Magic Theatre
For General Operating Support
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Amount$195,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/22/2021
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Magic Theatre is dedicated to the cultivation of new plays, playwrights, and audiences. Magic Theatre usually offers a season of four plays each year, the majority of which are world premieres. The organization is distinguished by its commitment to supporting playwrights through the process of conceiving, writing, developing, and premiering new plays. Magic Theatre also offers theater education and performance activities to children, college students, and adults through community and education programs in San Francisco and Oakland. In a typical year, the organization serves more than 6,500 people. This grant to Magic Theatre advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.magictheatre.org
Address
Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, 94123-1300, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for leadership transition
San Francisco’s Magic Theatre is dedicated to the cultivation of new plays, and provides an artistic home for playwrights, in which a full body of work can be imagined, supported, and produced. Magic Theatre produces a season each year, typically presenting four productions for audiences of about ten thousand. The majority of productions presented at the theater are world premieres. The organization also presents second and third productions of existing works, creating sustained relationships with playwrights throughout their careers. This Organizational Effectiveness grant will support the organization’s executive search and hiring process for a new Artistic Director.
