What act yet mightier yet imagineth
Thy venturous spirit?
—The Odyssey, Book IX
(tr. Chapman)

Venturous Theater Fund Grants 
and Prospective Grants*


Fall 2022/Winter 2023


“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


The Gaaga (The Hague) by Sasha Denisova
Arlekin Players Theatre, Needham, MA

Edit Annie by Mary Glen Fredrick
Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA

Hang Time by Zora Howard
Flea Theatre, New York, NY

A Boarding School Play by Blossom Johnson
AlterTheater Ensemble, San Rafael, CA

Measure Still for Measure by Jessica Kubzansky
Boston Court Pasadena, Pasadena, CA

How Blood Go by Lisa Langford
Congo Square Theatre, Chicago, IL

The Overview Effect by Lynn Rosen
Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherdstown, WV

Malvolio by Betty Shamieh
Classical Theater of Harlem, New York, NY

Nancy by Rhiana Yazzie
Mosaic Theater, Washington, DC


Other Grants


The Dream King by Marvin Quijada at Teatro Vista, Chicago, IL
The Pool 3.0, New York, NY
La Mama, New York, NY - Dmitry Krymov Emergency Residency 
Center for International Theatre Development - LINKAGES: Poland          
Dramatists Guild Foundation
National New Play Network
Peacedale Global Arts



​Summer 2022

 “Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Hotel Happy by Camilo Almonacid
Houses on the Moon Theater Co., New York NY

The Devil Is a Lie by Jennifer Chang
Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA 


Public Obscenities by Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Soho Rep, New York, NY

​NAATCO National Partnership Project

Wicoun by Larissa FastHorse
Cornerstone Theater Co., Los Angeles, CA

Josephine’s Feast by Star Finch
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

The Unbelieving by Marin Gazzaniga
The Civilians, New York, NY

demons. by Keelay Gipson
JAG Productions, White River Junction, VT

Co-production with The Bushwick Starr

Desert Stories for Lost Girls by Lily Rushing
Latino Theater Co., Los Angeles, CA

Co-production with Native Voices

Salesman 之死 by Jeremy Tiang
Yangtze Rep, New York, NY

Other Grants

Action Art Collaborative, St. Louis, MO
Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY – Summerworks
The Tent, New York, NY



Winter 2022


“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


Hound Dog by Melis Aker
Ars Nova, New York, NY

Schlitzie: Alive and Inside the Decaying Sideshow by Eric Fagundes
Rogue Artists Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA
 
The Magnolia Ballet by Terry Guest
About Face Theatre, Chicago, IL 

Menstruation: A Period Piece by Miranda Rose Hall
Big Little Theater Company, Los Angeles, CA

Once Upon a (Korean) Time by Daniel K. Isaac
Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York NY

sandblasted by Charly Evon Simpson
Vineyard Theatre/WP Theater, New York, NY 

Arden: A Ritual for Love and Liberation by Niegel Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, Peter Born, Diana Oh, and Okwui Okpokwasili
The Flea, New York, NY


Other Grants


On Sugarlandby Aleshea Harris at New York Theatre Workshop​, New York, NY

Songs About Trains by Beto O’Byrne et al. at Working Theater/Radical Evolution, New York, NY

​

Fall 2020/Winter 2021


“Plays for Now” Grants

Numerous special grants for theatrical productions and other initiatives employing playwrights to create new work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

​Cultural Solidarity Fund, New York, NY


Summer 2020

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


Bruise & Thorn by C. Julian Jiménez
Pipeline Theatre Co., New York, NY

Fat Ham by James Ijames
Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA

How the Baby Died by Tori Keenan-Zelt
Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH

Animate by Ken LaZebnik
Mixed Blood Theater, Minneapolis, MN

In Every Generation by Ali Viterbi
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL



Other Grants


The Sol Project - playwright retreat
Eugenie Chan Theater Projects
Kyoung’s Pacific Beat
Legacy Playwrights Initiative of the Dramatists Guild Foundation  

New Dramatists - “Toil and Trouble” initiative

Emergency Grants to playwrights via the Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation, and New Dramatists

​

Spring 2020


“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


The Light at the End of the Tunnel by Eliza Bent
Bentertainment, New York, NY

What You Are Now by Sam Chanse
The Civilians, New York, NY 

I’m Revolting by Gracie Gardner
Atlantic Theater Company, New York, NY

Whitelisted by Chisa Hutchinson
Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherdstown, WV

A Woman Among Women by Julia May Jonas
The Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NY
Co-presented with New Georges


Refuge Co-Created by Satya Jnani Chávez & Andrew Rosendorf; Transcreation by Mari Meza-Burgos

Curious Theatre Company, Denver, CO​


Additional Grant


The Pool 2020, New York, NY



Fall 2019


“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch
Atlantic Theater Company, New York, NY

The Seagull/Woodstock NY by Thomas Bradshaw
The New Group, New York, NY

Lunch Bunch by Sarah Einspanier
The Play Company, New York, NY
Co-production with Clubbed Thumb


