Notes from Winners | Pipeline Arts Foundation

”I’m truly honored to be the first recipient of the Pipeline Arts Award and to use these funds to welcome people into Soho Playhouse with music, stories and open arms, just like I would welcome you into my own house.”

Florencia Iriondo
South '23

“It is an incredible honor for Performing Filipina to be selected as this year’s Michael Friedman Award winner. ; I am so excited to continue developing it into offerings I may give back to my people. Endless gratitude to the Pipeline team for believing in this piece and the necessity of new musical theater, and for making it possible for these seeds to grow.”

Lianah Sta. Ana
Performing Filipina '25

"We couldn't be more thrilled to be a recipient of the inaugural Pipeline Arts Foundation award! It is an honor to receive this vote of confidence in our work alongside such incredible writers and their stories."

Christopher Anselmo
Fountain '23

"We are thrilled to be recipients of the 2024 Pipeline Arts Grant! With this funding, we will be able to create a studio album to debut some of the show's soulful score on a larger platform, as well as partially fund a theatrical workshop that will allow elements of staging and choreography to be introduced to the show for the first time. "

Charlie Romano
Call Me From the Grave '24

“We’re incredibly honored to receive the Pipeline Arts Award! As artists from Japan, Korea, and the US, we believe strongly in the importance of cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration. With the support of the Pipeline Arts Foundation, we'll be able to do a reading of our show and take the next step toward sharing our work with audiences around the world.

Alexander Ronneburg
Tomorrow By The Sea '24

”HOW DO WE EVER THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!! I was losing hope that this musical would see the light of day. It is soooooo hard to trudge through today’s landscape. Thank you for keeping this piece alive!!! It means the world!”

Heather Christian & Shannon Burkett
The Female Pope '24

”Tommy and I feel deeply honored for this award and recognition. We are very grateful to the Pipeline Arts Foundation for its important mission supporting musical theatre writers and storytellers. This distinction encourages us to keep working hard to find more opportunities for this story to be heard."

Jaimé Lozano
Roja '25

”We are incredibly honored that Eight Immortals has been selected as a Pipeline Arts Foundation Winner. We are lifelong fans of musical theatre, and to receive this kind of validation and support on our first full work - especially one celebrating and reinterpreting Chinese folklore - means the world to us. ”

Casey Breves & Sam Tsui
Eight Immortals '25