Deadline for applications: February 1st, 2012


Presentation

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, Institut Français, S.A.C.D. (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques), and FACE announce the newly formed FRENCH-AMERICAN FUND FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATER.

The French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater is a new initiative composed of two programs dedicated to foster innovative artistic collaborations in the field of THEATER and contribute to the dynamism of intercultural dialogue and exchange between France and the U.S.

The first program is dedicated to French contemporary playwrights.
The second program is dedicated to multidisciplinary theater from France.

The French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater is particularly interested in supporting theater projects that explore aesthetic boundaries and reflect the cultural and aesthetic diversity alive in theater today. Priority will be given, but not limited, to French artists whose work has rarely or never been seen or developed in the U.S.
Co-productions and partnerships between cultural institutions are strongly encouraged.

Program for CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRIGHTS

This grant program is designed to support American productions of French contemporary playwrights and residencies of French directors.

Annual deadline for application is February 1st of any given year for projects beginning after May 1st of the same year.
Download an Application Form [word] for Contemporary Playwrights.

Program for MULTIDISCIPLINARY THEATER PROJECTS

This grant program is designed to support the presentation of multidisciplinary French theater (including objects, sound, physical, and visual theater).

Annual deadline for application is February 1st of any given year for projects beginning after May 1st of the same year.
Download an Application Form [word] for Multidisciplinary Theater Projects.

 


Criteria and Eligibility Details

¬ Only non-profit organizations may submit applications to the French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater. American organizations must demonstrate their 501(c)(3) status granted by the IRS

¬ American organizations must present a project which involves at least one French artist (or legal resident of France for more than five (5) years) or a French-American artistic collaboration.

¬ The organisation (presenter, festival, university…) must show a clear financial commitment towards the project (individual performer or company).

¬ Companies and ensembles may submit applications to the French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater only if they have identified one or several presenting partners who have indicated in writing their willingness to participate in the collaboration.

¬ No grants are awarded to individual artists.

¬ Applicants may reapply to the French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater for the same project in subsequent years only if the project has developed significantly since the last application.

¬ When performed in the United States, productions including texts must be performed either in English or in French with subtitles or simultaneous translation.

¬ Applications for projects which have already begun will be ineligible.

¬ Only projects whose presentation begins after May 1st of the application year will be eligible.

¬ The amount of the grant requested cannot exceed 50% of the total budget for the project or the amount of $25,000.

¬ Projects related to street arts are no longer eligible.

 

Special Note:
For a production and / or translation, authorization / rights from the author or his / her representative should be requested simultaneously through the SACD please contact:
jean.riviere@sacd.fr
veronique.marty@sacd.fr
Tel: 33 1 40 23 45 08
Fax: 33 1 40 23 45 58
www.sacd.fr

 


Grants

Once the grants are announced, each grant recipient will be required to sign an agreement with FACE confirming the obligations between the two parties. Grant recipients must also agree to mention the support of: "The French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater" on all communications materials related to the project.
The Fund’s logo should be included.

 


The Artistic Committee

U.S. Members

Sixto Wagan
Co-Director, Diverse Works, Houston
Randy Gener
Writer, Critic

French Members

Marie Collin
Director, Performing arts, Festival d'automne, Paris
Manuel Poliat Soleymat
Writer, Critic, Theater

 


The Steering Committee

The Steering Committee decides the strategies of the two programs and is composed of the following representatives:

NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NEFA), Boston
Rebecca Blunk
Executive Director, NEFA
Sarah Nash
Director, National Dance Project

INSTITUT FRANCAIS, Paris
Sophie Renaud
Department of Cooperation and Cultural exchanges

SACD, Paris
Clémence Bouzitat
In charge of Cultures Affairs, Performing Arts, S.A.C.D

FACE, New York
Elisabeth Hayes
Executive Director

CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY, New York
Antonin Baudry
Cultural Counselor, French Embassy, New York
Sophie Claudel
Cultural Attachée, Head of the Arts Department, French Embassy, New York
Nicole Birmann Bloom
Director Theater and Dance Office, French Embassy, New York

 


Calendar

Deadline for applications: February 1st, 2012, for projects starting after May 2012 until Spring 2013. Members of the Artistic Committee will meet mid-March 2012. Results are available two weeks after the date of the meeting.

Download an Application Form [word] for Contemporary Playwrights.
To obtain texts already translated into English, please contact:
nicole.birmann@frenchculture.org

Download an Application Form [word] for Multidisciplinary Theater Projects.

 


Administration / Advisory

Nicole Birmann Bloom
Program Officer (Cultural Services of the French Embassy)
972 Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK, NY 10075
Tel: 212 439 1444
nicole.birmann@frenchculture.org

 


The French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater
is an outgrowth of étant donnés : The French-American Fund for the Perfoming Arts

étant donnés : The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts has distributed more than $1,8M to 178 organizations from 1999-2011.

Click here to see all of the étant donnés grantees.

 

   étant donnés: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts, a program of FACE

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