Recipients

 

Each year the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund traditionally awards $100,000 to an innovative non-profit theater company for the production of a classic play or a play inspired by the classics. The annual $100,000 winner and $10,000 runner up are chosen by a committee of theater artists and professionals.

Since 2009, the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund has temporarily changed its giving guidelines; rather than award $100,000 for the production of a classic play, we have presented general operating support grants (ranging from $5,000 to $10,000) to a small number of passionate, resourceful theater companies that continue to fulfill their mission despite ongoing financial constraints.
 
Winners of our 2011 General Operating Support Grant:

The Civilians
Classic Stage Company
Elevator Repair Service
Epic Theatre Ensemble
Lark Play Development Company

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Repertorio Espanol
Signature Theatre Company
SITI Company
Soho Rep
 

Elevator Repair Service, The Civilians, SITI Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and Soho Rep are being recognized for consistently producing innovative, artist-driven work for the next generation of theater-goers.

Epic Theatre Ensemble for the ambitious, high quality arts education they provide to 2,000 NYC public school students each year.

Lark Play Development Company for maintaining a nurturing, incubative atmosphere where playwrights can develop their work away from critical and commercial pressures.

Grants were also awarded to Classic Stage Company, Repertorio Espanol and Signature Theatre Company in recognition of their continued artistic achievement and organizational excellence.

 
 
Winners of our 2010 General Operating Support Grant:
McCarter Theatre
New Georges
O'Neill Theater Center
Pregones Theater
Pig Iron Ensemble
Playwrights Horizons
PS 122
St. Ann's Warehouse
The Wooster Group
 
Playwrights Horizons, The Wooster Group, St. Ann’s Warehouse, McCarter Theatre, The O'Neill and PS 122 were awarded for sustained artistic excellence and for developing & presenting exciting new artists & theatrical works.

New Georges and Pig Iron Ensemble were presented with grants in recognition of their groundbreaking experimental work. 

Pregones Theater was honored with a grant for its commitment to providing popular, affordable arts programming in the Puerto Rican and Latino communities in the Bronx.

And for their ongoing devotion to developing the work of great theater artists outside the city’s spotlight, grants were awarded to New Jersey's McCarter Theatre and Connecticut's O’Neill Theater Center.
 
 
Winners of our 2009 General Operating Support Grant:
 
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Classic Stage Company
The Civilians
Elevator Repair Service
The Flea Theater
LAByrinth Theater Company
The New Group
Repertorio Espanol
Signature Theatre Company
Vineyard Theatre
 
The Civilians, Elevator Repair Service, and LAByrinth were awarded for consistently producing innovative, artist-driven work for the next generation of theater-goers.
 
Repertorio Espanol was given the award for providing generations of New Yorkers with access to an extensive repertoire of high caliber Spanish-language theater.
 
And for demonstrating sustained artistic excellence & organizational strength, grants were also awarded to The Atlantic, Classic Stage, The Flea, The New Group, Signature Theatre, and The Vineyard.
 
 
The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund also gives smaller donations to a number of non-profit organizations that are of personal interest to The Randall Family. We do not accept applications for these grants, but we would like to acknowledge the following arts organizations for their excellence:
 
 
2009/2010 Tony Randall Theatrical Fund Grant Recipients
 

The Actors Fund of America
The Actors Center
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Elysium Between Two Continents
Malibu High School Shark Fund
Manhattan Theatre Club
Martina Arroyo Foundation
Midori and Friends
National Dance Institute

 Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre
New York City Opera
New York Shakespeare Festival/ The Public Theatre
New York Theatre Workshop
Target Margin Theatre
Tectonic Theatre Company
Theatre Communications Group
Works and Process/ Guggenheim Museum
VOICE Experience