Musical Theater Grants

Works of Stephen Sondheim

Productions

• Kennedy Center, The Sondheim Celebration, 2002
• Musical Theatre Works, Merrily We Roll Along (original cast reunion concert), 2002
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Assassins, 2004
• Lincoln Center Theater, The Frogs, 2004
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Pacific Overtures, 2004
• Symphony Space, Wall-to-Wall Sondheim, 2005
• New York City Center - Encores!, Follies, 2007
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Merrily We Roll Along, 2007
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Sunday in the Park with George, 2008
• The Public Theater, Road Show, 2008
• Roundabout Theatre Company, A Little Night Music (staged concert), 2009
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Sondheim on Sondheim, 2010
• New York City Center - Encores!, Anyone Can Whistle, 2010
• New York Philharmonic, Company (staged concert), 2011
• Kennedy Center, Follies, 2011
• Symphony Space, Liaisons I (Walter de Mare), 2012
• New York City Center - Encores!, Merrily We Roll Along, 2012
• The Public Theater, Into the Woods, 2012
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Assassins (reunion concert), 2012
• Symphony Space, Liaisons II (Walter de Mare), 2013
• Classic Stage Company, Passion, 2013
• New York City Center, A Bed and a Chair (staged concert), 2013
• New York Philharmonic, Sweeney Todd (staged concert), 2014
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Sunday in the Park with George, 2014
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Into the Woods, 2014
• Symphony Space, Liaisons III (Walter de Mare), 2015
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Road Show, 2016
• New York City Center - Encores!, Do I Hear a Waltz?, 2016
• Classic Stage Company, Pacific Overtures, 2016
• Chocolate Factory, Into the Woods, 2016
• The Public Theater, Buñuel (a.k.a. Here We Are) – 2 workshops, 2016–17
• Yale Repertory Theater, Assassins, 2017
• New York City Center - Encores!, Assassins, 2017
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Passion, 2018
• Roundabout Theatre Company, Merrily We Roll Along, 2019
• New York City Center - Encores!, Road Show, 2019
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Assassins, 2019
• New York Philharmonic, Symphonic Suites, 2019
• Classic Stage Company, Assassins, 2021
• New York Theatre Workshop, Merrily We Roll Along, 2022

Cast Recordings

• Roundabout Theatre Company/PS Classics, Pacific Overtures, 2005
• The Public Theater/PS Classics, Road Show, 2009
• Roundabout Theatre Company/PS Classics, Sondheim on Sondheim, 2010
• New York City Center/PS Classics, Merrily We Roll Along, 2012
• Classic Stage Company/PS Classics, Passion, 2013

Works of Michael John LaChiusa

Productions

• Williamstown Theatre Festival, R Shomon, 2004
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), The Highest Yellow, 2004
• The Public Theater, See What I Wanna See, 2005
• Houston Grand Opera, Send (Who Are You? I Love You), 2006
• Lincoln Center Theater, Bernarda Alba, 2006
• Blank Theatre Company (Los Angeles), Hotel C'Est L'Amour, 2006
• Blank Theatre Company, Little Fish, 2007
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Giant, 2009
• Blank Theatre Company, See What I Wanna See, 2010
• Transport Group, Hello Again, 2011
• Transport Group, Queen of the Mist, 2011
• The Public Theater, Giant, 2012
• The Public Theater, First Daughter Suite, 2015
• The Old Globe Theatre, Rain, 2016
• Everyman Theatre, Los Otros, 2017
• The Old Globe Theatre, The Gardens of Anuncia, 2020
• Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cost of Living, 2020
• Premieres, Los Otros, 2022
• Lincoln Center Theater, The Gardens of Anuncia, 2023
• Transport Group, Gabor Project, 2024
• Out of the Box Theatrics, See What I Wanna See, 2024