Don't Eat the Mangos by Ricardo Pérez González
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA


Wolf Play by Hansol Jung
Soho Rep, New York, NY


There’s Always the Hudson by Paola Lázaro       
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC


​Tumacho by Ethan Lipton
Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY

Mothers by Anna Moench
The Playwrights Realm, New York, NY

Devilfish by Vera Starbard
Perseverance Theatre, Douglas, AK

Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) by Andrea Thome
En Garde Arts, New York, NY


Additional Grants


The Playwrights Realm, New York, NY - in support of Radical Parent-Inclusion Project

Theater Accident (Matthew Freeman), New York, NY



Spring 2019

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


Plano by Will Arbery
Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY


Playing Hot by Kevin Armento and C. A. Johnson
Pipeline Theatre Company, New York, NY


We Are Among Us by Stephen Belber
City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA


Third Eye Moonwalk by Jon Bernson
Encore Theatre and the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA


Ripped by Rachel Bublitz
Z Space, San Francisco, CA


Passage by Christopher Chen
Soho Rep, New York, NY


St. Vincent’s Project: Novenas for a Lost Hospital by Cusi Cram
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York, NY


Scenes from 71 Years by Hannah Khalil

Golden Thread, San Francisco, CA


Autonomy by Ken LaZebnik

Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN


Leap and the Net Will Appear by Chana Porter
New Georges, New York, NY


Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of A Native Son by Psalmayene 24 
Mosaic Theater Company, Washington, DC



Additional Grants


Afro-Atlantic Playwrights’ Festival, The Playwrights Center/Carlyle Brown, Minneapolis, MN
Blockchain Theater Project, New York, NY



Fall 2018

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Good Grief by Ngozi Anyanwu
Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY


BLKS by Aziza Barnes
Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC


Catch As Catch Can by Mia Chung
Page 73, New York, NY


Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow by Halley Feiffer
MCC Theater, New York, NY


Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris
The New Group, New York, NY
(Co-production with the Vineyard Theatre)


Rightlynd by Ike Holter
Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL

Jazz by Nambi E. Kelley
Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA

Stinkers by Josh Tobiessen
Jungle Theater, Minneapolis, MN



Additional Grant

Problematic Play Festival - ​Z Space, San Francisco, CA


Spring 2018

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Red Hills by Deborah Asiimwe and Sean Christopher Lewis
En Garde Arts, New York, NY

Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Soho Rep, New York, NY

The Mermaid Hour by David Valdes Greenwood
Borderlands Theater, Tucson, AZ
 
Eddie and Dave by Amy Staats
Atlantic Theater Co., New York, NY

Black History Museum… According to the United States of America by Zoey Martinson
HERE Arts Center, New York NY

Members Only by Oliver Mayer
Latino Theater Company, Los Angeles, CA

Lewiston and Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York, NY



Additional Grant


Trans Lab Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

​


Fall 2017

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Thomas and Sally by Thomas Bradshaw
Marin Theatre Co., Mill Valley, CA


Sound House by Stephanie​ ​Fleischmann
New Georges, New York, NY


The Eva Trilogy by Barbara Hammond
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Is God Is by Aleshea Harris
Soho Rep, New York, NY


Birthday​ ​Candles by Noah Haidle
Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit, MI


Good for Otto by David Rabe
The New Group, New York, NY



Additional Grants


The Pool (Lynn Rosen, Peter Gil-Sheridan, Susan Bernfield), New York, NY

[Porto] by Kate Benson, The Bushwick Starr/WP Theater/New Georges, New York, NY

​


Spring 2017


“Venturous Capital” Production Grants


​​​School Girls (Or; The African Mean Girls Play) by Jocelyn Bioh
MCC Theater, New York, NY

(Not) Water by Sheila Callaghan
New Georges, New York, NY

A Tale of Autumn by Christopher Chen
Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA

Welcome to Fear City by Kara Lee Corthron
Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherdstown, WV

CasablancaBox by Sara Farrington
HERE, New York, NY 

Kaidan by Lisa Dring and Chelsea Sutton
East West Players, Los Angeles, CA

{my lingerie play} by Diana Oh
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York, NY

The Ice Front by Eric Samuelsen
Plan-B Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, UT

Peaceable Kingdom by Mary Tuomanen
Orbiter 3, Philadelphia, PA
​

Additional Grants


Home by Geoff Sobelle - FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA

Tiny Little Band, New York, NY

​Justin Kuritzkes Company at JACK, New York, NY

Headlong Dance Theatre (for MJ Kaufman's  Destiny Estimate), Philadelphia, PA



​Fall 2016

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Balls by Kevin Armento & Bryony Lavery
One Year Lease Theatre Company, New York, NY

Baby Screams Miracle by Clare Barron
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC

Alligator by Hilary Bettis
New Georges, New York, NY

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
The Playwrights Realm, New York, NY

