{"id":130720,"date":"2024-05-16T21:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T01:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130720"},"modified":"2024-05-16T21:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T01:32:18","slug":"the-shakespeare-theatre-association-receives-second-major-gift-from-kansas-city-based-theater-league-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130720","title":{"rendered":"The Shakespeare Theatre Association Receives Second Major Gift from Kansas City-based Theater League for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrick Flick, Executive Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Association<\/strong>\u00a0(STA) and\u00a0Mark Edelman, Founder and President of Theater League, Inc.<\/strong>, a Kansas City, Missouri-based contributor to the performing arts, announced that the League will be gifting thirty-three (33) Shakespeare theaters across the United States and internationally with a grant of $255,000 in general operating support.\u00a0This marks the second year that these non-restricted gifts of either $5,000 or $10,000 (based on budget size) will be awarded to STA-member Shakespeare-producing theaters. This year awards will be given to theaters with budgets between $150,000 and $2,750,000, including\u00a0Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival<\/strong>. An award of $5,000 was also made to the Shakespeare Theatre Association itself.<\/p>\n

Says Edelman, \u201cOur 2023 partnership with STA and ongoing support of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Kansas City made the extension of this grant program for 2024 a natural for us. Hundreds of thousands of patrons– many of them attending free of charge in festival-like settings– will take advantage of our grants and the great work for which STA member organizations are renowned.\u00a0I’d like to think the Bard would be delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Says Flick, \u201cSTA is always looking for new ways to assist our membership, whether it be in the form of support to attend our annual conference, or by seeking out financial assistance for our hard-working member theaters. Support for Shakespeare and the classics in the communities we serve is such an important issue, and STA and all our member recipients are grateful to Theater League for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) greatly appreciates this award from the Theatre League,\u201d says\u00a0Casey William Gallagher, Managing Director of Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cProducing Shakespeare is a core value of PSF, and it is wonderful to receive this support along with several of our Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA) colleagues across the nation and the world.\u00a0 PSF is excited to produce William Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0The Comedy of Errors<\/em>,\u00a0The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>, and\u00a0Cymbeline<\/em>\u00a0this summer as well as\u00a0Shakespeare for Kids<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Twelfth Night<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kansas City-based Theater League is a not-for-profit performing arts organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the communities it serves with the thrill of live\u00a0theater. Founded in 1976, the group supports theater companies in its hometown and across the country, including subsidizing tickets for student groups through its Theater ROcKs (Reach Out to Kids) program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat appealed to us is the far-flung nature of the organizations we\u2019ll be supporting with this grant program,\u201d continued Edelman. \u201cShakespeare companies in twenty-five states plus the Czech Republic will get a little help from Theater League.\u201d<\/p>\n

STA is a 33-year-old theatre association founded in 1991 at a meeting in Washington DC, hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre and the Kennedy Center. The organization convenes annually to provide support for currently producing companies, as well as to provide a place for peer-to-peer mentorship for emerging and newer Shakespeare-producing companies from within the United States and internationally. STA Full Organizational Membership includes over 125 producing theaters representing indoor, outdoor, Equity, non-Equity, year-round, seasonal, university-affiliated, and free Shakespeare companies with budgets ranging from $1,000 to $60,000,000.<\/p>\n

STA\u2019s member theaters engage a diverse array of audiences and staff representing a variety of characteristics, ages, and abilities. STA is a\u00a0resource network that helps bridge the gap between scholarship and production and promotes the teaching of Shakespeare in schools. STA conferences embrace a variety of topics designed to keep Shakespeare relevant to our modern world.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nTina Louise Slak
\nPennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
\nThe Professional Theatre at DeSales University
\n2755 Station Avenue
\nCenter Valley, PA 18034
\np: 610-282-WILL [9455]\nwww.pashakespeare.org<\/p>\n

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