{"id":9261,"date":"2011-12-06T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=9261"},"modified":"2011-12-06T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T21:19:31","slug":"roxy-regional-theatre-receives-nea-challenge-america-fast-track-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/12\/06\/roxy-regional-theatre-receives-nea-challenge-america-fast-track-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxy Regional Theatre receives NEA Challenge America Fast-Track Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roxy Productions Inc. one of only 162 grantees nationwide<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"NationalClarksville, TN<\/strong> – As National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has noted, \u201cArt works everywhere,\u201d which is why the NEA\u2019s Challenge America Fast-Track (CAFT) program supports projects from primarily small and mid-sized arts organizations that extend the reach of the arts to underserved audiences \u2014those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.<\/p>\n

Roxy Productions Inc. (dba Roxy Regional Theatre) was selected to receive one of the 162 grants of $10,000 awarded to organizations in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n

Awarded funds will be used to support the Roxy Regional Theatre\u2019s March\/April 2012 production of The Red Badge of Courage, adapted by John McDonald from the novel by Stephen Crane. As the second installment in the Roxy\u2019s four-year series commemorating The Sesquicentennial of The Civil War, performances will be targeted to military and student audiences. This is the Roxy\u2019s third Challenge America Fast-Track Grant from the NEA, following awards in FY2009 and FY2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaken together, these Challenge America Fast-Track grants provide an extraordinary sampling of the work that arts organizations do to reach underserved communities,\u201d said Chairman Landesman. \u201cWith these grants, we are helping to ensure that art works for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Roxy Regional Theatre Artistic Director John McDonald noted, \u201cTo have the acknowledgement of the National Endowment of the Arts places us on a higher plane and gains us national recognition as a major contributor to the arts in our community, as well as a cultural asset to our surrounding counties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program is called Fast-Track because of its expedited review timeline. Roxy Productions Inc. was notified approximately six months after applying. Also, with 375 eligible applications submitted from across the country, there was significant competition for funding for these grants. Roxy Productions Inc.\u2019s grant award is evidence of the artistic excellence and artistic merit of their production of The Red Badge of Courage.<\/p>\n

Please see the complete listing of projects recommended for Challenge America Fast-Track grant support here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Roxy Productions Inc.<\/h3>\n

\"RoxyRoxy Productions Inc. (dba the Roxy Regional Theatre) has dedicated itself to producing theatre meeting the highest artistic standards, first as a community theatre and then as a professional regional theatre, presenting over 500 mainstage productions and 75 alternative stage productions since its inception in 1983.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.roxyregionaltheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About The National Endowment for the Arts<\/h3>\n

\"NationalThe National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities.<\/p>\n

The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. To join the discussion on how art works, visit the NEA at www.arts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roxy Productions Inc. one of only 162 grantees nationwide Clarksville, TN – As National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has noted, \u201cArt works everywhere,\u201d which is why the NEA\u2019s Challenge America Fast-Track (CAFT) program supports projects from primarily small and mid-sized arts organizations that extend the reach of the arts to underserved audiences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[5617,186,5713,5714,12040,12039,1255,11110,7181,11109],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2pn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9263,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261\/revisions\/9263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}