Transportation Grant Program (Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts)

Transportation Grant Program (Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts) is sponsored by Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts. This program provides funding for public, private, parochial, or homeschool educators in Central Indiana to bring their students to educational programs and performances at the Allied Solutions Center. The grant is specifically for transportation costs.

New Works Project: Performing Arts | Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts New Works performance tickets Public on-sale: New Works performance event: NewWorks@TheCenterPresents. org . The New Works Project is also seeking applications for its Visual Arts component.

Visit the New Works Project Visual Arts page to learn more and for current application information. Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational, arts, and cultural organization. The mission of Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences.

New Works Project | Performing Arts Application Submission Details New Works is an initiative by Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts to promote and sustain Indiana’s working artists and arts communities in an inclusive way by supporting the creation of new works across all performing arts disciplines.

Commissions will be awarded for three selected projects to be developed and presented onstage at the Tarkington theater for an on-site and online audience. In celebrating artists’ voices here in Indiana, we promote more diverse, connected and thriving communities. The core theme of the new works must align with one or more of Allied Solutions Center’s Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration and Inclusion.

See further details and application instructions below. Live Performance Commissions Awards will be presented to performing artists or groups based in Indiana for works to be performed at a joint event on the Tarkington stage on June 5, 2027. Performance requirements: Proposed works must reflect one or more of Allied Solutions Center’s Core Values, which are Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration and Inclusion.

The work cannot have been created prior to September 2026 and must not be performed publicly prior to the premiere event on June 5, 2027. The new work should be 10 to 20 minutes in length.

Support for winners includes: Full technical support from an experienced production team prior to rehearsals to assist in development of lighting, sound, and/or set concepts for the new work (must fit within technical guidelines provided) Onstage rehearsal time prior to the performance Onstage performance at the Tarkington in a joint event with other New Works awardees Professional-quality video of live performance for future use by the artist Selection criteria used when applications are reviewed: The proposed work reflects one or more of Allied Solutions Center’s Core Values, which are Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration and Inclusion.

The artist demonstrates excellence in technique and skill as evidenced by examples of previous work. The artist raises important/interesting questions, advancing their art form in a particular way. The artist’s artistic vision is clear, and the proposed work communicates a unique vision or perspective.

The artist has an innovative, compelling and inspiring story to tell in the proposed work. Public engagement and on-site requirements: One kickoff meeting on site at Allied Solutions Center in January 2027 One preview/talkback with students from central Indiana schools, in person or online, during Spring 2027 One scheduled virtual meeting with production team.

Three days prior to performance date to be reserved for technical rehearsals (specific rehearsal schedule to be determined at January kickoff meeting). Best-effort availability for press interviews Artists of all backgrounds are welcome, including artists of color, artists in the LGBTQ+ community, artists with disabilities and indigenous artists. There is no application fee.

Questions? Please contact us at NewWorks@TheCenterPresents. org New Works Project Submissions The submission deadline is September 4, 2026 at 11:59 p.

m. Winners will be announced in February 2027. If you have questions contact NewWorks@TheCenterPresents.

org . There is no fee to apply. The application is your opportunity to share your creative vision.

You will be asked to fill out a form with the following information. All criteria (Parts A, B, C and D) MUST be addressed. Part A.

Complete applicant information and tell us some details about your proposed work. Part B . Upload a written statement addressing the following topics in no more than three pages.

(word, doc, docx & xls files accepted) Begin with a brief artistic statement that describes your existing creative work, the discipline(s) you identify your work with, and your process. Share your concept for your new work and how it addresses one or more of Allied Solutions Center’s Core Values (Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration and Inclusion). Identify all known or intended collaborators and additional artists, if any.

Please address how this new work fits artistically, technically and spatially on the Tarkington stage. Be specific about your ideas for sound and/or musical accompaniment. Indicate the intended length of the new work (work should be 10-20 minutes in length and take no more than 10 minutes to set up/remove from the stage).

Part C. Provide video representations of your work through online video link. Items 1 & 2 below required .

Proposed new work: Recording or visual representation of the new work you are interested in developing. Professional-quality video and/or editing is NOT expected (i.e., feel free to set up a camera in the corner of a room, parking lot, field or rehearsal studio and press record). Existing work: Recording(s) of existing work demonstrating your work history.

