Recent MAP Fund Grantees receive support from new NEA initiative!

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the first seven selections for the NEA New Play Development Program. The two NEA Outstanding New American Play selections will receive $90,000 each to support advanced development activities, culminating in a full production of each play. The five NEA Distinguished New Play Development Projects will receive $20,000 each to support early development activities for a new play. Administered by Arena Stage, the new initiative is intended to help the nation’s nonprofit theaters bring more new plays to full production.

MAP-funded projects included in the initiative:

The McCarter Theatre Center’s The Brother/Sister Plays (MAP 2008) by Tarell Alvin McCraney was selected as a NEA Outstanding New American Play.

The Foundry Theatre’s Detour/South Bronx (MAP 2008) by Claudia Rankine was selected as a NEA Distinguished New Play Development Project.