Opportunities for Performing Artists

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

531 competitions, grants, fellowships, residencies, awards, and training programs across opera, classical music, theatre, musical theatre, and dance — each with its official deadline and source.

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

American Academy in Rome – Rome Prize

Arts Council England – Project Grants

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop

Canada Council for the Arts – Individual Grants

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

Fred Ebb Award

Fulbright Program – Performing Arts

Guggenheim Fellowship – Performing Arts

Jonathan Larson Grant

Kleban Prize

Lotte Lenya Competition

MacDowell Fellowship

O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (Harvard)

Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater

Steinberg Playwright Award

Yaddo Residency

Ars Nova — Musical Theatre Writers Group

Arts Council England — Project Grants

Arts Council of Ireland – Individual Artist Grants

ArtsWA – Individual Artist Fellowships (Washington)

ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop

ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop

Australia Council — Music / Theatre / Dance

Australia Council for the Arts – Individual Grants

Barrington Stage Musical Theatre Lab

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop

Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship

Boston Conservatory at Berklee — Summer Programs

British Council Performing Arts Grants

Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives

California Arts Council – Individual Artist Fellowships

Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Drama

Civitella Ranieri Fellowship

Creative Capital Award

Creative Scotland Grants

Disney Theatrical — Writers Program (when offered)

Dramatists Guild — Musical Theatre Fellows

Dramatists Guild Fellowship

Entertainment Community Fund Emergency Assistance

Eugene O'Neill — National Music Theater Conference

FACTOR — Canada Music Fund (where applicable)

Florida Division of Arts and Culture – Individual Artist Fellowships

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants

Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Writing

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts

Goldberg Musical Theatre Workshop — Northwestern

Goodspeed — Writers Lab

Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals

Grants for Arts Projects

Hal Prince Fellowship in Musical Theatre Directing

Herb Alpert Award in the Arts – Music

Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship

Illinois Arts Council Agency – Individual Artist Support

Interlochen Arts Camp

Jerome Foundation Grants

Jimmy Awards (National High School Musical Theatre Awards)

Jonathan Larson Grants

Larson Legacy Concert

Lincoln Center Theater — Songbook / writer programs (when offered)

Lucille Lortel Awards

Mass Cultural Council – Artist Fellowships

Mercury Musical Developments — Workshops

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grants

Minnesota State Arts Board – Artist Initiative Grants

MTI — Writers Initiative (where offered)

Musical Theatre Factory Grants

Musical Theatre Network — Writer Events

MusicalWriters — Academy (industry program)

MusiCares Emergency Financial Assistance

NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theatre) Festival

NAMT Festival of New Musicals — Writer Stipends

National Arts Club Prize

National High School Institute — Theatre Arts (Cherubs)

National YoungArts Foundation – Theater

NEA Art Works Grant – Music / Theater & Musical Theater

New York State Council on the Arts – Individual Artist Grants

NYFA Artist Fellowship – Music/Sound

Ohio Arts Council – Individual Excellence Awards