Sair here! I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I started doing this. Thank you to everyone who supports the digest.
Funding
In case you missed it last month, you have 3 days left to apply for this unrestricted grant. The award invests in the writers’ broader artistic careers rather than funding one specific project.
Reward: $20,000+
Deadline: September 4th
Financial assistance for early-career theatre artists to fund project-specific expenses, such as studio rental, demo production, etc.
Reward: In the low thousands.
Deadline: Rolling
Development
Writing lab for roughly 8–10 writing teams to create original short musicals around a shared theme, followed by development and rehearsal. Comes with a modest stipend and culminates in a public presentation.
Deadline: September 10th
National Music Theater Conference
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center selects original, unproduced music-theatre works for two-week workshop residencies in Waterford, Connecticut, with professional artistic support and public readings.
Reward: Stipend + competitive development support
Deadline: September 30th
NYU Steinhardt selects three full-length Theatre for Young Audiences scripts for intensive one-week development periods at the Provincetown Playhouse, with rehearsals, dramaturgy, and public readings.
Reward: Modest honorarium.
Deadline: September 30th
Looking ahead: If you produce your own work, it’s definitely time to start prepping for your Brooklyn Arts Fund application, or any of the similar opportunities for your borough!
Residencies
Villa Barr Art Park Artist In Residency
Residencies outside Detroit pairing visiting and local artists. Visiting residents receive on-site housing, private studio space, shared fabrication facilities, and are expected to propose public engagement.
Stipend: $1,000+
Deadline: September 14th
A month-long residency on a working ranch in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming for visual artists and writers/composers. Provides a private room, a separate studio, and shared living space.
Application fee: $30
Stipend: $300
Deadline: September 15th
One-month residency hosting two artists in Italy at an 18th-century frescoed palazzo, featuring private bedrooms and bathrooms and plenty of shared spaces.
Application fee: $25
Reward/Stipend: $0
Deadline: September 30th
Multidisciplinary two-week to one-month residency at Millay Arts in Austerlitz, New York, running April–November.
Residents receive a private bedroom and studio, groceries, communal chef-prepared dinners, and local transportation.
Application fee: $45 ($60 late deadline)
Residency fee: $100
Deadline: October 1st
That’s it for this month’s highlights! And now for The List - my comprehensive compendium of all upcoming opportunities for which theatre writers are eligible. A massive THANK YOU to everyone who subscribes - every dollar goes toward the production of new work.
Please enjoy this expanded collection of 69 opportunities (nice):
