amsterdam] is the true story of the valiant Dutch artists in World War II occupied Amsterdam who banded together to resist fascism and protect Jews from deportation and death. When their first efforts faced exposure, they planned a more decisive and violent action. Read More

Nikolai Gogol’s 2016 Election Bonanza and End-Times Hullabaloo

Kaitlen Osburn / Vacation Mother

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

The Vacation Mother trio brought an evening of camaraderie, live election results, and sketch comedy inspired by Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose" and the campaign season that was to small-town California on election night 2016. Read More

Diaries of a MAD

King Khazm

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

Diaries of a MAD is an interdisciplinary installation bridging music, cinema and performing arts in an intimate exploration of struggle and perseverance. Read More

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