Grantee Database
TeAda Productions
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$12,600.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, TeAda Productions will utilize these funds to support the retention of current staff which has grown over the last two years thanks to an increase in funding over the pandemic. As a result TeAda has successfully increased engagement and participation of artists, women, immigrants, refugees, indigenous, asylees, and queer communities.
TeAda needs to provide competitive salaries while the cost of living continues to rise. As of June 2025, TeAda has already been forced to downsize from a 5 person staff to the current 4 person staff due to the national shift in funding priorities both in government and foundations.
Currently TeAda’s staff is comprised of immigrants, women, queer folks, and individuals from a working class background spanning three decades which reflects the community that we serve in California.
Organization Summary
Theater for Asylum Seekers, developed in partnership with Program for Torture Victims in 2018, engages recently arrived immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in storytelling and performance art to aid in the healing their trauma from persecution in their homeland and the decision to flee. Our sanctuary space has welcomed participants from Cameroon, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Guatemala, and beyond, reaching approximately 20 participants and 500 audience members annually.
Creative Healing Lab combines arts and healing practices through bi-monthly workshops in Los Angeles County led by artists, healing practitioners, and social service professionals responding to rising anti-immigrant and anti-artist sentiment. Launched in 2025, the program served approximately 175 people in its inaugural year.
Pasifika Artists Exchange is an emerging mentorship and artist development program connecting Hawaiʻi-based Pasifika teaching artists with diasporic Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles through master classes, devised theater, and public performances that strengthen artistic skills, cultural connection, and civic engagement. Together, we explore critical issues impacting Pasifika communities through storytelling and devised theater to foster community, build artistic skills and civic engagement, and amplify Pasifika voices across oceans and borders.
TeAda also tours professional productions nationally and internationally. Nothing Micro About Micronesia, a coming-of-age play exploring migration, assimilation, and cultural reclamation, has reached more than 9,000 people through 80+ performances and workshops across Hawaiʻi, Guam, and the Northern Marianas since premiering at Honolulu Theatre for Youth in 2024.
In 2026, TeAda Productions became a National Performance Network Partner, launching our LA-based presenting program and contributing to national arts dialogues through CAATA, Greater Los Angeles Artistic Directors of Color Alliance, and Theatre Communications Group. TeAda’s work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, MAP Fund, and New England Foundation for the Arts, and recognized through initiatives including America’s Cultural Treasures and the Lee Melville Award from Playwrights’ Arena.
Organization
TeAda Productions
Address
6071 Comey Ave
Los Angeles
90034-2203
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Website
Congressional District
California's 37th congressional district
State Assembly District
55
State Senate District
District 28
