Cincinnati Playhouse Receives $90,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is the recipient of a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This is the largest grant ever received by The Playhouse from the NEA. The Playhouse is one of two theatres in the country to receive the award.

The grant will be used to support the final development and production of Behind the Eye by Carson Kreitzer. The play will receive its world premiere on the Thompson Shelterhouse stage April 2 through May 1, 2011.

In addition, the grant will be used for accompanying education activities, including a public forum with playwright Carson Kreitzer discussing the development of the play. The Playhouse will use social media to share the development process with the public.

This remarkable new play chronicles the life of World War II photographer Lee Miller, a woman at the center of some of the most exciting times of the 20th century. From a Vogue model in the '20s to muse of the Paris Surrealists in the '30s, she then became an acclaimed war photographer, covering the front lines as well as the London Blitz and the liberation of Paris. Behind the Eye follows Miller's fascinating adventures and her personal struggle of what to do with yourself when you've done it all.

For a complete list of NEA funding grants totaling $26.68 million, visit www.arts.gov.