The Marsh: A Breeding Ground for New Performance
For Fund Development
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Amount$15,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/2/2013
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Term7.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Founded in 1989 by its current artistic director, The Marsh has lived up to its moniker as a breeding group for new performance. Each year its supports professional and amateur solo performance artists to develop and perform new works. The Marsh presents 700 performances each at its locations in San Francisco and Berkeley. In addition, it offers year-round classes, an artist-in-residency program, and a theater arts program for children and youth between the ages of 4 and 21. An Organizational Effectiveness grant would support the development of a fundraising plan that focuses on individual donors.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
themarsh.org
Address
1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110-2427, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general support
The Marsh: a breeding ground for new performance was founded in 1989 to provide solo theater artists with an intimate performance venue and an environment that allows them the freedom to experiment and create new work. The company produces and presents nearly 400 performances a year at two theater spaces in its San Francisco Mission District complex. The Marsh, like fellow San Francisco Hewlett grantees Z Space and the Exit Theater focuses on the development of new talent and new work – its specialty is in producing solo shows including the 2007 Will Glickman award winner for Best Bay Area new play Tings Dey Happen by Danny Hoyle. On an $800,000 annual budget the Marsh runs a year round youth theater program involving 400 students from 35 Bay Area schools. The organization generates over 60% of its income through ticket sales and tuition fees for the youth programs and solo performance workshops. With ongoing general operating support will continue its artist training programs, expand its Marsh Rising emerging artist series and develop organizational capacity to increase individual donor support.
