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 Board/CEO of the Tides Foundation.
Bathhouse.pptx
by Jesús I. Valles The Flea Theater, New York, NY
Grief Hotel
by Liza Birkenmeier Clubbed Thumb and New Georges, New York, NY
Nancy
by Rhiana Yazzie Mosaic Theater, Washington, DC
Where the Summit Meets the Stars
by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse Native Voices at the Autry, Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2023/Winter 2024
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Grief Hotel by Liza Birkenmeier Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY Co-production with New Georges
Fish by Kia Corthron Keen Company, New York, NY Co-production with Working Theater
The Red Hook History Project (working title) by Sarah Gancher En Garde Arts, New York, NY Co-production with Vineyard Theatre
Stargazers by Majkin Holmquist Page 73, New York, NY
What Will Happen to All that Beauty? by Donja R. Love Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherdstown, WV
ROAR!by Lindsey Hope Pearlman Bread Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY
God Will Do the Restby Nicholas Pilapil Artists at Play, Los Angeles, CA
Fifty Boxes of Earth by Ankita Raturi Theater Mu, Saint Paul, MN
Isabel by ruth tang National Asian American Theatre Co., New York, NY
Bathhouse.pptx by Jesús I. Valles The Flea Theater, New York, NY
Other Grants
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
New Georges, New York, NY – Collaboration Pilot
Noor Theatre, New York, NY – Arab Voices 2024
PlayCo, New York, NY – Sala Beckett Exchange
Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA – Sasha Denisova Residency
Summer 2023
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Middle of the Worldby Juan José Alfonso Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID
Artificial Flavors by Steve Cosson The Civilians, Brooklyn, NY
Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacularby Lisa Sanaye Dring Rogue Artists Ensemble, Sun Valley, CA
Bee ﺯﻧﺒﻮﺭ by Sean Michael Welch & Melody Erfani LES Shakespeare Co., Portland, OR
Zoetrope by Javier Antonio González Caborca, Brooklyn, NY
Where the Summit Meets the Stars by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse Native Voices at the Autry, Los Angeles, CA
The Fires by Raja Feather Kelly Soho Rep, New York, NY
Pang Spa by David Johann Kim at Chalk Repertory Theatre Two Stop by David Johann Kim at Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Los Angeles, CA
House of Telescopes by Kairos Looney Pipeline Theatre Company, New York, NY
Other Grants
Infinite Life by Annie Baker at Atlantic Theater Co., New York, NY
Staff Meal by Abe Koogler at Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY
Entertainment Community Fund
Latinx Playwrights Circle
Afro-Atlantic Playwrights Festival at Illusion Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Radical Evolution (NYC)’s Jana Natya Manch residency
The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe The Playwrights Realm, New York, NY
Fat Ham
by James Ijames Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Lunch Bunch
by Sarah Einspanier PlayCo and Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY
Wicoun
By Larissa FastHorse Cornerstone Theater Co. South Dakota tour
Edit Annie
by Mary Glen Fredrick Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA
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
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
Center for International Theatre Development – LINKAGES: Poland
Dramatists Guild Foundation
The Indie Theater Fund
La Mama, New York, NY – Dmitry Krymov Emergency Residency
Latinx Playwrights Circle
National New Play Network
Peacedale Global Arts
The Pool 3.0, New York, NY
Sol Project
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 (South Dakota tour)
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/Spring 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 Sugarland by Aleshea Harris New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY
Songs About Trainsby Beto O’Byrne et al. Working Theater/Radical Evolution, New York, NY
Covid Response (2020-2021)
Special Grants
Emergency Grants to playwrights via the Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation, and New Dramatists
“Plays for Now” grants for projects employing playwrights to create new work during the pandemic.
