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Paul Hodgson
The Everyman Repertory Theatre
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Everyman Gets $4,000 in Grant Funding

Dec 18, 2014

ROCKPORT — The Everyman Repertory Theatre has received grant monies totaling $4,000, with $3,000 coming from the Theatre Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to help fund its 2015 season; and the maximum grant of $1,000 from the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Arts Commission, to help fund its production of Arlene Hutton’s “As it is in Heaven.”

This is the sixth time Everyman has received this grant from Maine Community Foundation; and the third time from the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Arts Commission.

“We’re incredibly lucky to have these agencies in the state and we feel very lucky to be receiving this level of support from them,” said Everyman Rep Artistic Director Paul Hodgson.

Everyman’s upcoming production of the Shaker play “As it is in Heaven” will be presented with the Farnsworth Art Museum as the culmination of its Shaker exhibition, “From Mount Lebanon to the World.” The play will open Feb. 20 at the Rockport Opera House.

“The show matches MHC and MAC’s core principles because we are hosting a post-show talk, which will include a conversation with Brother Arnold, from the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community in Western Maine, and Michael Komanecky, Chief Curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum,” said Hodgson.

Further details of the talk will be announced closer to the date. For more information, visit everymanrep.org and Everyman Rep’s Facebook page. Tickets will be available online and via the box office (236-0173). Everyman Repertory Theatre, founded in 2008, is a registered 501(c)3, not-for-profit theater company committed to bringing live, professional theater to the people of Midcoast Maine.

The Maine Community Foundation is a statewide organization that partners with donors and nonprofits to strengthen Maine communities. For more information, visitmainecf.org.

The Maine Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit organization, uses the humanities — literature, history, philosophy, and culture — as a tool for positive change in Maine communities. For more information, visit mainehumanities.org.

The Maine Arts Commission is a state agency that receives tax money appropriated by the Maine State Legislature. In addition, the Agency receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal sources. For more information, visit mainearts.maine.gov.