Cast Recordings

• The Public Theater/Ghostlight Records, See What I Wanna See, 2005
• Lincoln Center Theater/Ghostlight Records, Bernarda Alba, 2006
• Blank Theatre Company/Ghostlight Records, Little Fish, 2008
• Transport Group/Ghostlight Records, Queen of the Mist, 2012
• The Public Theater/Ghostlight Records, Giant, 2013
• The Public Theater/Ghostlight Records, First Daughter Suite, 2016

Works of Other Composers

Productions

• Playwrights Horizons, My Life with Albertine (Ricky Ian Gordon/Richard Nelson), 2003
• Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton, OH), Was (Joseph Thalken/Barry Kleinbort), 2004
• Lincoln Center Theater, The Light in the Piazza (Adam Guettel/Craig Lucas), 2005
• Paper Mill Playhouse, Harold and Maude (Joseph Thalken/Tom Jones), 2005
• TheatreWorks (Palo Alto, CA), Harold and Maude (Joseph Thalken/Tom Jones), 2005
• Lincoln Center, Orpheus and Euridice (Ricky Ian Gordon), 2005
• Northwestern University, Was (Joseph Thalken/Barry Kleinbort), 2005
• Playwrights Horizons, Grey Gardens, 2006
• Ford's Theatre, Meet John Doe, 2007
• Roundabout Theatre Co./Menier Chocolate Factory, Take Flight, 2007
• Human Race Theatre Company, Harold and Maude, 2007
• The Minnesota Opera, The Grapes of Wrath, 2007
• Utah Symphony & Opera, The Grapes of Wrath, 2007
• Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, The Light in the Piazza, 2008
• Lincoln Center Theater, South Pacific, 2008
• Roundabout Theatre, Ordinary Days, 2009
• Prospect Theater Company, The Hidden Sky, 2010
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Sycamore Trees, 2010
• Premieres, Inner Voices: Whida Peru – Resurrection Tangle, 2010
• McCarter Theatre, Take Flight, 2010
• Playwrights Horizons, The Burnt Part Boys, 2010
• Lincoln Center Theater, A Minister's Wife, 2011
• Signature Theatre, Hollow and The Boy Detective Fails, 2011
• Roundabout Theatre, Death Takes a Holiday, 2011
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), And The Curtain Rises, 2011
• Long Wharf Theater, February House, 2012
• The Public Theater, February House, 2012
• Premieres, Inner Voices: Borrowed Dust, 2012
• Prospect Theater Company, Myths and Hymns, 2012
• York Theater, Closer Than Ever, 2012
• Prospect Theater Company, Tamar and the River, 2013
• The Public Theater, Fun Home, 2013
• Magic Theatre, Arlington, 2013
• Vineyard Theatre, Arlington, 2014
• Roundabout Theatre, Violet, 2014
• Houston Grand Opera, A Coffin in Egypt, 2014
• Cincinnati Opera, Morning Star, 2014
• Premieres, Inner Voices: The Other Room, 2014
• Classic Stage Company, Allegro, 2014
• Lincoln Center Theater, The King and I, 2015
• Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Ambassador, 2015
• Transport Group, Once Upon a Mattress, 2015
• Lincoln Center Theater, The Light in the Piazza – reunion concert, 2016
• Royal Family Productions, Floyd Collins, 2016
• Master Voices, 27, 2016
• Prospect Theater Company, Scheherezade, 2016
• Lincoln Center Theater, Falsettos, 2016
• Lincoln Center Theater, My Fair Lady, 2018
• Prospect Theater Company, One Thousand Nights and One Day, 2018
• Urban Arias, Florida, 2018
• Classic Stage Company, Carmen Jones, 2018
• York Theater, Harold and Maude, 2018
• New York Stage & Film, The Waves, 2018
• Transport Group, Renascence, 2018
• Keen Company, Ordinary Days, 2018
• Premieres, Inner Voices VI, 2018
• Roundabout Theatre, Scotland, PA, 2019
• The Public Theater, Soft Power, 2019
• Prospect Theater Company, Einstein's Dreams, 2019
• Beth Morrison Projects, Ellen West, 2019
• Lincoln Center Theater, Intimate Apparel, 2020
• New York City Opera, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, 2020
• Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Midnight at the Never Get, 2021
• Symphony Space, Take Flight, 2022
• O'Neill Theater Center, Azul workshop, 2022
• Bay Street Theatre, Double Helix, 2023
• Bay Street Theatre, Dutch Master, 2024
• Master Voices, The Grapes of Wrath, 2024
• Keen Company, All the World's a Stage, 2025

