THE THOMAS BARBOUR
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS PROGRAM
The Thomas Barbour Scholarships Program
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The Episcopal Actors' Guild's Scholarships Program was established in 1968 to recognize excellence in those studying the performing arts. In 2004, the program was named in honor of EAG member, benefactor and actor Mr. Thomas Barbour.
Currently, EAG awards five annual scholarships. Four of these are given to students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. The fifth, The George C. Scott Memorial Scholarship, is presented to a student studying Theatre Arts at the University of Missouri. Additionally, The Claire Strakosch Scholarship, currently endowed by the Margaret G. Plumb Irrevocable Trust, is given periodically to students in theatre programs. And in 2008, a seventh award, named in honor of EAG Executive Director Emeritus Mart Hulswit, was established. Once fully endowed, it too will be given to a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. |
Jennifer Fouché, AADA Scholarship Recipient
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Secure donations can be made to any of these scholarships by clicking here or by calling 212-685-2927.
Congratulations to our 2018 Scholarship Winners from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts:
Sydnie Belousek, Maureen Bolanos, Lewis Merrylees, and Terrell Boccia.
Congratulations to the 2018 Winner of The George C.Scott Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Demuria.
Congratulations to our 2018 Scholarship Winners from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts:
Sydnie Belousek, Maureen Bolanos, Lewis Merrylees, and Terrell Boccia.
Congratulations to the 2018 Winner of The George C.Scott Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Demuria.
The Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award
The Barbour Award was created in 2007 to celebrate new work for the theatre. Each year, EAG partners with a local theatre company, collective, or playwriting program to present staged readings of three new plays, with one writer being awarded a prize of $500.
Past winners include Mark Karafin (Oberon), Bill Cosgriff (ARTC), Ian August (NJ Rep), Laura Eason and Lynn Rosen (Women’s Project), Dara O'Brien (Resonance Ensemble), Perry Guzzi (HB Studio), Andrea J. Fulton (Theater for the New City), and Alexis Roblan (New Perspectives Theatre Company and their Women's Work Project).
EAG's partner for the 12th Annual Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award is Quick Silver Theater Company! This year's award will feature three new plays by innovative emerging playwrights of color: Black Doves by Reynaldo Piniella, A Boy & His Bow by Kareem M. Lucas, and BURNBABYBURN: AN AMERICAN DREAM by a.k. payne.
If you represent a local theatre company that fosters new work or a playwriting program/collective and you are interesting in the possibility of partnering with EAG for The Barbour Award, please contact EAG's Assistant Director Rebecca Lovett (rebecca@actorsguild.org). At this time, we cannot partner with individual playwrights or accept direct submissions of plays for consideration for The Barbour Award.
The Barbour Award was established and endowed by Janet Barbour Carhart, Alison Barbour Fox, and from a portion of the gift left to EAG by Mr. Thomas Barbour’s estate.
Past winners include Mark Karafin (Oberon), Bill Cosgriff (ARTC), Ian August (NJ Rep), Laura Eason and Lynn Rosen (Women’s Project), Dara O'Brien (Resonance Ensemble), Perry Guzzi (HB Studio), Andrea J. Fulton (Theater for the New City), and Alexis Roblan (New Perspectives Theatre Company and their Women's Work Project).
EAG's partner for the 12th Annual Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award is Quick Silver Theater Company! This year's award will feature three new plays by innovative emerging playwrights of color: Black Doves by Reynaldo Piniella, A Boy & His Bow by Kareem M. Lucas, and BURNBABYBURN: AN AMERICAN DREAM by a.k. payne.
If you represent a local theatre company that fosters new work or a playwriting program/collective and you are interesting in the possibility of partnering with EAG for The Barbour Award, please contact EAG's Assistant Director Rebecca Lovett (rebecca@actorsguild.org). At this time, we cannot partner with individual playwrights or accept direct submissions of plays for consideration for The Barbour Award.
The Barbour Award was established and endowed by Janet Barbour Carhart, Alison Barbour Fox, and from a portion of the gift left to EAG by Mr. Thomas Barbour’s estate.
"Straddling the Edge" by Sandra Daley-Sharif, 2018 Barbour Award finalist
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"The Andrew Play" by Alexis Roblan, winner of the 2018 Barbour Award
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"Mommy's Little Princess" by Teresa Lotz, 2018 Barbour Award finalist
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Open Stage Grant
EAG takes pride in our ongoing effort to find new ways to support New York’s performing arts community. Understanding how challenging it is for emerging theatre companies to find affordable space for creating work, we are proud to offer the Open Stage Grant.
