Genres Theater

Walking from Rumania

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Year Grant Awarded: 2009

Walking from Rumania is based on the story of the fusgeyers, Jews who walked to freedom in 1899 when the Rumanian constitution disenfranchised Jews. Five women in a small village prepare to join a larger group, called “Esther’s Daughters,” that is leaving the nearest city in three months’ time. Read More

The Hebrew Lesson

Ouray, Esther

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

A rite of return about the Right of Return, The Hebrew Lesson is an hour long one-woman play, written and performed by Esther Ouray, with live music by composers and musicians Tim O’Keefe, Maryam Yusefzadeh and Greg Herriges, and directed by Zaraawar Read More

The Oblate Cycle (2014)

Pioneers Go East Collective

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

THE OBLATE CYCLE: Operas about cloistered nuns in Medieval and Renaissance society who, because of their gender, class, were Oblates but who through their intellect and artistic abilities, were able to transcend the convent as a space of confinement Read More

S 16 Luna Nera

Pioneers Go East Collective

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

A live installation inspired by the story of a boy who lives inside a mine that utilizes video & audio to create an interactive environment in which the audience walks through the space, direction guided by sound and live & projected action. Read More

The Eco Rise

Poetic People Power

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

A poetic show spotlighting environmental heroes Read More

Inclusive Performing Arts Workshops for Individuals with Disabilities (2014)

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Our theatre and performing arts workshops teach life skills to children, teens, and young adults with high functioning autism/Aspergers. We utilize improvisational theatre and choreographed dance to popular music sung by the group. Read More

Goldmine Inclusive Theatre for Children, Teens, and Adults with Disabilities

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Goldmine Inclusive Theatre programs provide high quality theatre training and expression for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. They consist of an approximately 50/50 combination of those with disabilities and their typical peers. Read More

Theatre for Autism

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

‘Theatre for Autism’ provided people on the autism spectrum with theatre workshops and an opportunity to perform theatre out in the community as employees of our organization. This broadened the reach of theatre to a population that is often excluded from mainstream opportunities in the arts. Read More

Goodness

Project Y Theatre Company

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

GOODNESS, by Sean Christopher Lewis, was performed at Under St. Marks Theater in June 2012. It was directed by Michole Biancosino, with Teresa Stephenson, Aaliyah Muneerah Habeeb, Shannon Michael Wamser, Roland Lane, and Keona Welch. Read More

Speakeasy (2014)

Reading Theater Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Speakeasy is a play about Reading, Pennsylvania, during prohibition, from 1920-1933. It was written by Sue Lange and composed by Chris Heslop. The play took place in a speakeasy, a microcosm of the changes Reading and the whole country faced. Read More