Playwrights Horizons' production of GMTWP Alum Michael R. Jackson's A STRANGE LOOP was one of several organizations to receive support through a NAMT grant.
Several shows written by GMTWP Alums will receive funding support through grant monies offered by NAMT, The National Alliance for Musical Theater.
The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals (FYFNM) is a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals. Now in its 11th year, this year the Fund is providing grants totaling $70,000 to organizations across the country.
The Innovation & Exploration Fund (I&EF), a funding initiative now in its third cycle, is designed to help NAMT not-for-profit member theatres pilot new capacity-building programs to advance their missionsand share knowledge with other members. This year the I&EF is providing grants totaling $12,000 to organizations nationwide.
The GMTWP Alums affected by the grant are:
- Niko Tsakalakos (Cycle 17) for his show FALL SPRINGS which will be produced at Barrington Stage Company.
- Nathan Fosbinder (Cycle 28) for his show HEPHAESTUS which will be produced at Music Theatre of Madison.
- Michael R. Jackson (Cycle 14) for his show A STRANGE LOOP which will be produced by Playwrights Horizons.
- Gordon Leary & Julia Meinwald (Cycle 16) for their show SOMETHING BLUE which will be produced by Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, CA.
- Michelle Elliott & Danny Haengil Larsen for their show HART ISLAND which will be workshopped at The Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA.