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Jonathan Larson Grants The Jonathan Larson Grants is a program of the American Theatre Wing(ATW). The grants honor the legacy of Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning composer of the musical Rent, and awards grants to emergingmusical theatre composers, lyricists and book writers. According to ATW, "The few grants Jonathan Larson received boosted his professional confidence so that he could pursue a career writing for the musical theatre. Today, each of the Jonathan Larson grants are awarded to an artist to recognize and showcase their work with no strings attached - except to put it to the best use possible to help further the artist's creative endeavors."

The Program became part of ATW in 2009 after twelve years as part of the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation with a gift from that foundation to establish it in permanently at ATW.

Grants are presented each year at a presentation celebrating the work of that year's recipients.

Past recipients of the Jonathan Larson Grant include:

2009

Mark Allen http://www.DaveMalloy.com Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore Ryan Scott Oliver

2008

Gaby Alter Susan DiLallo Jordan Mann Jeff Thomson Joel New Jason Rhyne City Theatre for An Infinite Ache by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda

2007

Matt Gould Melissa Li and Abe Rybeck Robert Maddock J. Oconer Navarro Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Mike Pettry St. Ann's Warehouse for Must Don't Whip 'Um by Cynthia Hopkins

2006

Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman Lance Horne Joseph Iconis Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk Alison Loeb Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda New York Shakespeare Festival for Passing Strange by Mark Stewart and Heidi Rodewald

2005

Neil Bartram Nathan Christensen and Scott Murphy Michael Cooper and Hyeyoung Kim Steven Lutvak Glenn Slater and Stephen Weiner Lark Play Development Center for Barnstormer by Doug Cohen and Cheryl Davis

2004

Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer Mark Campbell Amanda Green Cynthia Hopkins Gihieh Lee Raw Impressions Theatre Village Theatre for Feeling Electric (now Next to Normal) by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey

2003

Nell Benjamin John Didrichsen Jeffrey Stock Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller New Georges Theatre for Magic Kingdom by Jake-ann Jones and Bruce Purse Vineyard Theatre for Miracle Brothers by Kirsten Childs

2002

Debra Barsha Peter Jones Julia Jordan Michael Korie Peter Mills Lark Theatre Company for Normal by Cheryl Stern, Tom Kochan and Yvonne Adrian P73 Productions Signature Theatre Company for The Unknown by Janet Allard, Jean Randich and Shane Rettig

2001

John Bucchino Mindi Dickstein and Daniel Messé Laurence O'Keefe Robert Reale and Willie Reale Scott Davenport Richards Amanda Yesnowitz Children's Theatre Company for The Snow Queen by Ruth Mackenzie Theatreworks/USA

2000

Beth Blatt and Jenny Giering Chad Beguelin and Matt Sklar Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel David Kirshenbaum John Mercurio David Simpatico Adobe Theatre Company for A Fish Story by Erin Purcell, Gregory Jackson and Michael Garin American Music Center Musical Theatre Works for The Girl Most Likely to... by Zina Goldrich, Marcy Heisler, Denis Markell and Douglas Bernstein O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference

1999

Kirsten Childs Sam Davis Peter Foley Ricky Ian Gordon Steven Lutvak Musical Theatre Works San Diego Repertory Theatre for The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea by Karole Foreman and Andrew Chukerman Seattle Childrens Theatre West Coast Ensemble Theatre for The Vanishing Point by Rob Hartmann, Scott Keys and Liv Cummins

1998

Paul Scott Goodman Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman Adirondack Theatre Festival Vineyard Theatre

1997

52nd Street Project Theatre