549 West 52nd St., 3rd Floor,
New York, NY 10019
212 262-4216
New York, NY 10019
212 262-4216
The New York State Council on the Arts
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Liebowitz and Greenway Family Charitable Foundation
The Puffin Foundation
The Morgan Stanley Foundation
The E. Y. "Yip" Harburg Foundation
The Axe-Houghton Foundation
…and Individual Contributors
THANKS!
Medicine Show is a not-for-profit (and how!) theatre; we earn about half our annual budget from box office receipts and by renting the theatre (at very low rates) to other companies. That is not enough, though, and we are very grateful to our donors, especially the individuals who give small amounts, pay a little extra for tickets, or refuse to take their senior or student discounts. (Our ticket policy has always been never to turn anyone away, but we do ask those who can afford to pay more, to do so.)
Beyond that, there are some funding organizations who have helped us, and continue to do so.
NYSCA, the New York State Council on the Arts, is underfunded itself, but supports our theatre season and Word/Play writers' series. We thank them very much – actually, we thank you, because it is your tax dollar that funds NYSCA.
DCA, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, gave us a grant in the 2006-2007 season.
The Liebowitz-Greenway Family Foundation has been extraordinarily supportive, giving us grants every year. Profound gratitude to them.
The Morgan Stanley Foundation has been funding our program of free tickets for seniors and students for three years now. We thank them, and especially Eileen Michaels, a Vice President of Morgan Stanley, who has not only facilitated these grants, but serves on our Board and as and adviser to our programs as well.
Then there is one of our very favorite foundations, The Puffin Foundation, because they recognize that the unconventional, noncommercial artist is, like the puffin, an endangered species and do their best to reverse that.
The E. Y. "Yip" Harburg Foundation has been most generous not only by helping to underwrite our productions of Yip's work (The Happiest Girl in the World and Hooray for What are the two most recent examples) but also in providing scripts, music and background material for these productions, and by donating CD's, books, t-shirts and memorabilia connected with Yip Harburg that we can sell to our audiences.
Other foundations have funded individual projects, most recently the Axe-Houghton Foundation, which gave us a grant for The Republic of Poetry, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Open Meadows and Phaedrus Foundations, which underwrote The Bee Opera, and Fish Drum Magazine, which supported our Word/Play writers' series.
Thanks to all of you!