35 Years of Artistic Excellence!
NYCB Principal Ballerina Tiler Peck,The Sleeping Beauty (© Paul Kolnik); Broadway Star Carly Hughes, Pippin (© Joan Marcus);
SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg, (© Nickelodeon);
Play a role in celebrating the 35th Anniversary!
Help us champion the next generation of choreographers, directors, filmmakers, designers, playwrights, actors, and dancers with a symbolic contribution of $35 toward the 35th Anniversary campaign.
Contribute $350 or more and you will be recognized on our web site and in the 2017 Princess Grace Awards Gala program!
Highlights of our 35 years of support for emerging talent in theater, dance and film:
Tony Kushner, Theater Fellowship 1987Pulitzer Prize winner, Angels in America, Munich, Lincoln | Leslie Odom Jr., Theater Scholarship 2002Tony Award winner, Best Actor, Hamilton: An American Musical |
Greg Mottola, Film Scholarship 1989Director, Superbad and Keeping up with the Joneses | Carly Hughes, Theater Scholarship 2002Velma Kelly in Broadway's Chicago |
Eric Darnell, Film Scholarship 1989Director, Antz and Madagascar Films | Sam Gold, Theater Scholarship 2004Tony Award winner, Director, Fun Home and Othello with Daniel Craig |
Stephen Hillenburg, Film Scholarship 1991Creator, SpongeBob SquarePants | Tiler Peck, Dance Scholarship 2004Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet |
Donna Lynne Champlin, Theater Scholarship 1992Star of CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Oscar Isaac, Theater Scholarship 2004Golden Globe Award winner, Poe in Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens |
Robert Battle, Dance Scholarship 1993Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Cary Fukunaga, Film Scholarship 2005Emmy Award winner, Beasts of No Nation, Jane Eyre, HBO's True Detective |
Anna D. Shapiro, Theater Apprenticeship 1996Tony Award winner, Artistic Director, Steppenwolf Theater | Ian Olds, Film Scholarship 2005Independent Spirit Award winner, Director, The Fixer with James Franco |
Bridget Carpenter, Theater Fellowship 1997Writer and Producer, 11.22.63, Friday Night Lights and Parenthood | Camille A. Brown, Choreography Fellowship 2006Founder Artistic Director, Camille A. Brown & Dancers |
Gillian Murphy, Dance Fellowship 1998Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre | Kyle Abraham, Choreography Fellowship 2010MacArthur "Genius" Award winner, Artistic Director, Abraham.In.Motion |
Jon M. Chu, Film Scholarship 2001Director, Justin Bieber's Never Say Never | Iva Radivojevic, Film Scholarship 2011Guggenheim Fellow for Creative Arts |