NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund

(A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program) 

Recipients

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) are thrilled to announce the 108 recipients of the 2022 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program). Through this regrant program, $340,000 was distributed via flexible, general operating support grants to small theatres across New York State. Over the past two years, the coronavirus pandemic has had an outsized impact on the performing arts community, who have pivoted to new forms and methods of engaging with their artists and audiences. We hope this funding can support theatres in capacity building and stabilization as theatres continue the ongoing work of recovery.

Recipients of the Creative Opportunity Fund were determined by a panel of theatre-makers from New York City and across the state. Nominations for panelists were solicited from the community, and 20 panelists met virtually to score and allocate funding for the 145 applicants. 

A.R.T./New York is thrilled to partner for the fifth year with the New York State Council on the Arts to continue to build and strengthen the theatrical field statewide. 

“A.R.T./New York’s thoughtful, targeted, and focused approach to make impactful investments in nonprofit theatres drives the development of New York’s theatrical sector,” said NYSCA Executive Director Mara Manus. “The performing arts were one of the hardest hit areas of the creative sector, and we are thrilled to work with A.R.T./New York to ensure that these vital dollars reach theatres statewide. On behalf of the entire NYSCA Team, congratulations to all 108 awardees!” 

2022 Creative Opportunity Fund Recipients

2021 Creative Opportunity Fund Panelists

Omonike Akinyemi
Artistic Director, Image Quilt Dance Theater

Moe Angelos
Company Member, The Builders Association

Brian Beirne
Managing Director, 59E59 Theaters & The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation

Sean Crawford
Executive Assistant/Office Manager, Shakespeare in Delaware Park

Katy Donnelly
Managing Director, The Parsnip Ship

Ashley Jones
Associate Artist, PUSH Physical Theatre

Meredith Lucio
Producing Director, The Assembly

Emily Lyon
Incoming Artistic Director, Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre

Mara McEwin
Artistic Director, Treehouse Shakers

Melissa Moschitto
Artistic Director, The Anthropologists

Nella Mupier
Director of Programs, Girl Be Heard

Katie Palmer
Co-Artistic Director, Theater in Asylum & Executive Director, Together in Dance

Vanessa Pereda
Education + Community Director at The Bushwick Starr

Steven Prestia
Grants for the Arts Assistant, Huntington Arts Council

Rosalba Rolon
Artistic Director, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (Pregones/PRTT)

Kori Rushton
Producing Artistic Director, IRT Theater

Kyra Sims
Senior Ensemble Member & Education Chair, New York Neo-Futurists

Sean Tecson
Freelance Director, Producer, and Theatre Arts Educator

Tony Williams II
Artistic Director, Astoria Performing Arts Center (A.P.A.C.)

Kristina Wong
Solo Theater Artist

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.