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Manhattan Theatre Club Receives Grant to Launch Playwright Commissioning Program Print E-mail
Written by Breanne George
May 08, 2008
NEW YORK – Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Bank of America has granted them $225,000 to support a new playwright commissioning program.  

The three-year program will support two commissions per year — one for an established playwright and one for an up-and-coming playwright.  Commissions will be issued each June beginning this year. This program will be overseen by Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and MTC's new Director of Artistic Development Jerry Patch.
 
"Our sincere thanks to Bank of America in helping us achieve our mission," said Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove in a joint statement. "MTC has a long tradition of bringing new voices to the American theatre. With these Bank of Americ commissions, we will be able to continue to support contemporary playwrights by providing the resources needed to create new work – work that will be nurtured and developed and hopefully be presented on one of our three stages."
 
"As a leading national sponsor of arts and culture, Bank of America believes in the power of the arts to create and sustain vibrant and economically healthy communities," said Rena DeSisto, global arts & culture executive for Bank of America. "We are thrilled to partner with Manhattan Theatre Club on this innovative program to help provide opportunity for artistic talent and vision to flourish."
 
First drafts of all commissioned plays will be given an in-house reading at MTC's Creative Center, to be followed by feedback sessions between Artistic Development staff and the playwright.  All final scripts will be evaluated for potential production at either MTC's Broadway house, the Biltmore Theatre, or on one of their Off-Broadway stages at City Center.
 
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For more information, please visit www.mtc-nyc.org/


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Comment by GUEST on 2008-05-09 11:12:36
RE: May '08 issue Backdrops 
Boy howdy (as we would say in Texas) did that information arrive in time for me. Thank you and your staff for covering such an array of topics. Looking forward to my next issue. Thanking you again.

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