GMTWP Alum Sam Chanse (Cycle 23) and her play TRIGGER was announced by The Lark and Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation as one of three recipients for the second round of The Lark’s Venturous Playwright Fellowship program. The fellowship supports the advancement of ambitious, risk-taking, and innovative plays by providing concurrent residencies for their authors, and advocating for their production by partner theaters. Fellows each receive an award of $50,000 over two years, as well as a Production Subsidy Grant of up to $50,000 to support a production of the play at a theater of the playwright’s choosing. Throughout their two-year fellowships, the playwrights will be in residence at The Lark where they will have access to an individually-tailored lineup of new play development and advocacy resources, including readings, workshops, writers’ groups, retreats, career guidance, and community engagement activities, designed to nurture their writing and advance their work into the repertoire.
Fellows were selected through a multi-step process, led by The Lark and Venturous Theater Fund staff. Nominations were solicited from artists and theater makers within The Lark’s network, and selections were made based on choosing work identified as “venturous,” defined as challenging in form, controversial in subject matter, ambitious in scale, and/or experimental in concept.
