The Ball Grant
The Ball Grant is a $1000 grant that's expressly designed for a writer who identifies as living in or emerging from a lower economic status.
The 2017 Ball Grant Finalists
Raine Grayson
Marlin Thomas
Desi Moreno-Penson
Nick Mwaluko
Sarah Loucks
Cherry Lou Sy
The 2017 Ball Grant Semifinalists
Sage Martin
Dianne Jones
Darcy Parker Bruce
Stacey R Rose
Alison Lewis-Weigand
Martha Patterson
Shane Strawbridge
Dayna Smith
Erlina Ortiz
Eboni Booth
Diana Burbano
Grace Connolly
Andre Jones
Benjamin Colon
Gina Young
Osiris Khepera
Shawn Nabors
The Playwriting Collective has been organized to create artistic and theatrical productions, readings, and showings centered around supporting voices from lower economic backgrounds and other marginalized communities. The Ball Grant is a financial resource dedicated to those lower class as well as marginalized writers and artists.
The Playwriting Collective intends to continually bring voices from poor backgrounds into the broader network of art and theater in NYC.