$15,000
2020 • 7 months • Chicago Commitment
Lookingglass Theatre Company creates and presents new works, stages world premieres, and offers education and outreach programs to students, teachers, and communities. The award supports a series of knowledge building and professional development activities between September and the end of the year focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
$1,000,000
2015 • 4 years • MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions
Lookingglass Theatre Company, founded in 1988, creates and presents new works, stages world premieres, and offers education and outreach programs to students, teachers, and communities. It reaches approximately 50,000 people each year with its performances and outreach initiatives. Lookingglass is known for its emphasis on new work; imaginative, risk-taking productions; and stable organizational structure. Lookingglass ensemble members commit to the organization on a long-term basis and are responsible for driving and developing all elements of the company’s productions. A MacArthur Award recognizes organizations that have excellent programs, that are well-managed, and that are at an inflection point, where they are likely to grow either in size or influence. Lookingglass will allocate most of the award to an opportunity fund; the remaining portion will be used to support capacity building activities.
$262,500
2015 • 5 years • Chicago Commitment
Lookingglass Theatre Company creates and presents new works, stages world premieres, and offers education and outreach programs to students, teachers, and communities. It reaches approximately 50,000 people each year with its performances and outreach initiatives. This grant supports Lookingglass Theatre’s goals of developing and performing new work, sharing its techniques with the larger community, expanding and diversifying its audience, and increasing its financial capacity, stability, and sustainability.
$250,000
2010 • 4 years 11 months • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over five years).
$190,000
2005 • 5 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over five years).
$250,000
2002 • 2 years
In support of "Theatre That Moves: The Campaign for Lookingglass," toward construction costs for a new theatre (over two years).
$40,000
2001 • 2 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over two years).
$25,000
2000 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations.
$40,000
1998 • 2 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over two years).
$20,000
1997 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations.
$20,000
1996 • 1 year
In support of general operations.
$60,000
1993 • 3 years
In support of general operations (over three years).
$5,000
1993 • 1 year
To support legal fees to create contracts outlining ownership rights of productions and adaptations.
$20,000
1991 • 1 year
In support of general operations (over two years).