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Alaska Junior Theater, Anchorage, Alaska
Grant to support organization dedicated to bringing professional theater to
young audiences in Alaska. The organization, which is 20 years old, provides live theater to more than 30,000 students in grades K through 8. Study guides are prepared for distribution to teachers.
This grant will assist the theater to build upon its relationships with rural school districts and Alaskan native regional and village corporations and to bring performances to Kenai, Barrow, two North Slope Borough
villages, Kotzebue and Nome.
$8,400.00
Aurora Theater Company, Berkeley, California
General support for 2001-2002 production season for Aurora Theater in
Berkeley. The Company, founded by prominent Bay Area actress Barbara Oliver, is often described as "chamber theater" because of its intimate performance space (70 audience seats) and its emphasis on
subtlety, shadings of feelings and ensemble responsiveness. A new performing space which will increase audience capacity to 150 is being constructed in Berkeley in the Arts District. The group offers
acting opportunities to talented Bay Area performers and its company has the highest percentage of equity actors in the Bay Area.
$12,500.00
California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley, California
Further support of Shakespeare in the Schools program wherein
actors from the Festival go to East Bay grade and junior high schools to present scenes from Shakespeare's plays and describe and discuss acting life. The program also includes several special stage
productions at the Festival's theater in Orinda for school children.
$10,000.00
Heather Harrington Dance Company, Brooklyn, New York
Grant to support production of a 90-minute modern dance piece
inspired by Shakespeare's MacBeth, choreographed by outstanding dancer and director Heather Harrington, with original music by Cam Millar. The dance performance will take place at St. Mark's Church in New York in the spring of 2003.
$10,000.00
Hoghton Tower Shakespeare Center
Trust, Lancashire, England
Second installment of three year grant totaling $30,000 to support the establishment of a
Shakespeare study and performance center in Lancashire, England. Shakespeare has numerous contacts with Lancashire and is thought to have spent time at Hoghton Tower and Preston. The Center will build upon
this contact.
$10,000.00
Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, California
Grant for general operating support for organization which develops
young singers by giving them opportunities to perform in various operatic settings as well as having roles in main stage San Francisco Opera productions.
$25,000.00
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon
Grant to sponsor the Festival's 2002 season production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
$25,000.00
San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, California
Grant for sponsorship of the Opera's revival of Mozart's Abduction
from the Seraglio for the fall 2002 season. The original production was presented under the sponsorship of the Foundation in 1990.
$75,000.00
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival,
San Francisco, California
Grant in support of Festival's production of Cinderella, as a British pantomime version of the classic fairytale, for holiday presentation. The classic British performance is a farcical, over the top production with a blend of live music, colorful sets and costumes, physical slapstick, lot of topical comedy, audience participation and guest appearances by well known local celebrities and personalities.
$10,000.00
Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Third installment of five year grant totaling $250,000.00 for the presentation of World or American premieres
of modern operas at Santa Fe. The Opera is famous for its support of modern opera and composers through presentation of premieres and commissioning new operas. For the 2002 season the grant will support
the American premiere of Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de Loin.
$50,000.00
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Grant to support the completion and premiere presentation
of Herbert Siguenza's Cantinflas! and its related education and outreach activities. This play is about one of the 20th century's most charismatic Mexican comic figures, Cantinflas. The play has been developed through workshops and readings and now is ready for a stage performance which will occur in September 2002. The final performance will be presented in a tent-like set in the manner of itinerant performers of rural Mexico.
$12,500.00
Total
$242,500.00
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