Through the support of Community Arts Partnership’s GAP grant, Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble, a local theatre company, delivered The Loneliness Project, a play coupled with a series of workshops that illuminate some of the adversity the LGBTQ+ community experiences. The Loneliness Project does well in fulfilling the expectations of a GAP grant, which is provided on behalf of New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) and awarded to artistic organizations pursuing high caliber projects that reach a wide audience. Additionally, the work aligns well with Civic Ensemble’s mission statement: “To create theatre that explores and explodes the social, political, and cultural issues of our time. We bring audiences of different races, classes, and experiences together in a public forum on the American experiment.” The series will be occurring from March 19th to April 19th due to efforts of the project’s core artistic team: Caitlin Kane,...  Read more