Part D. Additional creative representation It is important for us to get a clear picture of your ideas for a new work. We understand that your artistic vision has its own, unique way in which it must be shared.

Include a minimum of one additional creative representation that best supports/communicates your proposal. Some suggestions are listed below. Please do not limit yourself to these suggestions, but rather be as exploratory as you see fit in sharing your creative vision and process.

(jpg, jpeg, png, doc, docx, xls file types accepted as well as online video links) Costume or scenic design sketches Graphic/artistic representation, photographs, or slides of choreographic sketches Storyboard of your current plans for the work Submit materials and information through the application form at TheCenterPresents. org/NewWorksApplication . Applications for the New Works awards due September 4, 2026 at 11:59PM.

Winners will be announced in February 2027. If you have questions contact NewWorks@TheCenterPresents. org .

Watch New Works Premiere Performances 2026 on YouTube , livestreamed from the Tarkington on May 30, 2026. Morimoto is a professional dancer with Fort Wayne Ballet and will be joined by colleagues for the performance.

Her project is a contemporary dance work inspired by her cross-cultural experience of moving from Japan to the United States at age 14, highlighting the contrasts between Japanese values of humility, harmony and community and American ideals of individuality, boldness and self-expression.

The dancers’ costumes will reflect the cultural differences, and prerecorded audio will include Western orchestral music and an original collage of everyday sounds from Japan. Unsung Giants: Clifford Ratliff Meeks is a bassist and composer known for blending jazz, soul and hip-hop influences.

His project, part of a broader effort to celebrate Indiana jazz history, will pay tribute to legendary Indianapolis trumpeter Clifford Ratliff with an original work for piano trio.

The performance will include new compositions and improvisation by Meeks and collaborators William Menefield on piano and Cassius Goens on drums, accompanied by projected images and spoken narrative detailing Ratliff’s achievements and continuing influence on younger generations of musicians. Justin David Sears (2026) Sears is a dancer, choreographer and founder of Justin Sears Dance Foundation.

His contemporary dance project explores addiction recovery through embodied storytelling, video projections and recorded testimonials to interpret the real-life experiences of individuals who have journeyed through substance abuse to recovery.

Created in collaboration with Margo Korn, Amanda Hoover, Pulse Dance Theatre and Avenues Recovery Center Indianapolis, the piece portrays a progression from isolation and suffering to community and hope, aiming to reduce stigma while highlighting the transformative power of recovery communities. They Knew They Would Dance Again Keohane is a musician and composer who studied at the Berklee College of Music.

Her project is a musical work in three movements for tambourine ensemble and voice, using oversized tambourines designed and constructed by collaborators Fred Erskine and David Melsheimer. Keohane chose to explore the simple instrument because of its mysterious origins and its widespread use throughout history by diverse cultures around the world.

The title is drawn from the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the tambourine symbolized hope amid hardship. Accordion File Start Tag . Place this tag before the RTE which contains the Accordion File content.

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Wild Stories will comprise multiple original music pieces for voice (Hedrick) and jazz piano (Christopher Pitts) to be accompanied by projections of photographs shot specifically for the performance by environmental scientist and nature photographer Mitch Korolev. The compositions will be informed by research into Indiana’s native ecosystems and will challenge the audience to notice the nuance in the environment around them.

Sister Suffragists: Naomi Anderson and Lillian Thomas Fox Washington is a poet and curator who holds an art history degree from Spelman College. Sister Suffragists is a choreo-poem honoring Anderson and Fox, two Black women writers and activists who campaigned for social justice in Indiana during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

The text will be informed by research into their published writing as well as contemporaneous news coverage of their travels and speaking engagements. The production will include projected images and live music. Blueprints of a Point Ascending Marchesseault is a dancer and choreographer who studied dance at Southern Methodist University and many NYC-based dance companies.

Blueprint of a Point Ascending, set to vocal music by composer Caroline Shaw, is a three-part modern dance work for four performers that features an interactive stage set with two long elastic bands. It draws inspiration from sculptor/engineer Kenneth Snelson’s work on “tensegrity” (integrity resulting from tension) to explore how tensions sustained within individual notions of identity lead to upward growth and stability.

