MENA Theater Makers Fund Informational Session Video Now Available!

We held a digital informational session about the MENA Theater Makers Fund on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 1pm EST / 12pm CST / 10am PST.

MENA Theater Makers Fund applications are now open, and the deadline has been extended to Friday, March 27, 2026 at 11:59pm EST. This program offers general operating support and cohort-based engagement to under-resourced theater organizations that support and uphold MENA communities. Through an open application process, MENATMA will award $800,000 in total funding, awarding $30,000 to $45,000 each in unrestricted funding to theater organizations across the U.S. Awardees will have access to additional funds to distribute to artists in their communities, selected by the awardee.

The digital informational session, including a Q&A, was on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 1pm EST / 12pm CST / 10am PST.

You can watch the session on YouTube.

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The MENA Theater Makers Fund is supported by Alternate ROOTS, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), First Peoples Fund, and The Wallace Foundation’s Advancing Wellbeing in the Arts initiative and in partnership with the National Arts Regranting Partners.