ANNA & KITTY INC

Programs

1. Production of THE MATRIARCHS at Theaterlab, featuring Rebecca S'manga Frank (AT THE WEDDING at Lincoln Center), Helen Cespedes (The Cripple of Inishmaan on Broadway), Arielle Goldman (Let's Call Her Patty at LCT3), Anna O'Donoghue (Rock'n'Roll on Broadway), Molly Carden (Amerikin at Primary Stages), Rachel Botchan (The Pearl), Frankie Placidi (Clubbed Thumb). This production ran for 16 performances at Theaterlab with funding from the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund, ART/NY Creative Opportunity Fund, and the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation. Individual donors also contributed, including Elliot Joseph. The production featured talkbacks, centering the themes of faith and fertility in Judaism and across religions, featuring Dr. Emmanuel D'harcourt, yiddishist Rokhl Kaffrisen, playwright Shara Feit, Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (author of Going Out With Knots), Kelsey Osgood (author of Godstruck), and an affinity night with Lilith Magzine (the feminist Jewish quarterly). The run was met with terrific audience feedback and critical acclaim, including being named one of the best Jewish plays of 2025 by the Forward. This production which has previously been developed at the Civilians…

   $88,495 spentof which $67,950 as grants$8,993 earned by the program
   84% of program spending

2. New play development is something we work on all year round-this year included readings by Liba Vaynberg (playwright of Matriarchs) as well as the toddler play by Helen Cespedes, Fort Knox, Florida by Leigh Flayton, Alice in Bed (with a new foreword) by Susan Sontag under Inés Braun's direction and other readings. We partnered with the American Playwriting Foundation for some of our readings that were more public-facing, allowing artists to directly engage with their audience around relevant themes. We also hosted readings internally and fostered dramaturgical conversations (after readings, led by the artists) to better understand the stage of the play and how it can progress further. We also co-produced a developmental workshop the Hearth (another organization whose mission aligns with ours).

   $1,718 spentof which $1,718 as grants
   2% of program spending

3. As part of our mission to foster leadership through women's arts and culture, we worked on the short art film SUITE BERGAMASQUE (starring Sharina Martin, Craig Divino, Ali Stoner, and Elia Monte-Brown) directed by Raj Trivedi by helping develop and produce the film along the lines of our organization's mission. This film focuses on a woman who is a pianist, wrestling with her demons around performance and criticism upon completion of a concert in which she played Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy. Our set employed a majority of women and furthered women's narratives through sensitive eand three-dimensional portrayals of the questions that haunt artists and audience members alike: did I do the thing well? Is everyone around me lying to me? When do I want to be praised and when do I want to be criticized? And why? The film is complete along with talkbacks and educational components that allow artists and audience to self-reflect.

   $15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants
   14% of program spending

4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

   $0 spent
   0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $105,213.