Theatre Rhinoceros
For General Operating Support
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2015
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
As a San Francisco based theater growing out of the LGBT’s Stonewall generation, Theatre Rhinoceros began addressing the tragic issues of a Bay Area community hardest hit by the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Subsequently, Theatre Rhinoceros has grown into what is now the longest-running LGBT theater in the United States. Producing three plays annually, Rhino reaches approximately 1,500 audience members, presenting works that speak to queer issues, foster self-acceptance, and bridge community understanding. With continued support, Rhino intends to address the dearth of plays that address African American queer and lesbian life, producing two additional plays per season to provide opportunities for underserved playwrights and actors.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.therhino.org
Address
4229 18th St, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for planning and building internal capacity for facility acquisition
Theatre Rhinoceros develops and produces theater that represents the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities. Theatre Rhinoceros produces LGBTQ+ stories that encourage and empower artists and audience members to fight for a more just and equitable world. In a typical year, the organization presents a season of fully staged plays, staged readings, and hybrid live and online performances for about 1,300 audience members each year at their 700 square foot studio theater in the Castro. This organizational effectiveness grant will support Theatre Rhinoceros in its efforts to secure a larger, permanent facility, and advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Theatre Rhinoceros develops and produces theater that represents the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities. Theatre Rhinoceros produces LGBTQ+ stories that encourage and empower artists and audience members to fight for a more just and equitable world. In a typical year, the organization presents a season of fully staged plays, staged readings, and hybrid live and online performances for over 5,000 audience members. Support of Theatre Rhinoceros aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Theatre Rhinoceros is the longest-running LGBTQ theater in the United States and strives to represent the diversity of LGBTQ communities. For more than 5,000 audience members each year, Theatre Rhinoceros presents works that highlight the resilience, defiance, and wit of LGBTQ artists and communities in the face of historic and current marginalization. The organization presents a season of six fully staged plays, including an outdoor production at the Yerba Buena Gardens, along with staged readings and pop-up performances.
