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Grants & Awards News

Learn about upcoming funding opportunities and meet recent grant awardees. TBA’s grants support a diverse community of theatremakers from across the Bay Area so check out these articles to stay up to date their upcoming projects and see how you can become one of them!

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Announcing the Fall 2024 CA$H Theatre Grantees

By art@theatrebayarea.org | December 6, 2024

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Fall 2024 CA$H Theatre Grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Marc Abrigo Scared Stiff is an anthology collection designed to explore various topical…

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Announcing Spring 2024 CA$H Theatre Grantees

By art@theatrebayarea.org | June 11, 2024

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2024 CA$H Theatre Grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Ramon Abad  Duck Soup is an immersive theatre experience for children and families at Bindlestiff…

Announcing 2024 Rella Lossy Awardee

By art@theatrebayarea.org | June 7, 2024

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award. The Rella Lossy Award honors the memory of Rella Lossy, a lifelong champion of the American theatre and playwriting, by honoring the best new full-length script of a play by an emerging playwright that will premiere in Alameda County, Contra Costa County,…

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Announcing CA$H Theatre Fall 2023 Grantees

By art@theatrebayarea.org | December 15, 2023

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Fall 2023 CA$H Theatre grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Aureen Almario Bulong, meaning whisper in Tagalog, is an evening-length, multidisciplinary shadow puppet performance…

Rolanda D. Bell, a Black woman with red curls, smiles in the spotlight, holding a bouquet of flowers.

Introducing the 2023 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow

By art@theatrebayarea.org | October 31, 2023

Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation announce Rolanda D. Bell the 2023 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow. Bell was introduced as the awardee on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at Theatre Bay Area’s TBAConnect: A Fall Conference for Creatives. Bell, a stage and screen actor based on Oakland, CA, garnered acclaim recently for her powerful…

Kimberly Ridgeway, a Black woman with her hair in braids, speaks into a microphone.

Introducing the 2023-24 Arts Leadership Residency

By art@theatrebayarea.org | October 31, 2023

Photo by Cheshire Isaacs Kimberly will be working with Central Works co-Artistic Directors Jan Zvaifler and Gary Graves on producing their 2024 season and developing their 2025 season. All Central Works seasons are developed collaboratively, and Central Works plans to fully involve Kimberly in all aspects of leadership work. Kimberly Ridgeway is a Director, Actor,…

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Announcing Spring 2023 CA$H Theatre Grantees

By art@theatrebayarea.org | June 26, 2023

We are proud to support these projects in the Spring 2023 round of CA$H Theatre Grants. The next application round of this granting program will be in Fall 2023. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Crescent Moon Theater Productions…

Announcing 2023-24 Rella Lossy Awardee

By art@theatrebayarea.org | June 26, 2023

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2023-24 Rella Lossy Award. The Rella Lossy Award honors the memory of Rella Lossy, a lifelong champion of the American theatre and playwriting, by honoring the best new full-length script of a play by an emerging playwright that will premiere in Alameda County, Contra Costa County,…

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Announcing Fall 2022 CA$H Theatre Grantees

By art@theatrebayarea.org | December 8, 2022

Theatre Bay Area is proud to announce the Fall 2022 awardees of our flagship grant, CA$H Theatre. This marked the inaugural year of CA$H Sustains, which funds the general operations of small theatre companies in the Bay. CA$H Sustains will be open to applications in the fall round of CA$H Theatre going forward. CA$H Performs…

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Angel Adedokun Awarded the 2022 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellowship

By meghan@theatrebayarea.org | December 1, 2022

Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation are thrilled to announce Angel Adedokun as the 2022 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow. Angel is a bilingual vocalist, songwriter, and dancer who will be featured as Hélène in Shotgun Players’ upcoming production, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Her debut EP, Love Always, Angel, was released in…