AGE in the Arts - Legacy Playwright Grants

AGE is proud to announce the launch of its 2022 initiative, the AGE Legacy Playwright Grants (ALP)! In continuing the commitment to the social justice arts movement, AGE Founder, Jane Mantiri has launched the ALP Grant to continue the AGE legacy of investing in artists who have been underrepresented and underserved. Plays produced and directed by women on Broadway and national theatre companies are rare, and this lack of representation negatively impacts BIPOC women and nonbinary artists even more. American Theatre has to do better. Our solution? Invest in those telling the stories.  AGE seeks to change the equity landscape of the American Theatre canon by increasing the representation of women and nonbinary BIPOC playwrights 40+ years of age. Three playwrights will receive individual unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. We are intentionally making our grant funding to BIPOC women and nonbinary playwrights unrestricted. When funders dictate how grant money is…