Thursday, August 07, 2008

MTC Gives More Writers Work (and Money)

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB ANNOUNCES 2008 RECIPIENTS OF THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION INITIATIVE COMMISSIONS

RINNE GROFF, BEAU WILLIMON, MARK SCHULTZ,LUCY KIRKWOOD AND HANNAH MOSCOVITCH


Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director 2007-2008) has announced the 2008 recipients of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative commissions. This year’s five commissioned writers are Rinne Groff (Saved), Beau Willimon (Farragut North), Mark Schultz (A Brief History of Helen of Troy), Lucy Kirkwood (Tinderbox) and Hannah Moscovitch (East of Berlin).

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has provided a grant to Manhattan Theatre Club to support the development of plays that address themes of math, science and technology or plays that depict scientists, mathematicians and engineers as major characters in order to bridge the divide between the arts and sciences.

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