| During its years at the Portland Civic Theatre, the Guild contributed to educational scholarships and special projects for the Theatre. Contributions recovered seats, purchased carpeting, helped remodel the orchestra pit, replaced stage draperies, and printed programs. These contributions totaled over $80,000.
With the loss of the Theatre as the Guild’s beneficiary, the Guild sought a new annual fellowship for theater artists to advance their professional development in a broad range of activities, including workshop, travel and research.
In 1996, the Portland Civic Theatre Guild Endowment Fund was established at the Oregon Community Foundation. Portland Civic Theatre Fellowship winners are selected from emerging artists in the local area by a panel of local theater professionals.
After the death of Leslie Fulton, a Guild member and past employee of the Theatre, her husband, Neil Fulton, endowed the Leslie O. Fulton Fellowship in her memory. This biannual award is directed toward theater artists of high merit to sustain and enhance their creative process.
The Guild created the Mary Brand Award for theater support in keeping with the founder’s intention. It is funded primarily through box office receipts and dedicated gifts.
Since giving out the first of these three awards in 1997, there have been four $10,000 Fulton Fellowship winners, seven Portland Civic Theatre Fellowship winners, two at $1,500, five at $1,000 and one at $500. There have been nine Mary Brand Award winners, each at $500. This totals $51,500, so with the years of Guild gifts to Portland Civic Theatre and these new awards, the Portland Civic Theatre Guild has contributed over $130,000 to local theater.
Applications for awards are available on the Award Application page.
PORTLAND CIVIC THEATRE GUILD
PO Box 1181
Portland, Oregon 97207
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