NEW YORK (AP) – The Dramatists Guild Fund has awarded $170,000 to nonprofit theaters across the country, from the established Soho Repertory Theatre in New York City to the Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company in San Diego.
The Fund on Thursday announced 129 winners, including Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, as well as Plan B Theatre Company from Salt Lake City and the Spooky Action Theater in Washington, D.C.
Winners must develop or produce contemporary American plays and musicals and usually have operating budgets of less than $1 million. Other winners included San Francisco Playhouse and Dallas Theater Center.
Many of New York City’s off-Broadway theaters were recognized, including the Vineyard Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, the Lark Play Development Center, Playwrights Horizons, The Actors Company Theatre and Urban Stages.