Cast Recordings

• The Muse Machine/PS Classics, Only Heaven, 2002
• Playwrights Horizons/PS Classics, My Life with Albertine, 2003
• PS Classics, Dream True, 2006
• Lincoln Center/Ghostlight Records, Orpheus and Euridice, 2006
• Roundabout Theatre Co./PS Classics, 110 in the Shade, 2007
• The Minnesota Opera, The Grapes of Wrath, 2008
• The Public Theater, February House, 2012
• Playwrights Horizons/PS Classics, Far from Heaven, 2013
• Prospect Theater Company, Tamar and the River, 2014
• Transport Group, Renascence, 2018
• The Field, Einstein's Dreams, 2019

Special Commissioning Initiatives

In 2006 and 2008, the Foundation created initiatives with Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA) and The Public Theater (New York, NY) to provide selected composers with commissions, development support, rehearsal time, and major workshops for the creation of new musicals.

New York Times article
Washington Post article

Signature Theatre – American Musical Voices Project

Production Commission Grants

• Michael John LaChiusa (2006)
• Ricky Ian Gordon (2006)
• Joseph Thalken (2006)
• Adam Guettel (2009)
• Jeanine Tesori (2010)

Next Generation Workshop Commission Grants

• Matt Conner (2008)
• Adam Gwon (2008)
• Gabriel Kahane (2008)
• Peter Foley (2009)
• Marisa Michelson (2009)
• Chris Miller (2010)
• Scott Davenport Richards (2010)

Next Generation Honoree Awards

• Peter Foley (2008)
• Marisa Michelson (2008)
• Chris Miller (2009)
• Scott Davenport Richards (2009)
• Joshua Rosenblum (2010)
• Josh Schmidt (2010)

Musical Theatre Leadership Awards

• Bruce Coughlin (2006)
• Adam Guettel (2006)
• Audra McDonald (2006)
• Ted Sperling (2006)

The Public Theater – Musical Theater Initiative

MTI Director Grant

• Ted Sperling (2008–2012)

Workshop Commission Grants

• Gabriel Kahane (2008)
• Scott Davenport Richards (2011)
• Peter Foley (2011)
• Gabriel Kahane (2013)
• Michael John LaChiusa (2014)
• Stephen Sondheim (2017)

Educational Initiatives

The Shen Curriculum for Musical Theater at Yale University

The Foundation has provided funding for the Shen Curriculum for Musical Theater at Yale University since its inception in 2005. The program offers accredited courses in composition, libretto writing, lyric writing, orchestration, musical theater history, performance, and directing. Courses are supplemented by master classes taught by leading artists in musical theater. The curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration to create distinctly original new works.

Yale program page
Yale news article

Syncopated Stages: Black Disruptions to the Great White Way

The Foundation helped originate and provided lead funding for the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts' 2025 exhibition, Syncopated Stages: Black Disruptions to the Great White Way, a comprehensive history of Black musical theater curated by Michael Dinwiddie.

New York Times article

The We Shall Someday Community Engagement Project

Since 2024, the Foundation has supported the We Shall Someday Project, which brings the musical We Shall Someday to Southern cities along the route of the 1961 Freedom Riders. The initiative activates the show's narrative—about three generations of a Black family navigating racial violence and activism—to catalyze community dialogue and engagement with schools and local organizations.