Theatre Artists Workshop receives grant from CT Humanities

Since 1983, Theatre Artists Workshop has been a workshopping organization for professional theatre artists in Fairfield County. Workshop President Andrea Lynn Green credits the $5,400 grant for helping the organization flourish following the challenges of COVID. “This generous funding from Connecticut Humanities will enable the Workshop to fulfill its mission as a cultural influence on the community. It will help us improve our technical resources and bring back our public live performances which are essential to what we do." She says, adding the grant will allow the Workshop to focus on what makes the organization so special: the creative work of its member artists.

Green describes the CTCFOSG as a vital boost to TAW and local arts in Connecticut as a whole. “The grant from CT Humanities enables us to not only to survive, but to thrive through COVID and beyond,” she says. “Most importantly, funding for unique cultural organizations like Theatre Artists Workshop is validation that the creative arts are valuable and crucial to society's collective wellbeing.”

Theatre Artists Workshop is one of 725 organizations in Connecticut receiving a CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant, totaling more than $8.5 million. These grants are part of a two-year, $30.7 million investment in arts, humanities and cultural nonprofits by the state General Assembly and approved by Gov. Ned Lamont.

This grant was administered by CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.
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About Theatre Artists Workshop
Founded in Westport, CT in 1983 by Keir Dullea and Susie Fuller, TAW is designed as an artistic laboratory, where theatre professionals hone their craft, experiment, and develop new work away from the harsh glare of the public spotlight. For 40 years, the Workshop has served its membership and audiences with that original vision still intact. Plays developed at TAW have gone on to Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional and International productions. TAW adds to the local cultural landscape by fostering the development of unique theatrical material, culminating in festivals and play readings open to the public. Workshop performance and constructive critique have improved members’ skills and led to new opportunities. Membership over the years has included names such as Lucille Lortel, Anne Baxter, Theodore Bikel, Phoebe Brand, Morton DaCosta, Sandy Dennis, Mia Dillon, Keir Dullea, Martin West, Kevin Gray, Shirley Knight, Ring Lardner, Jr., James Noble, Jane Powell, Lee Richardson, Laura San Giacomo, and Brett Somers.

About Connecticut Humanities
CT Humanities (CTH) is an independent, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs. CTH projects, administration, and program development are supported by state and federal matching funds, community foundations, and gifts from private sources. Learn more by visiting cthumanities.org.

About the Connecticut Office of the Arts
The Office of the Arts is the state agency charged with fostering the health of Connecticut's creative economy. Part of the state's Department of Economic and Community Development, the Office of the Arts is funded by the State of Connecticut and the National Endowment for the Arts.