Actor's Express nabs $20,000 grant
Financial boost will go toward theater company's 2015-16 season
- BreeAnne Clowdus
- FAMILY FEUD: Wyatt Fenner (left) and Galen Crawley in AE's production of Bad Jews
These days, it’s big news when a local arts organization can nab a sizable grant, and adventurous theater company Actor’s Express has just snagged a big one from the Schubert Foundation. A longtime supporter of AE, the foundation is focused on providing assistance to live performing arts in the U.S., primarily theatre but dance as well. The foundation helps with the operating costs of not-for-profit theatre and dance companies, and it has just pledged $20,000 to AE for the company’s 2015-2016 season.
The upcoming season will include performances of Stupid F*ing Bird (a comedic take on Chekhov’s The Seagull); The Thrush & the Woodpecker (a revenge thriller); Blackberry Winter (a new work about caring for someone with Alzhimer’s); the Sondheim classic Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (starring local powerhouse Kevin Harry), Serial Black Face (a drama about the real-life murders of children in Atlanta in 1979); and Significant Other (a fun romantic gay comedy from the playwright of this year’s hit, Bad Jews). There will also be frequent readings and other smaller performances throughout the season.
In addition to providing grants to regional companies, the foundation is the sole shareholder of the Shubert Organization, Inc., which currently owns and operates more than 20 theaters, including 17 on Broadway.