Sustaining Grants

2021 Sustaining Grants

What: Sustaining support for local theater companies and artists
Total Grantees: 4
Total Awarded: $20,000

In May 2021, Manbites Dog Theater Fund awarded $5,000 sustaining grants to four theater companies and artists with a history of doing work that benefits the Triangle theater community.

List of Recipients:

  • Artist Soapbox/Tamara Kissane
  • MOJOAA
  • Walltown Children’s Theatre
  • Women’s Theatre Festival/WTF

2022 Sustaining Grants

In March 2022, Manbites Dog Theater Fund awarded $5,000 sustaining grants to eleven theater companies and artists with a history of doing work that benefits the Triangle theater community.

Total Grantees: 11
Total Awarded: $55,000

List of Recipients:

  • Artist Soapbox/Tamara Kissane
  • Diamante Arts and Cultural Center
  • Justice Theater Project
  • Mettlesome Theater
  • NorthStar Church of the Arts
  • MOJOAA
  • Pure Life Theatre Company
  • StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance
  • The Understudy
  • Walltown Children’s Theatre
  • Women’s Theatre Festival/WTF

2021-22 Other Grants

During the 2021-22 FY, Manbites Dog Theater Fund also awarded three special grants, including: 

  • a $6,500 grant to support the New York City premiere of Torry Bend’s play, Dreaming
  • a $750 grant to Diamante Arts and Cultural Center to support a Spanish-language acting workshop
  • a $1,000 donation to support Big Night In for the Arts, a televised Fundraiser for Triangle arts councils.