Grantees All Years
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
Say Grace Before Drowning
Jusu, Nikyatu
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
SGBD 17 mins, HD. After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity. Read More
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- Website: http://saygrace.nikyatu.com
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
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- Website: http://www.barbara-kahn.com
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
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- Website: http://www.barbara-kahn.com
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
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- Website: http://www.barbara-kahn.com
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
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- Website: www.vacationmother.com
TRANS LOS ANGELES
Kase Peña
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
TRANS LOS ANGELES is an anthology of four stand-alone shorts films, inspired by films such as SOY CUBA, 1964 and LA CUIDAD, 1998. These trans stories are written and directed by an artist that is trans-identifying and a woman of color. Read More
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- Website: www.vimeo.com/kasepena
Hearing Climate Change in NYC
Kate Amrine
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
Hearing Climate Change in NYC involved three new commissions of three new works for trumpet tied to three specific locations in NYC that have been and will be affected by climate change. Read More
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- Website: www.kateamrine.com
Oleander
Kate Hackett
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
"Oleander" is a short film about a sex-positive teenage YouTuber who starts a social media war against her abstinence program. It stars Emily Robinson (Eighth Grade), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Jennifer Lafleur (Room 104). It premiered in 2019 at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Read More
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- Website: https://www.oleandershortfilm.com/
Sharon Katz & The Peace Train
Katz, Sharon
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Sharon Katz and her colleague Wendy Quick ran workshops in Teaneck Middle and High Schools in 2012 to encourage children to resolve their conflicts peacefully. The workshops culminated in a performance at the Puffin showcasing the children's talents. Read More
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- Website: https://sharonkatz.com