Playwrights Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$60,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/20/2011
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Playwrights Foundation serves emerging, mid-career, and established local playwrights by producing an annual festival, coordinating staged readings, matching artistic professionals with writers, and brokering producing opportunities with theater companies in the Bay Area and around the country. During the past grant period, Playwrights Foundation’s resident playwrights, artists, and recent alumni received commissions and productions from leading regional theaters.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.playwrightsfoundation.org
Address
1616 Sixteenth Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA, 94103-5164, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Playwrights Foundation supports contemporary playwrights by helping them to develop new plays and accelerate their careers. Its programs include artist residencies, staged readings, an annual playwrights festival, and co-production partnerships that help advance the careers of early- and mid-career playwrights. Its programs serve approximately 65 playwrights and 3,000 audience members each year.
