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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Philadelphia Theatre Initiative

The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) exists to foster and promote artistic excellence, imagination, and courage in the region’s nonprofit theatre.

To those ends, PTI seeks to:

  • Provide theatres, presenters, and independent theatre artists with the resources required to stimulate artistic development and create or present theatre of the highest standards;
  • Strengthen and expand the creative capacity of theatres, presenters, and independent theatre artists of this region;
  • Expand the range of theatrical programming available to a wide range of Philadelphia-area audiences; and
  • Develop a sense of community through the exchange of ideas, information and resources.

At this site you can learn more about PTI, find eligibility information for grants, read descriptions of recently-funded projects, and download program guidelines and application materials.

PTI staff members are listed in the contact section of this website.

PTI News

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists.

PTI co-hosts an interview with Václav Havel, playwright and former President of the Czech Republic

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner meets with Philadelphia theatre professionals

PTI posts the complete transcript of a panel discussion on Creating New Work for Theatre

Philadelphia Theatre Initiative
The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
1608 Walnut Street, 18th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 267.350.4940
Fax: 267.350.4997
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Photo at top: Melanye Finister and Mark Hairston in Ellen McLaughlin’s THE PERSIANS, from the classic Greek drama by Aeschylus. People’s Light & Theatre Company. Photo by Mark Garvin.

Photo at bottom: Arden Theatre Company, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Photo courtesy of Arden Theatre Company.

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