TRANSPORT GROUP has received grants
from the following foundations:

The American Theatre Wing

The Dramatists Guild Fund

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

JP Morgan/Chase Fund for Small Theatres

The Dorothy Loudon Foundation

The Frederick Lowe Foundation

The National Endowment for the Arts

New York City Department for Cultural Affairs

The New York State Council of the Arts

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

The Shen Family Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

The Ted Snowdon Foundation

The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation

The Geraldine Stutz Family Trust

The Village Voice/OBIE Awards

 

TRANSPORT GROUP is the proud recipient of a 
Special Drama Desk Award for its "breadth of vision and presentation of challenging productions." 

Click here to see Jack Cummings III's acceptance speech for the Drama Desk Award presented by legendary actor Jim Dale

TRANSPORT GROUP is also the proud recipient of
11 Drama Desk Award
nominations:

The Boys in the Band

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play - Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Featured Actor- Nick Westrate
Outstanding Set- Sandra Goldmark
Outstanding Lighting - Dane Laffrey

Bury the Dead

Outstanding Lighting Design - R. Lee Kennedy

First Lady Suite

Outstanding Musical Revival
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Mary Testa

The Audience

Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Lighting Design – R. Lee Kennedy

In Novemeber 2009, Transport Group's resident Casting Director, Nora Brennan, received an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America.

TRANSPORT GROUP was further honored when First Lady Suite and Bury the Dead were filmed for The New York Performing Arts Library’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, located at Lincoln Center.

TRANSPORT GROUP was honored at the 2007 Obie Awards when Donna Lynne Champlin received an Obie Award for her critically acclaimed performance as Cora Flood in Transport Group's acclaimed 50th Anniversary production of William Inge's classic Amercian drama, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

Legendary actress Angela Lansbury presented the Obie Award to Ms. Champlin and said the following:
 

"What's a wife to do, faced with an emotionally frail teen-aged daughter, an over-dependant son, nouveau riche in-laws she can't keep up with, and a neglectful husband obsessed with a job that technology is about to render obsolete.  The woman's got only one choice -- to play her role to the hilt, registering every nuance with passion, precision and grace.  For making that choice come to memorable life, the judges have voted an Obie for her performance in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs to Donna Lynne Champlin."

Later in the evening, acclaimed actress Cynthia Nixon presented an Obie Award Grant to Artistic Director Jack Cummings III for TRANSPORT GROUP's continued excellence in the New York theatre scene and said the following: 

"Rejuvenating the past and challenging the future, this company is nothing if not ambitious, equally unfazed by the challenges of giving a forgotten play a startling new life or creating a new musical with a cast as large as the audience.  In the coming years, they plan to revisit the entire 20th century, commissioning a new work and reviving an old one to stand for every decade.  For the excitement of what they've done and what's to come, the judges have voted an Obie Award Grant of $2,500 to TRANSPORT GROUP."

In May 2008, Laura Harrington received the prestigious Edward Kleban Award for most promising librettist for her libretto for Crossing Brooklyn which TRANSPORT GROUP had the honor of producing the world premiere in the fall of 2007. 

Sandra Goldmark was nominated for The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Award for her scenic design for Crossing Brooklyn.

In 2006, 2007, and 2008 TRANSPORT GROUP has been recognized with a grant from The American Theatre Wing in recognition of TRANSPORT GROUP's consistent commitment to excellence in theatre.

In April 2010, Jonathan Hammond was nominated for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for his role as Michael in The Boys in the Band.

On May 17th 2010, Jonathan Hammond received an OBIE Award for his performance as Michael in The Boys in the Band.

 

 



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