Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Receives NEA Grant

Through its grant-making to thousands of nonprofits each year, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) promotes opportunities for people in communities across America to experience the arts and exercise their creativity. Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is honored to be a spring 2015 grant recipient.

NEA Chairman Jane Chu said, "The NEA is committed to advancing learning, fueling creativity, and celebrating the arts in cities and towns across the United States. Funding these new projects like the one from Weston Playhouse represents an investment in both local communities and our nation's creative vitality." Weston's NEA award will in part support the newly developed "American Masters" Series, which seeks to bring both iconic and contemporary master theatre works to the stage.

"American Masters" launches late this summer, with Tennessee Williams' timeless drama The Glass Menagerie. A poignant, wry and personal tale, it's the work which propelled Williams from relative obscurity to his place as one of America's most highly regarded playwrights. The Glass Menagerie premieres on August 27th and runs ten days on the Weston stage before traveling north for a performance at the Flynn Center in Burlington and south for an October run at the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Florida.

Weston continues to leverage the strength of its education and outreach programs to promote engagement and appreciation of the theatre arts with a wide range of supporting activities. Glass Menagerie (the production) is banked by workshops, director's talks, talk backs, and school matinees -- making the story, script, cast and culture of this American classic available to all.

"We're so proud and grateful, once again, to receive the support of the National Endowment for the Arts," comments Weston Producing Artistic Director Steve Stettler. "This award affirms that Weston is serving our community and state with theatre of national quality and significance." From more information about NEA grant recipients, visit arts.gov. For a look at Weston's complete summer season, please visit westonplayhouse.org.