Theatre of Yugen
For General Support
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Amount$75,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/15/2002
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.theatreofyugen.org
Address
2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110-1308, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for strategic planning and financial assessment of maintaining the Noh Space in the Theater Artaud
Founded in 1978, Theatre of Yugen (San Francisco, CA) is the only company in the United States that creates original, experimental work through a collaborative process that is drawn from traditional Japanese theater forms—primarily the 700-year-old Noh (tragedy) and Kyogen (comedy)—resulting in new works that integrate Japanese techniques with those of other cultures. Its core ensemble consists of eight members, highly trained in the tradition of Noh and Kyogen, who often collaborate with artists from other disciplines and traditions. In addition to staging seventy performances of twenty productions annually, Yugen also presents emerging Bay Area artists and artists visiting from Japan, and offers low-cost rental fees for its venue, NOHspace, to local Asian and Asian American performing groups.
With an OE grant Theatre of Yugen will hire the consulting firm of Wolf/Brown to conduct a series of stakeholder interviews and focus group sessions with company members to build a strategic plan for the organization. ($15,000/1 - 100% of project budget)