Touchstone Theatre receives grant

Touchstone Theatre to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. Touchstone Theatre is recommended to receive $50,000 and may use this funding to support jobs and to fund operations and facilities, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation. In total, the

NEA will award grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto

Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC

Touchstone Theatre, thanks to its wide net of support, including funding from the

NEA and the American Rescue Plan, has been able to continue to produce original offerings for the community since the onset of the pandemic. Touchstone is currently in its 40th season of mainstage programming, which includes a wide array of both in-person performances and offerings accessed from patrons’ homes.

The American Rescue

Plan was signed into law in March 2021 when the NEA was provided $135 million for the arts sector. The funding for organizations is the third installment providing more than $57.7 million for arts organizations. In April 2021, the NEA announced $52 million (40 percent) in ARP funding would be allocated to 62 state, jurisdictional, and regional arts organizations for regranting through their respective programs. The second installment in November 2021 allocated $20.2 million to 66 local arts agencies for sub granting to local artists and art organizations.

For information on the

NEA’s American Rescue Plan grants, including the full list of arts organizations funded visit www.arts.gov/COVID-19/ the-american-rescue-plan.