McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships
Playwrights' Center
Award: $25,000
Deadline: March
To recognize theater artists other than playwrights. Qualifications: Applicants must be professional artists who have been continuous residents of Minnesota since March 27, last year are eligible to apply. Fellows must maintain residence in Minnesota during the fellowship year; fellows must have the legal right to work in the United States; the theater artist fellowship is open to actors, directors, dramaturgs, stage managers, and theatrical designers (including puppetry); artists working in other disciplines of live theater may be eligible to apply; is also open to those choreographers and composers whose main body of work is in live theater; playwrights are not eligible for this award. (Playwrights are encouraged to apply for the McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting;) composers, choreographers, visual artists, and other artists whose work is not primarily in theater are encouraged to apply for the McKnight Fellowship in their field); full time students at any level are not eligible; recipients of last year and current year McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowships in any discipline are not eligible; previous recipients of the fellowship must submit a work sample consisting only of work that occurred after their last fellowship term; only individual artists are eligible; applications from collaborative groups are not accepted; staff and board members of the McKnight foundation or playwrights’ center and their immediate families are not eligible. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on a commitment to theater arts, evidence of professional achievements, and a sustained level of excellence in the work. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; one page artistic statement; resumé/bio; work sample information sheet max. 2 page; work samples. Focus: Theater arts.
Eligibility
- States: MN