THE NANCY QUINN FUND

Over the years, A.R.T./New York has gained a reputation for its knowledge of and impact on the needs of more than 250 small and emerging not-for-profit

Duke Lafoon and Christine DiGiallonardo in Monica, the Musical! by Adam Blau, Daniel J. Blau and Tracie Potochnik, pro-duced by Page 73 Productions, Inc. Photo: Daniel Shiffman.

companies. Specifically designed to assist artist-driven companies with budgets under $100,000, the Nancy Quinn Fund provides work-shops, roundtables and one-on-one consultations on 20 different topics including: accounting, audience development, budgeting, marketing, press and pub-licity, proposal writing, and special events. These sessions (which are led by a team of nationally known consultants) give theatre administrators the training they need to sustain their organizations and fulfill their artistic missions. Last year alone, represen-tatives from 177 companies attended 139 roundtables or one-on-one consultations.

Rather than simply provide training, we also help companies execute some of the strategies they learn about in the workshops by providing cash grants. The grants are awarded on a competitive basis, and every applicant is provided with detailed feedback about the strengths and weak-nesses of their proposals so they can improve their grant-writing skills. This improvement has earned The Nancy Quinn Fund a strong reputation among those who provide first-time grants to small companies: such

Annabella Gonzalez of the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater. Photo credit: Richard Grimm

as the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and The Katherine Dalglish Foundation. In 2004/2005, the Quinn Fund awarded grants totaling $55,000 to the following 53 companies:

Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theatre • Attic Salt Theatre Company • Banana Boat Productions • Black Moon Theatre Company • Blue Roses Productions • The Civilians • Community Theatre Internationale • Crossing Jamaica Avenue • The Deptford Players • Division 13 Productions • Double Helix Theatre Company • Downtown Art Company • Dream Theatre • The Eleventh Hour Theatre Company • Emerging Artists Theatre • Epiphany Theater Company • The Faux-Real Theatre Company • Flying Fig Theater • Golden Fleece, Ltd. • Hourglass Group • The Journey Company • Juneteenth Legacy Theater • Kaleidoscope Theatre Company • Kings County Shakespeare Company • La Troupe Makandal • Looking Glass Theatre • Lynx Ensemble Theater • Metropolitan Playhouse of New York • New York Classical Theatre • NY Artists Unlimited • Page 73 Productions • Parallel Exit • Peculiar Works Project

Douglas Coler, Nicole Libby, and Andy Meyers in Sundog Theatre's Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Photo Credit: Jan Somma.

• Proto-type Theater • The Queen's Theatre Company • Red Bull Theater • REV Theatre • Ripe Time • Roots & Branches Theater • Ryan Repertory Company • Salt Theater • Shotgun Productions • Six Figures Theatre Company • Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble • Sundog Theatre • Teatro I.A.T.I. • Troika Ranch • Vampire Cowboys • Waterwell Productions • Woman Seeking . . . • Women's Expressive Theater • Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America • Yara Arts Group

Funding for this program is generously provided by: The New York Community Trust • New York State Council on the Arts • Altria Group • Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. • National Endowment for the Arts • The Prospect Hill Foundation • Con Edison