New York Shakespeare Festival (Public Theater)
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For support for a project titled, "Public Works New York"
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1954, The Public Theater (The Public) is a New York-based arts organization known for staging productions of Shakespeare’s plays in Central Park that are free to the public, as well as plays and musicals from promising contemporary playwrights, including A Chorus Line and Hamilton. In 2012, the Public Theater launched Public Works, an initiative that seeks to include diverse groups of New Yorkers in theater productions as creators, not just spectators. The Public partnered with community organizations in all five boroughs, including DreamYard in the Bronx and the Brownsville Recreation Center in Brooklyn, to design classes, workshops, and full-scale productions for community members to perform in alongside professional actors. In developing Public Works, The Public did not begin by offering programs to partner organizations, but rather by asking how The Public could best serve its partners. From these conversations, activities were created that were tailored to each community. With Corporation support, The Public will expand the program to include three new partners—Military Resilience Project, Casita Maria, and Center for Family Life in Sunset Park—as well as continuing its high level of engagement with its existing partners.
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For support of Public Works
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Authentic engagement with communities is foundational to effective educational experiences that support an expanded vision of success for all. The Public envisions theater as a truly democratic endeavor, engaging communities in the experience of theater both as audience and as actor. Through Public Works, The Public partners with organizations working with school-aged children in underserved communities throughout New York City, engaging individuals in those communities as active participants in public theater through dynamic programming and performances responsive to the needs and interests of those communities. This engagement gives students in these communities the opportunity to develop cognitive and behavioral skills, ignites a curiosity to learn, instills a will to work hard, and builds knowledge and skills for the future. With Corporation support, The Public Theater will partner with community organizations to engage underserved, school-aged children in acting classes and workshops, community events, and performances.
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Sep. 29, 2005
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Jun. 09, 2004
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