Shotgun Players
For General Operating Support
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Amount$120,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/15/2014
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Shotgun Players is a company of twenty-two artists committed to creating socially relevant work at affordable prices. Each year it produces a six-play season that includes at least one new play and numerous pay-what-you-can performances for each production. It reaches 20,000 people annually. Renewed funding would support the organization’s efforts to increase the number of new plays and plays by women playwrights that it produces. It would also support Shotgun’s goals of providing more pre- and post-performance audience activities, and increase the number of pay-what-you-can performances.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.shotgunplayers.org
Address
1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94703-2505, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Shotgun Players is a company of theater artists committed to creating socially relevant work at affordable prices. Each year it produces a six-play season that features works written by women and playwrights of color. The organization offers numerous pay-what-you-can performances for each production, and reaches 20,000 people annually. Renewed funding will support the organization’s goals to establish a fellowship program, launch a fundraising campaign, and grow and diversify its board.
for general operating support
Shotgun Players enters its twentieth season as one of the stand-out theater companies in the Bay Area. Producing a six-play season before 15,000 audience members and a pay-what-you-can summer show at Berkeley’s John Hinkel Park, Shotgun regularly appears on local critics’ Best Play lists. Shotgun has bucked local and national trends in growing subscribers and single-ticket sales during the recession. In the upcoming grant period, the organization plans to focus on increasing individual support and pilot a Shotgun Cabaret series to extend its programming, while developing a new earned income stream.
