McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships
This scholarship is being offered by McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships. Learn more about the scholarship and the requirements below!
Amount available
Open Date
Application deadline
Mar 27, 2026
Eligibility Requirements
- Minimum GPA:
- Education level: N/A
- Application form required: Yes
- Drivers license required: No
- Financial analysis required: No
- Test scores required: No
- Transcript required: No
- Essay required: Yes
- Merit-based: Yes
- Recommendation required: Yes
- Entry in a contest required: Yes
- Special Requirements: Yes
About Scholarship
The McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships at Playwrights' Center recognize theater artists other than playwrights. The intent of the program is to support mid-career artists living and working in Minnesota who demonstrate a sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and attributes of artistic merit. Selection is based on a commitment to theater arts, evidence of professional achievement, and a sustained body of work over multiple years. Applicants must be professional artists who have been continuous residents of Minnesota since March 27, 2024. Fellows must maintain residence in Minnesota during the fellowship year. Fellows must have the legal right to work in the United States. The Fellowship is open to actors, directors, dramaturgs, stage managers, and theatrical designers (including puppetry). Artists working in other disciplines of live theater may be eligible to apply. It is also open to those choreographers and composers whose main body of work is in live theater. Playwrights are not eligible for this award. Full-time students at any level are not eligible. Recipients of 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowships in any discipline are not eligible. Only individual artists are eligible; applications from collaborative groups are not accepted. Staff and board members of the McKnight Foundation or Playwrights' Center and their immediate families are not eligible. Two Statements of Working Process must be submitted. These are letters written by two people familiar with the applicant's work as an artist. Applicants must also submit samples of their work. Applicants may submit samples in no more than two of the following formats: (1) Video: up to 4 total minutes of video, either directly uploaded or linked from YouTube/Vimeo/etc. This footage can be from one or multiple performances. (2) Audio: up to 4 total minutes of audio, either directly uploaded or linked from another site. This footage can be from one or multiple performances. (3) Images: up to 10 images. This may include production or rehearsal photos, sketches, blueprints, collages, etc. For designers: Consider providing detailed information about your design process and choices along with your work samples. Previous recipients of the Fellowship must submit a work sample consisting only of work that occurred after their last fellowship term. Do not submit scripts, reviews, essays, or other text formats. Please visit the fellowship's website for more information.
Offered by: Playwrights' Center
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