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All of Us: An Anti-Asian-Hate Opera Cheng is a composer, music theorist and ethnomusicologist from Hong Kong. He completed his music composition doctorate and is pursuing a music theory doctorate at Indiana University in Bloomington. All of Us is an opera inspired by true stories from people of Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage, shedding light on issues of Asian hate and emphasizing unity and empathy in our diverse society.

The music, incorporating Asian traditional and Western classical elements, will be performed by an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists. The presentation will include staging, lighting, and multimedia components. Thompson is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and leader of the Indianapolis-based modern jazz quintet Premium Blend, which has been featured in two national award-winning documentaries and has released five studio albums.

Classical Scratch is a three-part composition for tenor saxophone, piano (twin brother Joshua Thompson), emcee and DJ that integrates classical, jazz and hip-hop music to celebrate the contributions of Black artists over the past 300-plus years. The presentation will include lighting effects and projected images of influential artists.

Santiago is a Puerto Rican-born choreographer, professor emerita at Indiana University, and founder of Iris Rosa Dance Studio and Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company in Indianapolis. Pathways/Caminos is a work for 10-15 Seda Negra dancers, inspired by spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora in Caribbean and Latin American countries.

The presentation will feature spoken word by Santiago and recorded music from the Indianapolis Pan-African Drum and Dance Ensemble directed by Andre Rosa-Artis, as well as costuming and visual projections designed by Filipino-American artist Kelvin Burzon. Place after the RTE with the Accordion File content. Content after this tag will not be included in the Accordion File.

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Be sure not to forget the Accordion File End Tag. Boon Bestowed is a four-movement work for solo classical saxophone and electronic looper pedal, to be composed by Katie Madonna Lee and performed by Carmel-based musician and music educator Cecily Terhune.

Each movement will feature one instrument from the standard saxophone quartet – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone – and each will represent a powerful female archetype: nurturer, leader, activist and teacher. A projected slideshow of images will accompany the music. Open Heart Surgery is a contemporary opera modeled after a TV medical drama and featuring three singers and several live musicians from Bloomington-based New Voices Opera.

Composer Guzman, who explores themes involving historically underrepresented communities, is collaborating with librettist Caroline Cao to tell the story of a young doctor caught between her dreams of working in film and her immigrant family’s expectations of a career in medicine. jameyjguzman. wixsite.

com/jameyjguzman Emily Franks and En Pointe Indiana Ballet Suits is an original dance piece incorporating various styles and techniques, including ballet, contemporary, Graham and jazz, to be performed by 19 pre-professional student dancers from Noblesville-based En Pointe Indiana Ballet.

Franks, an En Pointe instructor and former dancer with Dance Kaleidoscope, is choreographing a story based on her own career transition from professional dance to office-based work. The narrative is a mystery about a stolen document, set amid the human dynamics of corporate culture. Place after the RTE with the Accordion File content.

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This four-part piece incorporates contemporary, modern, ballet and African dance, along with creative costuming, video projections and live and recorded music, to address systemic oppression with a message of hope and promise that empowers audiences.

Monka Herzig and Zackary Herzig Award-winning jazz pianist-composer Monika Herzig and her son Zackary have created music and choreography inspired by the family’s journey through Zackary’s gender transition. Zackary designed the costuming and performed to the live musical accompaniment on the Cyr wheel, a large metal hoop that the performer stands inside to roll, spin and perform acrobatic moves.

They were joined by guitarist Peter Kienle, Monika’s husband and Zackary’s father. monikaherzig. com | zackherzig.

com This short play explores the complexities women face as they navigate external and internal challenges in the workplace. Six actresses – three younger and three older – represent three characters at the beginning and end of their careers in medicine, education and business, showing how their stories evolved over a 50-year span.

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New Works is supported by the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation. Fifth Third Bank Box Office Closed The Fifth Third Bank Box Office is closed Saturday, Aug. 22, while we are experiencing a temporary phone and internet outage.

We apologize for any inconvenience. The offices at Allied Solutions Center will be open for normal business hours Monday, Aug. 24.