The following theater companies were the recipients of the Leon Levy Foundation COVID Relief Fund in Spring 2021. Funding for these grants was made possible by generous seed funding from the Leon Levy Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation.

Spring 2021 Leon Levy Foundation COVID Relief Fund Panelists

Panelists were selected from community nominations. For more information on the panelist process and how you can nominate a panelist for future A.R.T./New York grants, please click here. 

Akia Squitieri
Founding Artistic Director at Rising Sun Performance Company

Ana Mari de Quesada
Producing Artistic Director at the wild project

Ariel Estrada
Producing Artistic Director at Leviathan Lab

Ashley DiGiorgi
Managing Producer at Keen Theater Company

Ásta Hostetter
Freelance Designer

Barbara Samuels
Freelance Lighting Designer + Producer

Chelsea Fryer
Artistice Associate at The Playwrights Realm

Christina Perry
Director of Development and Outreach at The Chain Theatre

Magaly Coliman-Christopher
Artistic Director at Conch Shell Productions

Maya Shah
Assistant Director of Marketing at Signature Theatre

Peggy Carey
Associate Production Manager at The Public Theater 

Philip Dallmann
Executive Director at Kaiser's Room

Philip Santos Schaffer
Development Manager at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC

Vichet Chum
Playwright and Actor

The A.R.T./New York Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres is made possible with generous funding by the Leon Levy Foundation, the Seth Sprague Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation, and A.R.T./New York.