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Willa Kim Scholarship & Exhibition; News from Perdue and USITT

The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of 2023 The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship, honoring costume designer Willa Kim’s legacy and her life’s work as a pioneer, legend, and inspiration for many of today’s theater artists. Kim’s iconic work in ballet, theater, opera, and television is also the subject of a career spanning retrospective at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as noted in this month’s theater news, along with a new online course in Structures for the Stage from Purdue University. We also look at USITT’s Gateway Program and USITT’s 2023 Joel E. Rubin Founders Award honoree, Elynmarie Kazle.

TCG Announces RECOGNIZE Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

$900,000 in General Operating Support Awarded to 22 Theatres

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the recipients of RECOGNIZE grants as part of the THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC*) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). In this inaugural round of the program, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation has joined as a supporting partner for theatres in Western states. TCG is looking to partner with additional funders to further augment the reach and impact of the THRIVE! program and interested parties should contact LaTeshia Ellerson for more information.Read More »TCG Announces RECOGNIZE Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

TCG Announces RESPOND Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the recipients of $10,000 RESPOND grants as part of the THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC*) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres, and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). RESPOND provides unrestricted funds to theatres to address immediate, time-sensitive challenges that prevent ongoing work with their community. THRIVE! will also provide RECOGNIZE grants and host REBUILD: A Learning Cohort. Learn more about the THRIVE! Program here.Read More »TCG Announces RESPOND Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

TCG Announces Application Launch for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the application launch of THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC*) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres, and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). THRIVE! will provide two grant opportunities, RESPOND and RECOGNIZE, as well as host REBUILD: A Learning Cohort, which will strengthen participating theatres’ effectiveness in areas such as financial planning, crisis management, scenario planning, and program evaluation.Read More »TCG Announces Application Launch for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

TCG Appoints Joshua Henry Jenkins as Director of Marketing


Joshua Henry Jenkins has been appointed as the new director of marketing of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre. Jenkins will be responsible for creating, implementing, and measuring the success of a comprehensive marketing plan that advances TCG’s mission to lead for a just and thriving theatre ecology. Working with a portfolio that includes individual membership, events, and publishing, Jenkins will raise the valuation of TCG’s programs within the theatre field while championing the not-for-profit theatre to the broader culture.Read More »TCG Appoints Joshua Henry Jenkins as Director of Marketing

Theatre Communications Group Releases 41st Annual Research Report: Theatre Facts 2020

The pageant-ready acting company of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, Costumes by Jarrod Barnes. Photo by Tyrrell Harrell

Not-for-profit theatres contributed nearly $2.1 billion to the U.S. economy and attracted 23 million attendees, according to Theatre Facts 2020, released by Theatre Communications Group (TCG), in partnership with SMU DataArts. Based on TCG’s Fiscal Survey and SMU DataArts’ Cultural Data Profile (CDP), Theatre Facts is the only in-depth report that examines the attendance, performance, and overall fiscal state of the U.S. professional not-for-profit theatre field.Read More »Theatre Communications Group Releases 41st Annual Research Report: Theatre Facts 2020