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    American theater is in crisis. Some big names want Congress to help

    by Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times Sep 28, 2023 5 minutes
    Oskar Eustis, David Schmitz, Maria Manuela Goyanes, Nataki Garrett and Teresa Coleman Wash of the Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition gather in Washington, D.C., during the early days of the coalition. (Courtesy of Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition/ TNS.

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phylicia Rashad and many more prominent figures in the American theater will meet in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to brief congressional leaders on the ongoing crisis facing the nation's nonprofit regional theaters. The event, hosted by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., will serve as the introduction of the Supporting Theater and Generating Economic Activity Act, a federal funding initiative that has the potential to stimulate the theater industry as it continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges.

    If passed, the measure — also known as the STAGE Act — would provide $500 million in grant assistance annually to nonprofit regional theaters for five years, or roughly 20% of the eligible organizations' collective budgets.

    "To the federal government, it's a pretty small amount of money, but it would make an unbelievable difference to theaters across the country," Oskar

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