Finding the money to finance not-for-profit theatre can be a daunting task. One way that not-for-profit theatres stay afloat is by applying for, and more importantly, winning grants from charitable foundations. This web site (http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html) provides an alphabetical list of hundreds of charitable foundations. Find three foundations that grant money to not-for-profit theatres.

Even though 8 of the last 11 Pulitzer Prize winners for drama debuted Off Broadway, most of the Off and Off Off Broadway productions remain unknown to most of us. Read this list of one Off Broadway producer's Top Ten plays (http://www.nosediveproductions.com/jamespeak/jamespeak.htm). Some titles you might recognize, though you may never have heard of the actors. Other titles will be a mystery. Perform a web search for 2 or 3 of the titles you've never heard of.