WHAT DOES MY GIFT TO NAMT SUPPORT?

National Fund for New Musicals
The National Fund for New Musicals is a major granting initiative to support theatres and writers as they work together to create a new musical.  NAMT established the National Fund for New Musicals to respond to a critical field need for a more creative and effective process to support a musical’s development. 

For details on the National Fund for New Musicals, click here.

Festival of New Musicals
Since 1989 the Festival has been a launching pad for new musicals by bringing together the industry’s leading theater producers and writers with the goal of furthering the development and production of new musicals.

Every year we invite over 2,000 theatre industry professionals to see 45-minute staged readings of eight new works, by emerging and mid-career writers, over the course of 2 days in New York City.  The Festival introduces more than 30 writers to people with the resources and experience to develop their shows, and benefits hundreds of musical theatre professionals who attend the Festival and who find work as shows are developed.  Ultimately, thousands of Americans across the country will see the Festival shows as they become part of the repertoire.  “It’s an industry-only event, and it happens for only two days, but it makes a major impact in the world of musical theatre,” according to American Theatre Magazine.

Festival highlights include: Broadway’s The Drowsy Chaperone, winner of five 2006 Tony Awards; and Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002 Tony Winner for Best Musical.  Off-Broadway successes include Vanities: A New Musical, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, I Love You Because, Songs for a New World, and Striking 12.  Regional hits include Ace, Children of Eden, Harold and Maude, Honk!, Kingdom, Meet John Doe, and Was.

For details on the Festival of New Musicals, click here.

Artist collaboration
NAMT holds two conferences per year highlighting latest trends in musical theatre, providing vital industry reseach information, and creating unique opportunities for producers and writers to work together.  These services – the National Fund for New Musicals, Festival of New Musicals and Conferences – have set NAMT apart in the musical theatre industry as a leading catalyst for collaboration among producers and writers. 

IS MY DONATION TAX-DEDUCTIBLE?

Yes.  NAMT is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization with not-for-profit status. With your contribution, you will receive an acknowledgement letter that can serve as your receipt and be used for tax purposes once NAMT has processed your gift.

For more information, please call Executive Director Betsy King Militello at (212) 714-6668 ext. 11, or email betsy @namt.org.

NAMT CONTRIBUTORS

This listing represents contributions from May 1, 2010 to April 1, 2011.

$50,000 +
National Endowment for the Arts

$10,000 to $49,999
Ann Palmer Foundation
Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Stacey Mindich Productions
The Shubert Foundation

$2,500 to $9,999
ASCAP Foundation
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Edward and Thea Lawton Foundation
New York State Council On the Arts
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation

$1,000 to $2,499
BMI Foundation
The Dramatists Guild Fund
Friars Foundation
Jamie deRoy & friends
Marilynn Sheldon
Walter Stearns

$500 to $999
Scott Anderson, Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Gene Bayliss
Kathy Evans
Barbara and Buddy Freitag
Frederick Landau
Jeff Loeb
Sharon M. Maroney
Jim Mercer
Deborah and Monte Stavis