San Francisco Playhouse wins prized National Theatre Company Grant honor
from Founder of the Tony Awards
San Francisco, CA (August 2015) –San Francisco Playhouse is pleased to announce that the American Theatre Wing, best known as the creator of the Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards, is awarding the Company with one of the 2015 National Theatre Company grants.
Created by American Theatre Wing to recognize and support the most promising emerging theatre companies, the 2015 grants are being presented to twelve companies from around the country. Companies chosen to receive the grants have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity, and dynamism of American theatre.
“This award from the American Theatre Wing is humbling and exciting,” said Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse. “As we enter our 13th Season, it is a tremendous honor to be recognized for our work alongside these eleven remarkable theatres.”
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San Francisco Playhouse has been described in the New York Times as “a company that stages some of the most consistently high-quality work around.” Founded by Bill English and Susi Damilano in 2003, it is located right in the heart of the Union Square Theater District, it is the city’s Off-Broadway style company, an intimate alternative to the larger more traditional Union Square theater fare. The San Francisco Playhouse provides audiences the opportunity to experience professional theater with top-notch actors and world-class design in a setting where they are close to the action. The company has received multiple awards for overall productions, acting, and design including the SF Weekly Best Theatre Award and the Bay Guardian’s Best Off-Broadway Theatre Award. Presenting a diverse range of plays and musicals, San Francisco Playhouse produces new works as well as re-imagining classics, “making the edgy accessible and the traditional edgy.” The San Francisco Chronicle raved: “On the verge of opening its 10th season, the company that lived a hand-to-mouth existence for its first few years has become ‘the little playhouse that could.’ It quickly established a reputation for attracting some of the Bay Area’s best acting and directing talent, as well as for its exciting play choices. And with its bold Sandbox Series, it’s become a player in developing new works as well.” San Francisco Playhouse is committed to providing a creative home and inspiring environment where actors, directors, writers, designers, and theater lovers converge to create works that celebrate the human spirit.
The American Theatre Wing is dedicated to advancing artistic excellence and nurturing theatre’s next generation: on the stage, behind the scenes, and in the audience. For nearly a century, the Wing has pursued this mission with programs that span the nation to invest in the growth and evolution of American Theatre. As the founders of The Tony Awards®, the American Theatre Wing has developed the foremost national platform for the recognition of theatrical achievement on Broadway. Additionally, Off-Broadway’s Highest Honor, the OBIE Awards are co-presented annually to salute excellence in off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theatre. The Wing develops the next generation of theatre professionals through professional development programs, incubates innovative and excellent theatre through grants and awards, and illuminates the creative process through its media programs. For more information go to www.sfplayhouse.org.
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