Supported Plays and Musicals
The Weissberger Foundation provides support for plays and musicals at not-for-profit theaters on and off Broadway.
Current Productions
We are thrilled to support Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.
Becoming Miss Ghana 1986 would mean fame, fortune, and prosperity. At least, that’s what Paulina—the queen bee of Aburi Girls Boarding School—believes. When the pageant recruiter comes to school, Paulina and her crew pull out all the stops. But to their surprise, a new transfer student from America kicks the competition into a higher, far more personal gear. Arriving on Broadway for the first time nearly a decade after its Off-Broadway premiere, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play reunites the powerhouse team behind Jaja’s African Hair Braiding—Tony Award-nominated playwright Jocelyn Bioh and Tony Award-nominated director Whitney White—for this bright, biting comedy.
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We are also thrilled to support The Public Theater's production of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, making its North American premier.
Olivier Award-winning writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark reimagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic story of an old man who is not at the end of his life, but at the beginning. Set in a Cornish fishing village on the coast of Great Britain, and brought to life by a company of 15 actor-musicians, this is the magical tale of a love that defies all odds.
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Past Productions
Ashes & Ink by Martha Pichey (AMT Theatre)
Bug by Tracy Letts (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Goddess by Saheem Ali (Book, with additional materials by James Ijames) and Michael Thurber (music and lyrics) (The Public Theater)
Oh Happy Day! by Jordan E. Cooper (The Public Theater)