Musical Theater

Musical Theater

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    Art Works Grants

    Funding Opportunity for Organizations

    Deadline: Feb. 15, 2018
    Earliest Start Date: Jan. 1, 2018

    Deadline: July 12, 2018
    Earliest Start Date: June 1, 2019

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    Challenge America Grants

    Funding Opportunity
    for Organizations

    Deadline: April 12, 2018
    Earliest Start Date: January 1, 2019

  • A gropu of actors on a stage come though a doorway pointing towards the public. Two figures flank the scene.

    Our Town Grants

    Funding Opportunity
    for Organizations

    Deadline: August 9, 2018
    Notification: April 2019
    Earliest Start Date: July 1, 2019

Staff

Theater & Musical Theater Director

Greg Reiner

Greg Reiner

Greg Reiner joined the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater starting in September 2015. Reiner manages NEA...

Staff

Carol Lanoux Lee
Musical Theater/Theater Specialist, leec@arts.gov

Recent Grants

Medal of Arts

An online grant search is available to find information on NEA grants from 2000 to the present.

National Initiatives

Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge
A national musical theater songwriting competition for high school students.

Shakespeare in American Communities
Professional theater companies perform Shakespeare’s plays and conduct educational activities at middle and high schools throughout the country.

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Audio

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Dion Graham

Actor and Voice Artist

An aural shape-shifter.

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Features

A group of bedraggled children perform as orphans in a production of Annie

Art Talk with Phamaly Theatre Artistic Director Regan Linton

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Art Talk with Ted Libbey on Leonard Bernstein

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Art Talk with Playwright Itamar Moses

Publications

2018 Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts

The 2018 NEA Guide provides details on the programs and activities that the NEA supports, as well as funding deadlines for our various grants. Included is information on Grants for...

NEA Roundtable: Creating Opportunities for Deaf Theater Artists

This report summarizes a roundtable conversation hosted by the NEA on creating opportunities for Deaf theater artists. More than 50 artists, administrators, academics, and funders gathered in New York City...