“Next Act” grants to theaters for general support during the pandemic recovery
Cultural Solidarity Fund, New York, NY
Summer 2020
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Bruise & Thornby C. Julian Jiménez Pipeline Theatre Co., New York, NY
Fat Hamby James Ijames Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Animateby 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
Bruise & Thorn
by C. Julian Jiménez Pipeline Theatre Co., New York, NY
Once Upon a (korean) Time
by Daniel K. Isaac Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York NY
Indecent
by Paula Vogel Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY
I'm Revolting
by Gracie Gardner Atlantic Theater Co., New York, NY
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
Whitelistedby 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
Other Grants
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
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
Mothersby 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
Other Grants
The Playwrights Realm, New York, NY – in support of Radical Parent-Inclusion Project
Theater Accident (Matthew Freeman), New York, N
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
Autonomyby 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
Other 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 Moscowby 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
Other Grants
Problematic Play Festival – Z Space, San Francisco, CA
Lewiston/Clarkston
by Samuel J. Hunter Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY
The Sensuality Party
by Justin Kuritzkes The New Group, New York, NY
Men on Boats
by Jaclyn Backhaus Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY
Scenes from 71* Years
by Hannah Khalil Golden Thread, San Francisco, CA
Spring 2018
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Red Hills by Deborah Asiimwe and Sean Christopher Lewis En Garde Arts, New York, NY
Fairviewby 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
Lewistonand Clarkstonby Samuel D. Hunter Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York, NY
Other Grants
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 Ottoby David Rabe The New Group, New York, NY
Other 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) Waterby Sheila Callaghan New Georges, New York, NY
A Tale of Autumnby 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 Frontby Eric Samuelsen Plan-B Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, UT
Peaceable Kingdom by Mary Tuomanen Orbiter 3, Philadelphia, PA
Other 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
Alligatorby 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 Inkby NSangou Njikam The Flea Theater, New York, NY
Other Grants
Minor Theater, New York, NY
National New Play Network, Washington, DC – Collaboration Fund
Spring 2016
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Caught by Christopher Chen The Play Company, New York, NY
A Wonder in My Soulby Marcus Gardley Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL
Sagittarius Ponderosaby MJ Kaufman National Asian American Theatre Company, New York, NY
The Sensuality Partyby 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
Other Grants
Andy Bragen Theatre Projects, New York, NY
Fall 2015
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sallyby 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
Sojournersand runboyrun by Mfoniso Udofia Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Indecentby Paula Vogel Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY
Other Grants
6NewPlays, San Francisco, CA
Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, MN
Workhaus Collective,Minneapolis, MN
The Hill Town Plays
by Lucy Thurber Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY
Lasso of Truth
by Carson Kreitzer Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA
You Got Older
by Clare Barron Page 73 Productions, New York, NY
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
By Jocelyn Bioh MCC Theater, New York, NY
Spring 2015
“Venturous Capital” Production Grants
This Golden State Part One: Delanoby 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, Earthby Casey Llewellyn Foundry Theatre, New York, NY
Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl Ars Nova, New York, NY
Other 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 Heroby Guillermo Reyes Borderlands Theater, Tucson, AZ
10 out of 12 by Anne Washburn Soho Rep, New York, NY
Other Grants
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
Other Grants
National New Play Network, Washington, DC – 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
Other 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 Disneyby 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
Other Grants
Playwrights Horizons, New York NY
Lark Play Development Center, New York, NY
Spring 2012
Inaugural Grants
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV – Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams
Epic Theatre Ensemble,New York, NY – 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 – For Ma-Yi Writers Lab
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre,New York, NY – Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by José Rivera
Soho Rep,New York, NY – Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, adapted by Annie Baker
Victory Gardens Theater,Chicago, IL – Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfar
Venturous Theater Fund Grants and Prospective Grants
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 (performed in rep with Native Son adapted by Nambi Kelley) Mosaic Theater Company, Washington, DC
Additional Grants
Afro-Atlantic Playwrights’ Festival, The Playwrights Center/Carlyle Brown, Minneapolis, MN Blockchain Theater Project, New York, NY
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