Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is seeking applications for the National Theater Project (NTP) Creation & Touring Grant Program to provide funds for creation and U.S. touring of artist-led, ensemble, devised projects.
These grants are highly competitive and are awarded to ten projects annually.
Goals
National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grants:
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Support the creation/development and U.S.* touring/sharing [virtual or in-person] of new artist-led devised, ensemble theater works that demonstrate excellence in the artists’ practice. NTP uses the following definitions in consideration of grant applications:
- Ensemble: A group of two or more people committed to working together over time to develop a distinct practice and body of work.
- Devised: A process of co-creation and joint discovery that prioritizes generative artists, which may include but does not prioritize playwrights, is iterative, and results in original work.
- Support work that contributes to the cultural and aesthetic diversities of today’s theater.
- Reflect meaningful partnerships with organizations that are involved in the development, performance, engagement, and/or touring/sharing and promotion [virtual or in-person] of the new work. Applications must include at least one U.S.* based development partner.
- Offer the potential to deepen engagement with/for communities and audiences because of the work’s relevance, originality, and/or timeliness.
- Produce a viable plan for touring/sharing [virtual or in-person] the supported work in multiple communities in the U.S. and its territories*. (Please contact them if you have questions about what constitutes a tour)
*NEFA defines U.S. as all 50 of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
Funding Information
Awards range from $80,000 to $130,000. Part of the award is distributed directly to the artist to support creation and development.
Eligibility Criteria
- The National Theater Project will consider projects submitted by U.S.-based theater ensembles and individual theater artists with identified collaborators. Only one application per ensemble or artist will be accepted per year.
- Organizations must be able to prove nonprofit status; for individual artists, an organizational partner may serve as the fiscal agent.
- All projects must have one committed, U.S.-based development partner relationship.
- Preference is given to those projects which are within two years of being ready to tour from the NTP award date.
- Preference is given to those projects with at least one interested presenting partner.
- Returning Artists: All NTP-supported presentations are completed and it has been one year since the last NTP-supported presentation.
- Applicant must be able to fulfill the Requirements & Reports for Grant Recipients if awarded.
Theater artists apply to receive support for both the development and U.S. touring [virtual or in-person] of artist-led, ensemble, devised theater projects. Grants support the development of the project, costs and incentives needed to establish a plan for touring, and subsidies for presentation of the work. Funded projects are expected to complete an evaluation within one month of the project premiere as designated in the contract.
For more information, visit NEFA.
For more information, visit https://www.nefa.org/grants/find-grant/national-theater-project-creation-touring-grant
