2023 FACE Contemporary Theater Grantees Announced

Anima - Noémie Goudal and Maëlle Poésy © Christophe Raynaud de Lage
FACE Contemporary Theater fosters innovative artistic collaborations in theater, contemporary circus, puppetry, and street theater, allocating grants to French or American nonprofit institutions and creators from France, the African continent, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Grants support the development and/or the presentation of new work.
This year, $118,000 were allocated to 10 projects as follows :
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Henri VIII (Saint-Saens) - Director Jean-Romain Vesperini
Fisher Center at Bard College
July 2023
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Augustine machine ou encore une nuit d’insomnie - Marie Darrieussecq and CNSAD, Paris
California Institute of the Arts
August – September 2023
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Fa - Amoukanama Circus // Anima - Noémie Goudal and Maëlle Poésy
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
August – September 2023
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Anima - Noémie Goudal and Maelle Poésy
FIAF (French Institute Alliance Française)
September 2023
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Exit - Cirque Inextremiste
ArtPark & Company, Lewinston, NY
August 27, 2023
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Support for New Artists at Seuls en Scène 2023 – Lionel Lingelser, Penda Diouf, Marie Bachelot Nguyen, Karima El Kharraze
Seuls en Scène, Princeton French Theater Festival, Princeton University
September – October 2023
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Portrait de Ludmilla en Nina Simone - David Lescot
Compagnie du Kairos – David Lescot
U.S Tour: MIFA, Holyoke, MA, Princeton University-Seuls en scène Festival, NJ, and Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL
September 2023
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Mailles - Dorothée Munyaneza
California Institute of the Arts dba REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater)
October – November 2023
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Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge - Elevator Repair Services (ERS) at Festival d’Avignon-IN
Elevator Repair Service Theater, Inc.
July 2023