Funding Available for USA Nonprofit Theaters for Production Costs Associated with New, Author Driven Plays

Venturous Capital Grant

Grants of up to $35,000 are available for USA small-to-medium-sized nonprofit theaters to support the production of experimental, bold, and ambitious new plays. Funding is intended to cover production expenses that are so critical to the play's production that without coverage of these expenses, the play would be difficult or impossible to produce. The goal is to support writers of these venturous plays by giving theaters the ability to say “yes” instead of “no” to writer-driven projects perceived as especially challenging

The application deadline is June 3rd, 2024.

Grant Eligibility:

• Grants will be made to theater companies to support productions of text-based, author-driven new plays that are ambitious in scale, epic in scope,
  challenging in form, controversial in subject matter, experimental in concept,(and/or) unabashed in their theatricality.
• Support is limited to new plays, though not necessarily to world premieres.
• Requirements for funded productions:
  • Text-based, author-driven, full-length new plays only
  • Produced in the United States by an eligible theater company (see below)
  • Must offer reasonable compensation to the author via a royalty, fee, etc., exclusive of any commission or performance fees.
  • Produced under an AEA collective bargaining agreement, with a minimum of TWO performers employed on an AEA contract. No showcases, no non-AEA productions.
  • Full productions (no workshops) open to the general public for a run of at least 13 performances.
  • Preference for plays written by authors who identify as American or who reside in the US.

For more information, or to apply, click here.