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Program Goals
The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) exists to foster and promote artistic excellence, imagination, and courage in the region’s nonprofit theatre. By supporting exemplary and ambitious theatre projects by exceptional theatre companies, performing arts presenters, and independent theatre performance artists, PTI hopes to enhance the cultural life of our community and to advance the standing of Greater Philadelphia as one of the country’s leading theatre centers.
To those ends, PTI seeks to:
Provide theatres, presenters and independent theatre artists with the resources required to stimulate artistic development and to create or present theatre of the highest standards. PTI funds substantive projects of compelling artistic merit. Such projects are complex, diverse, original and often risky.
Strengthen and expand the creative capacity of theatres, presenters and independent theatre artists of this region. PTI supports the introduction of new artistic influences encountered through project grants, professional development grants, roundtables, workshops, group trips, and consultation with specialists.
Expand the range of theatrical programming available to a wide range of Philadelphia-area audiences. PTI supports important and adventurous productions not previously seen on area stages. Most funded projects represent a stretch for the creators or presenters in scale, subject matter, and/or artistic practice.
Develop a sense of community through the exchange of ideas, information and resources. PTI fosters cooperation and collaboration as a means for developing and strengthening both artists and organizations.
Eligible theatres, presenting organizations, and independent theatre artists must use PTI’s forms when applying for project grants. Click these links for application forms and guidelines for the 2010-2011 grant cycle.
Click these links to learn more about applicant eligibility and project eligibility.
Photo at top: Thaddeus Phillips, ¡El Conquistador! Pictured: Thaddeus Phillips. Photo by Evan Kafka.