Your Best One and The Luckiest People by Meridith Friedman 
Curious Theatre Company, Denver, CO

Ballast by Georgette Kelly
Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA

Nogales by Richard Montoya
Borderlands Theater, Tucson, AZ
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Syncing Ink by NSangou Njikam
The Flea Theater, New York, NY


Additional Grants

Minor Theater, New York, NY
National New Play Network, Washington, DC - In support of The Collaboration Fund


Spring 2016

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Caught by Christopher Chen
The Play Company, New York, NY

A Wonder in My Soul by Marcus Gardley
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL

Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman
National Asian American Theatre Company, New York, NY

The Sensuality Party by Justin Kuritzkes
The New Group, New York, NY

Tell Hector I Miss Him by Paola Lázaro
Atlantic Theatre Co., New York, NY

Samara by Richard Maxwell
Soho Rep, New York, NY

This Is Reading by Lynn Nottage
Labyrinth Theater Company, New York, NY
Produced in Reading, PA

Kentucky by Leah Nanako Winkler
Co-produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre and Page 73 Productions, New York, NY            



Additional Grant

Andy Bragen Theatre Projects, New York, NY



Fall 2015

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally by Kevin Armento
One Year Lease Theatre Company, New York, NY

Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus
Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY

Spill by Leigh Fondakowski
TimeLine Theatre Company, Chicago, IL

Charles Francis Chan's Most Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery by Lloyd Suh
National Asian American Theatre Company, New York, NY

Sojourners and runboyrun by Mfoniso Udofia
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Indecent by Paula Vogel
Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY 


Additional Grants

6NewPlays, San Francisco, CA
Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, MN
Workhaus Collective, Minneapolis, MN

 
Spring 2015

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

This Golden State Part One: Delano by Luis Alfaro
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Swimmers by Rachel Bonds
Marin Theatre Co., Mill Valley, CA

Fulfillment by Thomas Bradshaw
The Flea Theater, New York, NY

We Are Pussy Riot by Barbara Hammond
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O, Earth by Casey Llewellyn
Foundry Theatre, New York, NY

Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
Ars Nova, New York, NY


Additional Grants

Carlyle Brown & Company, Minneapolis, MN
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT
The Kilroys, Los Angeles, CA 


Fall 2014

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

You Got Older by Clare Barron
Page 73 Productions, New York, NY

Pussy Valley by Katori Hall
Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN  

They Call Me a Hero by Guillermo Reyes
Borderlands Theater, Tucson, AZ

10 out of 12 by Anne Washburn
Soho Rep, New York, NY


Additional Grant

Orbiter 3, Philadelphia, PA


Spring 2014

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

Everything You Touch by Sheila Callaghan
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY

The Late Wedding by Christopher Chen
Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA

Charm by Philip Dawkins
Northlight Theatre, Skokie, IL

An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Soho Rep, New York, NY

Ludic Proxy by Aya Ogawa
The Play Company, New York, NY

Zombie: The American by Robert O’Hara
Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC

Down Past Passyunk by A. Zell Williams
InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA


Additional Grants

National New Play Network, Washington, DC - In support of The Collaboration Fund
The Welders: A Playwrights Collective, Washington, DC


Fall 2013

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

The Ashes Under Gait City by Christina Anderson
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Colossal by Andrew Hinderaker
Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN  

Every Five Minutes by Linda McLean
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Superheroes by Sean San José
The Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco, CA

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Roy Williams
Atlantic Theatre Co., New York, NY


Additional Grants

New Dramatists, New York,  NY

 
Winter 2012–2013

“Venturous Capital” Production Grants

The Bereaved by Thomas Bradshaw
Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA

Intimacy by Thomas Bradshaw
The New Group, New York, NY

A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath
Soho Rep, New York, NY

Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
 Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL

Lasso of Truth by Carson Kreitzer
Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA

Trade Practices created by David Morris and Kristin Marting, written by Erin Courtney, Eisa Davis, Robert Lyons, Qui Nguyen, KJ Sanchez, and Chris Wells
HERE Arts Center, New York, NY

The Hill Town Plays by Lucy Thurber
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY

The Insurgents by Lucy Thurber 
Labyrinth Theater Company, New York, NY


Additional Grants

Playwrights Horizons, New York  NY
Lark Play Development Center, New York, NY


Inaugural Grants (Spring 2012)
 

  • Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV - Support for Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams
  • Epic Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY - Support for Dispatches from (A)mended America by Brandt Adams and Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.
  • Flux Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY
  • Labyrinth Theater Company, New York, NY
  • Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York, NY - Support for the Ma-Yi Writers Lab
  • Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY - Support for Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by José Rivera
  • Soho Rep, New York, NY - Support for Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, as adapted by Annie Baker
  • Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL - Support for Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro


*Note: Our grants are made through Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, a donor-advised fund. All grants are prospective until approved by the Tides Foundation.

Supporting Risk-Taking, Experimentation, and Ambition in the Theater