The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
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The Theatre program at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage exists to foster and promote artistic excellence, imagination, and courage in the region’s nonprofit theater.
To those ends, we seek to:
- Provide theaters, presenters, and independent theater artists with the resources required to stimulate artistic development and create or present theater of the highest standards;
- Strengthen and expand the creative capacity of theaters, presenters, and independent theater 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.
Browse our navigation to learn more about the Theatre program, find eligibility information for grants, read descriptions of recently-funded projects, and download program guidelines and application materials.
Theatre staff members are listed in the contact section of this website.
2013 Theatre Grants announced
Getting Down to Funny Business in 1812 Productions' "It's My Party: The Women and Comedy Project"
Playwright Paula Vogel visits the Center to discuss interpreting history for the stage
Culture Shock on the Stage: Pig Iron's Alex Torra on performing "Zero Cost House" in Japan
New Paradise Laboratories' Whit MacLaughlin reflects on the trickery of his art form
Thaddeus Phillips and Catie Rosemurgy talk about integrating history with art-making
Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith is interviewed about her work
Interview with Václav Havel, playwright and former President of the Czech Republic

Photo at top: Painted Bride Art Center, If She Stood. Pictured: Melanye Finister. Photo by Nadine Patterson.
Photo at bottom: People's Light & Theatre Company, Dividing the Estate. Photo by Mark Garvin.