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