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SETC Offers Two Grants for Professional Companies
Convention Grants to attend the 2020 SETC Convention
These grants provide organizations that are not current members of SETC with monetary support to attend the 2020 SETC Convention in Louisville, KY.
Know a professional company that would benefit from attending the SETC Convention? Send them here for more info and an application:
https://app.mykaleidoscope.com/scholarship/setcconventiongrant
Staffing Development Matching Grants to assist with hiring of staff
These grants provide SETC member non-academic professional theatres with money to assist with the hiring of staff to support existing programs or develop new ones.
Would your company benefit from a matching grant to hire additional staff? Go here for more info and an application:
https://app.mykaleidoscope.com/scholarship/setcmatchinggrant
What Do Grant Recipients Say About Their Experience?
2019 Staffing Grant: ENDSTATION THEATRE COMPANY, Lynchburg, VA
Endstation Theatre Company used its grant to hire two additional apprentices for its 2019 summer season. “The Apprenticeship Program is beneficial to both students and staff. It provides apprentices with a stepping stone into the industry and the staff with an opportunity to share their craft with the next generation of theatre professionals. We are forever grateful to SETC for this opportunity!”
2019 Convention Grant: THUNDER BAY THEATRE, Alpena, MI
Thunder Bay Theatre was able to attend the SETC Convention for the first time. Producing Artistic Director Jeffrey Mindock and Associate Artistic Director Paige Mindock attended, focusing on the Professional Auditions, “which resulted in the hiring of four actors for the summer, making up 20% of our summer company.” The grant also made it possible for the theatre to attend SETC’s 2018 Fall Professional Unified Auditions, where they “found the type of year-round talent the organization seeks and sometimes lacks as a year-round professional theatre.”
2019 Convention Grant: NORTH CAROLINA BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY, Winston-Salem, NC
North Carolina Black Repertory Company attended the Professional Auditions, the Disney reception and various workshops, as well as viewing Design Competition exhibits. “The professional actor auditions provided an introduction to new talent for our summer programming, and visiting the Design Competition offered us the chance to connect with multiple costume and scenic designers. The informative workshops and essential networking opportunities with a community of high-caliber theatre professionals were invaluable, and we hope to have at least one representative of the NC Black Repertory Company at future conferences.”
More info: https://www.setc.org/theatre-company-grants
