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Musical Theater Grants

Grants for musical theater are given to individuals and organizations to ensure that musical theater productions get staged and to ensure the creation of new musicals. Generally, these grants are open to individual writers, composers, lyricists or organizations, and some of them go toward specific projects. These grants can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, depending on the grantee.

  1. National Endowment for the Arts

    • The National Endowment for the Arts offers a range of grants that go toward assisting projects put on by arts organizations or individual artists. These grants can be used for new musical theater projects, for the improvement of existing projects, for the staging of musical productions or for career development. For example, the Grants for Arts Projects offer organizations year-long grants that range from $5,000 to $150,000. These grants can go to organizations looking to preserve America’s cultural heritage, to open up musical theater to underserved communities, open up musical theater to children or youth programs and to reward artistic excellence. The Arts on Radio and Television grants are given to organizations planning to broadcast their productions nationally on either radio or television, and these grants range from $10,000 to $200,000.

      National Endowment for the Arts

      1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

      Washington, DC 20506

      202-682-5400

      nea.gov

    National Fund for New Musicals

    • The National Fund for New Musicals is open to musical organizations and writers looking to produce a new musical. The goals of these programs are to encourage collaborative efforts and to support new musical productions. There are three categories for grants: Writers Residency Grant, Project Development Grant and Production Grant. The Writers Residency Grant is given to writers to work with producers at a National Alliance for Musical Theater member theater. The Project Development Grant is a 2:1 fund matching grant, where recipients can receive up to $6,000. This grant is given to already established projects that need refinement. The Production Grant is given to organizations looking to stage a musical theater production, and grants can range from $10,000 to $20,000 per year. This fund matching grant must be met on a 3:1 basis.

      National Alliance for Musical Theater

      520 Eight Avenue, Suite 301

      New York, NY 10018

      212-714-6668

      namt.org

    Jonathan Larson Grants

    • The American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Grants are given on a merit-based system to composers, lyricists and book writers working in musical theater. Applicants may apply on an individual basis or as part of a collaborative team. Artists do not need to be U.S. citizens, but they do need permission to work in the U.S. Applicants can only apply for a grant two times during a three-year period. Prior winners are not eligible for additional grants. Award amounts vary.

      American Theatre Wing

      570 Seventh Avenue, Suite 501

      New York, NY 10018

      212-765-0606

      americantheatrewing.org

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