Theater group wins arts grant

Whitefish Theatre Company is one of 153 nonprofit organizations to receive an NEA Challenge America Fast-Track Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The not-for-profit theater group is recommended for a $10,000 grant to support International Guitar Night, a free outreach concert for seniors and special-needs community members.

In the 2013 funding round, the National Endowment for the Arts received 393 eligible Challenge America Fast-Track applications, requesting a total of $3,930,000. The group will award 153 Challenge America Fast-Track grants totaling $1.53 million awarded to organizations in 41 states; Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and midsized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to populations whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics or disability.

Whitefish Theatre Company, located at the O’Shaughnessy Center in downtown Whitefish, presents a variety of performing arts events throughout the year, including community and professional theater productions, world and grassroots music concerts, professional dance events and children’s theater and music programs.

International Guitar Night will be performed for a senior and special-needs audience Feb. 8. There is no charge for the performance, and free transportation is also available to those who need it.

For more information, contact Whitefish Theatre Company at 862-5371 or wtc@bigsky.net.