For 100 years, EAG has provided emergency financial aid and career support to New York City’s professional performing artists. We take pride in our ongoing effort to find new ways to support our vibrant performing arts community. Understanding how challenging it is for emerging theatre companies to find affordable space for creating work in NYC, we introduced the Open Stage space grant in 2017. With Open Stage, we can support theatre companies by giving them an opportunity to create and present work without the challenges that come with finding and maintaining affordable space.

2024 Grant Recipients

The Anthropologists has been awarded the Winter 2024 residency for a developmental workshop of their devised piece axes, herbs, and satchels. 

The Anthropologists is dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. "Fusing research, expressive movement, and rigorous dramaturgy, we create dynamic plays rooted in social inquiry. We use theatre to engage with challenging questions, to re-contextualize the present and reimagine our collective future."  theanthropologists.org
Good Light Productions has been awarded the Summer 2024 residency for a joint production of two solo shows, Deep $h*t! and Black American Working Woman.

Good Light Productions is “pushing back the darkness by turning on delight." It exists to create access and opportunity for underrepresented creatives to develop and present stories that have been in the dark far too long. "Transformation becomes possible for all when we dare to share what is behind the curtain of each of our unique human stories."  goodlightproductions.com

Open Stage grantees receive:
  • a $5,600 credit to be used towards booking up to 80 hours in our historic theatre space
  • $1,000 from EAG's Teri Black Performance Fund to be used towards performer/director stipends, AND
  • limited funding for some specific line items in their production budgets thanks to public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Applications for our 2025 Open Stage grant will open in Spring 2024. Before applying for this grant, applicants are encouraged to read the Open Stage FAQ's and testimonials from past recipients. There is no fee to apply. You can view the 2024 application by clicking here.

Past Grant Recipients


Winter 2017 - Project Y Theatre Company, Landmarks & TRANSformations

Winter 2018 - Athena Theatre Company, Tragic Greek Sitcom

Summer 2018 -  Quick Silver Theater Company, Albino Deer

Winter 2019 - Theater in Asylum, Totally Wholesome Foods

Summer 2019 - Ripple Effect Artists, 2071: The World We'll Leave Our Grandchildren

Winter 2020 - Resolve Productions, Marrow

Spring 2022 (Summer 2020) - Katharine Pettit Creative, Untitled Girl Narrative

Summer 2022 - The Skeleton Rep(resents), The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical

Winter 2023 - Leviathan Lab, Learning to Read by Moonlight
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2023's Learning to Read by Moonlight, presented by Leviathan Lab, photo by Yuko Kudo
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2020's Marrow, presented by Resolve Productions, photo by Ahron R. Foster
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2019's Totally Wholesome Foods, presented by Theater in Asylum, photo by Ahron R. Foster
EAG's Open Stage space grant program is supported by the Teri Black Performance Fund, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of  Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.