"I was able to focus entirely on the production, publication, development, and creation of my plays."
- A. Rey Pamatmat, 2011 Fellow
"PoNY changed my life. It will change many lives. PoNY may change theatre, we just have to let it."
- Tommy Smith, 2010 Fellow
"Because of PoNY I got a new agent, and, really, a fresh start."
- Carson Kreitzer, 2007 Fellow
"I was able to pay my bills. I made friends with the doorman. Did I mention I wrote a lot?"
- Tommy Smith, 2010 Fellow
"The [apartment] location allowed me to be a really active member in the NY theatre community."
- A. Rey Pamatmat, 2011 Fellow
"I spent the year just writing, and I wrote six new plays."
- Samuel D. Hunter, 2008 Fellow
"Thank you PoNY for changing my life, and changing the world."
- Carson Kreitzer, 2007 Fellow
"Thank you so much for your commitment to new plays and to new playwrights. This kind of fellowship is unprecedented."
- Samuel D. Hunter, 2008 Fellow
"I wrote six new plays. I rewrote four others."
- Tommy Smith, 2010 Fellow
"This is amazing. This would change everything for me."
- Samuel D. Hunter, 2008 Fellow
"PoNY, in a few short years, has become a vital part of the ecology of New York theater. We are lucky PoNY exists."
- Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater
"That year I finished 3 plays. I did some tweaks on THE MOUNTAINTOP, and I stayed in New York, which is where I was supposed to be."
- Katori Hall, 2009 Fellow
The PoNY Express Fund was created to support and empower PoNY Playwrights in effort to advance their careers. PoNY Playwrights can receive a fund of up to $2,000 per year to pursue opportunities such as:
PoNY Playwrights have the opportunity to attend yearly intensive workshops led by financial experts to help cover financial and career planning in an effort to empower their careers. Led by Elaine Luttrull, founder of Minerva Financial Arts and author of Arts & Numbers. The bootcamp is tailored to the financial needs of artists, and has thus far received rave reviews from all participants.
“I have a new way of thinking that reveals new options for myself and how I approach my writing and my life.”
Attention Playwrights: Not a PoNY Fellow but could use some advice on managing your finances as a playwright? Recently, PoNY and Lark have expanded their Financial Bootcamp to provide seminars to interested and eligible playwrights outside of the PoNY Fellows. Over two days of instruction and discussion, participants will get a unique and personalized financial overview from Elaine Luttrull, founder of Minerva Financial Arts and author of Arts & Numbers.
For inquiries, contact Seta Bairamian (212.246.2676 x232), Executive Assistant at The Lark.
