Jonathan Larson Grants

These Grants, established fourteen years ago with the resources of the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation and gifts from the Larson Family to honor the memory of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize recipient Jonathan Larson, recognize and support emerging composers, lyricists and book writers. The grants will be celebrated at a reception featuring performances of the winning artists' work in the Spring.

General Criteria

• The Jonathan Larson Grants are intended to honor and recognize emerging musical theatre artists. Composers and lyricists, and librettists who work in musical theatre are the focus of the grants.
• Grant awards are based on merit. In addition, the Grants are intended for those artists with a demonstrated commitment and dedication to a career in musical theatre. Further, the grants are not intended to be scholarships, and artists applying for grants should be working professionally in the field.
• For the 2011 grant cycle, all applications must represent samples of work from one (or more) complete works of musical theatre, and include samples of book, music and lyrics. The work submitted may be written by an individual applicant or by a team. Unlike past years, individual artists working solely as lyricists, composers, composer/lyricists, or librettists can not apply without their collaborators. Collaborators who work together regularly are encouraged to highlight the breadth of their collaborations in their submissions, rather than focus on a specific project.
• United States citizenship is not a requirement to receive the grant, but you must be eligible to work in the U.S. and reside/work here on at least a part-time basis and submitted work should be predominately in English.
• Individual and Team Applicants may not apply more than twice in any three year period. For instance, if you applied in 2009, and apply again in 2010, you would not be eligible to apply for a third time until 2012.
• Artists may appear as an applicant on only one application per grant cycle, and no applicant may be part of more than one creative team.
• Prior Jonathan Larson Grant Recipients are not eligible