Funders to approach for Prime Productions

Prime Productions seeks to explore, illuminate and support women over fifty and their stories through the creative voice of performance. We intend to create productions that include and encourage the participation of all genders, races, sexual orientations and abilities. It is through these varied perspectives that a complete picture can emerge and be celebrated. We have realized there is a scarcity of substantial roles in the theater for women of a certain age: female characters tend to be stereotyped, marginalized, or lacking altogether. Considering there is so much great experienced female talent in the twin cities that is not fully utilized, either by the plays being produced or the roles being written, we want to fill this gap. We aim to produce plays that employ these valuable female theater artists and address issues relevant to an aging population. We have created a theater company that: 1. Hires artists of a certain age both on stage and behind the scenes. 2. Introduces…