EXIT Theatre
For General Operating Support
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Amount$80,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/29/2020
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Term1 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
EXIT Theatre is a theater company based in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. It supports independent artists and small-budget performing companies by providing them with opportunities to perform in the five black box theaters the organization manages. EXIT Theatre also commissions and develops new plays, and produces the San Francisco Fringe Festival. Each year, more than 500 performances are presented to approximately 18,000 patrons. This grant to EXIT Theatre aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Continuity and Engagement Strategy through the Innovative Works component.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.sffringe.org
Address
156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102-2708, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
EXIT Theatre supports independent theater artists and small-budget theater companies by providing them with opportunities to perform. It commissions and develops new plays; provides low-cost theater rentals and production support; and produces the San Francisco Fringe Festival, the region’s largest grassroots theater festival, where 100 percent of the ticket revenue is paid to artists. Each year, more than 500 performances are presented to nearly 21,000 patrons at its five black-box theaters in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Renewed support will help EXIT Theatre continue to provide independent theater for Bay Area artists and audiences.
for general operating support
The EXIT Theatre is the region's premiere venue for providing low-cost rentals and production support to independent theater artists and small-budget theater companies. Annually more than 600 performances are held at the EXIT's four black-box spaces before 20,000 patrons, nearly half of whom are under forty years old.
