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Strategic partnership to strengthen contemporary theater companies

Inis Nua Theatre Company
Inis Nua Theatre Company, Hymn, 2023. Pictured: Garrick Vaughan and Dwayne Alistair Thomas. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.
Inis Nua Theatre Company, Hymn, 2023. Pictured: Garrick Vaughan and Dwayne Alistair Thomas. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.
Tiny Dynamite, The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged, 2022. Pictured: Charlotte Northeast, Trevor William Fayle, and Brittany Onukwugha. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.
Tiny Dynamite, The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged, 2022. Pictured: Charlotte Northeast, Trevor William Fayle, and Brittany Onukwugha. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.
Inis Nua Theatre Company, Once Upon a Bridge, 2024. Pictured: Walter deShields and Alice York. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.
Inis Nua Theatre Company, Once Upon a Bridge, 2024. Pictured: Walter deShields and Alice York. Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.

Two contemporary theater companies form a business partnership to align resources, streamline operations, and grow audiences and revenue. Inis Nua, a company dedicated to producing contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, undertakes an alliance with Tiny Dynamite, which produces original, non-traditional theater experiences. Establishing shared artistic leadership, staff, and costs, the partnership enables the two small companies to strategize and develop projects like a larger company, work with industry-leading experts, and advance resilient business models.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

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Inis Nua Theatre Company

Inis Nua Theatre Company

Inis Nua produces provocative contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, reflecting those cultures’ identities in today’s world. The voices of the playwrights featured are often raw, humorous, or poetic. Inis Nua has been producing plays for over 15 years, including 17 American premieres, 13 Philadelphia premieres, and one world premiere.

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