Arts Midwest awards Notre Dame a $20,000 Shakespeare in American Communities Grant

Arts Midwest announced the recipients of $1.17 million in Shakespeare in American Communities grants, including a $20,000 grant to Shakespeare Notre Dame.

Now in its 18th year, Shakespeare in American Communities is a theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. By providing grants to theater companies that produce Shakespeare’s works, the program supports high-quality productions and educational activities in middle schools, high schools, and juvenile justice facilities throughout the United States. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, these

performances and educational events may take place virtually or in person between August 1,

2020, and July 31, 2021.

Officially established in 2007, Shakespeare at Notre Dame's mission is to fuse the University’s pursuit of compassionate social justice with the study of the works of William Shakespeare. The program’s reach extends deep into the South Bend community, with a number of community-focused events every year, and beyond, to audiences from over a dozen countries across the world.