Sarasota Jewish Theatre receives $35,200 for 2023-24 season

Sarasota Jewish Theatre recently received funding from seven grantmakers totaling $35,200 to support its 2023-24 season of mainstage productions, traveling performances, and more.

The Faith and Freedom Foundation approved $10,000 in funding to support SJT’s operations; IAMYES and Falk Weinberger Family Charitable Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant; the Gulf Coast Community Foundation provided $2,500; and the Mackler Goding Foundation awarded $2,000 for general programming. All four grants support the overall mission of SJT.

A $7,500 Johnson Singer Arts and Education Grant – a teaching artist grant – was awarded to artistic director Carole Kleinberg for her work with the theater and “Charting the Lost Continent.” The grant was given in support of the development of a staged reading based on poetry by award-winning Sarasota poet Linda Albert.

The George J. & Alice Pugh Donor Fund through Community Foundation of Sarasota County awarded $6,700 to hire professional security during mainstage performances at The Players Center in the Crossings at Siesta Key mall.

Also, the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee awarded a $1,500 grant in support of Jewish Journeys – three plays that SJT has available for performances at condominium communities, libraries, synagogues, and community organizations:

SJT celebrates a wide range of classic and contemporary plays by Jewish playwrights, including Becky Mode’s “Fully Committed” (Jan 31-Feb. 4; M*A*S*H writer Larry Gelbart’s “Better Late” (March 13-21); and “The Immigrant” by Mark Harelick (May 1-12).

For information, visit SarasotaJewishTheatre.org or email info@sarasotajewishtheatre.org. To purchase tickets to performances at The Players Centre Studio 1130, visit ThePlayers.org or call 941-365-2494.

Submitted by Kelly Fores