THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC

DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING NEW PLAYS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS:THE HB PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATER COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING NEW PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS AND TO THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-COMMERCIAL THEATER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ARTISTS INVOLVED. DURING AN ORDINARY YEAR, HBPF WILL PRODUCE WORKS-IN-PROGRESS PRODUCTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH HB STUDIO. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 8/31/2024, HBPF SUPPORTED 23 PUBLIC EVENTS IN ITS HB PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE AND PROVIDED RENTAL SPACE TO 8 ARTISTIC PROJECTS.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 8/31/2024, IN COLLABORATION WITH HB STUDIO HBPF SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING:(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(A) RESIDENCY PROJECTS: ARTISTS WERE GIVEN TIME AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO REHEARSE AND PRESENT A NEW WORK AT AN EARLY- TO MID-STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE HB PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION THEATRE. SIX (6) WEEK-LONG RESIDENCIES, FEATURING 47 ARTISTS, EACH CULMINATING IN A PUBLIC PRESENTATION; 67 ARTISTS, 11 PERFORMANCES, 411 AUDIENCE. PROJECTS: MELODY ERFANI, THE WORDS WILL COME (2/5/24-2/11/24); JACQUELINE RAYMOND, INTERNATIONAL GIRLS ENSEMBLE (2/19/24-2/25/24); TANK, RAY JOHNSON, STEPHANIE ORTA-VAZQUEZ, DARIUS LAMONT, SHELLIQUE VALLEE, THE MANNEQUIN PLAY (4/14/24); DAVID LEE HUYNH, X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM (6/11/24-6/23/24); JOEY MASSA & KATHARINE LORRAINE, WORKSHOP (7/22/24-7/27/24); KAILI Y. TURNER, SHEEN: THE MUSICAL (8/19/24-8/25/24). HB ALSO HOSTED ACTING OUT AND CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS. ACTING OUT IS A RESIDENT COMPANY OF 20 FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS THAT PRESENTED 4 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF AN ORIGINAL PLAY CALLED KID STUFF. CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS IS A RESIDENT COMPANY SUPPORTING EMERGING VOICES OF THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA AND THE CARIBBEAN THEATRE AND FILM SCENE. CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS HOSTED 2 FESTIVALS THAT FEATURED 9 NEW PLAYS AND ENGAGED 46 ARTISTS.(I) HB STUDIO WORKS-IN-PROGRESS PRODUCTIONS AND PUBLIC EVENTS:TWELVE (12) PUBLIC EVENTS OVER 13 DATES, FEATURING 156 ARTISTS AND SERVING AN AUDIENCE OF 632. INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECT LAB WINTER, SPRING, FALL PRESENTATIONS, 3/17/24, 6/5/24; ACTING THE SONG SPRING, SUMMER, FALL PRESENTATIONS, 5/31/24, 8/16/24; ALMOST, MAINE (HAGEN CORE TRAINING CULMINATING PRESENTATION), 6/1/24-6/2/24; THE ART OF DIRECTING, 6/3/24; ACTUAR EN ESPANOL, 8/19/24; THE VILLAGE TRIP: LET FREEDOM RING! VOICES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THEN AND NOW, 9/21/23.(II) WORKS-IN-PROGRESS READINGS:HB HOSTED NINE (9) STAGED READINGS OF NEW FULL-LENGTH PLAYS IN PROGRESS AND TWELVE (12) STAGED READINGS OF NEW TEN-MINUTE PLAYS IN PROGRESS DEVELOPED AT THE STUDIO; READINGS WERE PRESENTED IN THE HB PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE AND THE HELEN GALLAGHER STUDIO THEATRE 10/14/23, 11/16/23-11/18/23, AND 4/27/24, FEATURING 55 ARTISTS, TO A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 243. READINGS FEATURED: ADULT(ISH) MATERIAL BY TIFFA FOSTER, AL GORE RHYTHM BY PHIL DARG, ATTORNEY-CLIENT BY ALEX LADD, THE DUST OF THE WORLD BY RHYS SAMUEL WASHINGTON, LIKE A QUEEN OR WHATEVER BY GRANT MACDERMOTT, THE REST OF US BY AMY TOFTE, THE KIND KILLER BY ACHIRO P. OLWOCH, AND 10-MINUTE PLAYS BY PHILIP CIOFFARI, JACKIE CLOUD, JONATHAN FLOREZ, JORDAN GALLAND, MOSHE HENDERSEN, ALEX ISHKANIAN, ADRIAN MARTINEZ, FAREEDA PASHA, JANEENA PINERO, GABRIELA SAKER, ANDREA TERRASA, AND FE TORRES.