Small Theater & Dance Grants Decided on February 6, 2008
(all in the Chicago area)
2nd Year Payment of 2-Year Grants:
1) Teatro Luna = $7,500
2) The Lira Dancers = $5,000
3) Oak Park Festival Theatre = $5,000
Total = $17,500
Theater grants (all grants are for general operating support):
1) The Gift Theatre Company = $10,000
2) Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company = $7,500 for each of 2 years
3) Eclipse Theater Company = $7,000
4) Walkabout Theater Company = $6,000 for each of 2 years
5) City Lit Theater Company = $5,000
6) Serendipity Theatre Collective = $5,000
7) Actors Workshop Theatre (which has since changed its name to Redtwist Theatre) = $5,000
8) Still Point Theatre Collective = $5,000
9) Attic Playhouse = $5,000 for each of 2 years
10) BackStage Theatre Company = $5,000
11) Infamous Commonwealth Theatre Company = $4,000
12) Piven Theatre Workshop = $4,000
13) Bruised Orange Theatre Company = $3,000
14) New Millennium Theatre Company = $3,000
Dance grants (all grants are for general operating support):
1) Kalapriya Center = $10,000
2) The Dance COLEctive = $8,000 for each of 2 years
3) Gingarte Capoeira Performance Company = $5,000
4) Concert Dance = $5,000
5) Breakbone DanceCo. = $5,000
Companies that consider themselves to perform both theater and dance:
1) Kuumba Lynx = $5,000 for each of 2 years