This year's recipients are 1812 Productions (Philadelphia, PA), About Face Theatre (Chicago, IL), Boise Contemporary Theater (Boise, ID), Company One (Boston, MA), Curious Theatre Company (Denver, CO), The Flea Theater, Inc. (New York, NY), Profile Theatre (Portland, OR), Silk Road Theatre Project (Chicago, IL), Synetic Theater (Arlington, VA) and Triad Stage (Greensboro, NC).

Grants of $10,000 each are annually distributed "for general operating support to these companies which, according to grant guidelines, have been in operation at least five, but not more than fifteen years, have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity and dynamism of American theatre."

Here are a few photos from the celebratory luncheon:

[caption id="attachment_11681" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="ATW Trustee Lucie Arnaz and Honorary Chairman Angela Lansbury"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_11682" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Playwright Arthur Kopit and Jim Simpson, artistic director of the Flea Theatre"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_11683" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Executive director of the Broadway League Charlotte St. Martin with ATW executive director Howard Sherman and Lucie Arnaz"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_11684" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="ATW Board of Trustees chairman Theodore S. Chapin with Triad Stage’s Preston Lane and Richard Whittington"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_11685" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Laura Penn, executive director of SDC, with Chip Walton of the Curious Theatre Company"][/caption]

The Wing had previously only offered grants to New York City theatre companies through its Theatre Company Grants Program. This year's grants mark the first to be awarded to theatres throughout the U.S. since the program was revised to include theatres outside of New York.

For more information visit americantheatrewing.org.