TCG Bulletin

May 2008, Volume 31, Issue 5

ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

Call for Proposals: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Watermill Center Residencies
Steinberg Trust Establishes Two Awards for United States Playwrights

Call for Proposals: Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Watermill Center Residencies

Founded in 1992 by Robert Wilson, the Watermill Center is located in a former Western Union research laboratory in Long Island, New York. The Watermill Center Residencies are open to artists from all fields, social scientists, alumni of the Watermill Center Summer Program and former artists-in-residence. Special consideration is given to emerging artists and trans-disciplinary approaches. Residencies are free of charge, and proposed residences may be up to four weeks in duration. Accepted proposals will be scheduled by mutual agreement between September 8 and December 12, 2008 (fall), and between March 16 and June 12, 2009 (spring).

Action: The deadline for proposals is May 30, 2008. Visit the Watermill Center website for application materials and more information.

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Steinberg Trust Establishes Two Awards for United States Playwrights

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Foundation recently announced two new awards for American playwrights. The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award will award $200,000 to a mid-career playwright. The first recipient will be announced this fall, and the prize will be awarded biennially thereafter. Beginning in 2009, the Steinberg Emerging Playwrights Award will award $50,000 biennially to two early career playwrights whose professional work shows great promise. A not-for-profit theatre that produces a debut production of a Steinberg Award-winning playwright may also be eligible for a production grant, which will be determined at the discretion of the awards’ advisory committee and the trust.