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2010 Grantee Press Release
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—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. This year’s PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways.
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Václav Havel Interview Video Now Online
Watch exclusive video footage of an interview with renowned playwright and former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, held at The Wilma Theater in May 2010, hosted by Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.
PTI Funded Project Wins 2010 OBIE Award
Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines wins an OBIE Award for design. Independent Artist Geoff Sobelle co-created this production with PTI funding.
Conversation with Tony Kushner
Slideshow: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner recently met with Philadelphia theatre professionals to talk about his plays, critical consciousness, and current thoughts on utopia and revolution.
Pig Iron Theatre Company in American Theatre
Pig Iron Theatre Company’s Welcome to Yuba City is on the cover of American Theatre‘s February 2010 issue. Learn more about Pig Iron, a Philadelphia Theatre Initiative grantee, and read the complete cover story, “A Wild, Wild West of Their Own.”
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Theatre as Delivery System: New Paradise Laboratories’ Fatebook
Arts journalist Charlotte Stoudt chronicles Fatebook, a 2009 production by New Paradise Laboratories, developed and experienced partly online and partly live. Read the PDF of her case study, commissioned by the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.