Through this program, an active and emerging theatre company is chosen to receive six weeks (eight hours per week) of free time in our historic theatre space. With this time, the recipient will be able to rehearse and present a work of their choosing. The grant will end with 4-5 performances, all of which will be ticketed and open to the public, with proceeds being split evenly between the grant recipient and the charitable programs of EAG.
Our inaugural grant period took place in the winter of 2017. We were thrilled to partner with Project Y Theatre Company for Landmarks & TRANSformations, a new work of devised theatre created by an ensemble of LGBTQ artists, writers, performers, and activists. This production received four New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations including one for Outstanding Performing Arts Piece with Charlie O'Leary's piece that was performed as part of Landmarks & TRANSformations (Precious Body) receiving the award for Outstanding Original Short Script.
In 2018, we expanded this program to offer two grants. In the winter of 2018, we partnered with Athena Theatre for their workshop presentation of Nora Sørena Casey's new play Tragic Greek Sitcom, an adaptation born out of her work with Athena's resident playwright group Athena Writes that brought the Orestia to life in a modern American living room/sitcom set. Then, in the summer of 2018, Quick Silver Theater Company used their time in Guild Hall to develop Albino Deer, a memory play/play on memory that examines the interconnected issues of environmental and economic justice, the role of science in public life, and the nature of death. The grant period culminated with a series of readings of this piece shaped by their resident playwright Sergei Burbank that is part documentary theater, part devised script.
We are pleased to announce the two recipients of our 2019 Open Stage Grants: Theater in Asylum
(January-February 2019) and Ripple Effect Artists (July-August 2019).
The application period for the 2019 Open Stage Grant is now CLOSED. The application period for the 2020 Open Stage Grant will open in the fall of 2019.
Through this program, an active and emerging theatre company is chosen to receive six weeks (eight hours per week) of free time in our historic theatre space. With this time, the recipient will be able to rehearse and present a work of their choosing. The grant will end with 4-5 performances, all of which will be ticketed and open to the public, with proceeds being split evenly between the grant recipient and the charitable programs of EAG.
Our inaugural grant period took place in the winter of 2017. We were thrilled to partner with Project Y Theatre Company for Landmarks & TRANSformations, a new work of devised theatre created by an ensemble of LGBTQ artists, writers, performers, and activists. This production received four New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations including one for Outstanding Performing Arts Piece with Charlie O'Leary's piece that was performed as part of Landmarks & TRANSformations (Precious Body) receiving the award for Outstanding Original Short Script.
In 2018, we expanded this program to offer two grants. In the winter of 2018, we partnered with Athena Theatre for their workshop presentation of Nora Sørena Casey's new play Tragic Greek Sitcom, an adaptation born out of her work with Athena's resident playwright group Athena Writes that brought the Orestia to life in a modern American living room/sitcom set. Then, in the summer of 2018, Quick Silver Theater Company used their time in Guild Hall to develop Albino Deer, a memory play/play on memory that examines the interconnected issues of environmental and economic justice, the role of science in public life, and the nature of death. The grant period culminated with a series of readings of this piece shaped by their resident playwright Sergei Burbank that is part documentary theater, part devised script.
We are pleased to announce the two recipients of our 2019 Open Stage Grants: Theater in Asylum
(January-February 2019) and Ripple Effect Artists (July-August 2019).
The application period for the 2019 Open Stage Grant is now CLOSED. The application period for the 2020 Open Stage Grant will open in the fall of 2019.
Project Y's "Landmarks & TRANSformations" - 2017 Open Stage recipient
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Athena Theatre's "Tragic Greek Sitcom" - Jan/Feb 2018 Open Stage recipient
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Quick Silver Theater Company's "Albino Deer" -
July/Aug 2018 Open Stage recipient
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scholarships & Awards ELIGIBILITY
Our scholarships are decided by the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the University of Missouri. If you are a student enrolled in one of these schools, please contact the administrative offices for further information.
If your theatre company would like to be considered as a partner in a future Barbour Playwrights Award or Open Stage Grant, contact Rebecca Lovett at 212-685-2927 or rebecca@actorsguild.org.
If your theatre company would like to be considered as a partner in a future Barbour Playwrights Award or Open Stage Grant, contact Rebecca Lovett at 212-685-2927 or rebecca@actorsguild.org.