https://www.baylessfoundation.org/mission daily 0.75 2019-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562451146908-6EN763I0MILAHTQVD46D/audience-828584_1920.jpg Our Mission https://www.baylessfoundation.org/home daily 1.0 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1563565122903-BW3G2TYSSZ4CERWWI50Y/saverio_chicago_mag_rick_bayless_30544.jpg Home https://www.baylessfoundation.org/grants daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579198703326-EWW04C7HWQG6RQGIY014/DM-P-04.jpeg Theatre We support - Jackalope Theatre Company Sam Boeck (L) and Patrick Agada (R) in Jackalope Theatre Company’s production of Dutch Masters. Photo by Joel Maisonet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579198703295-J12BYXV86JBFX43H9FB6/LifelineTheatre_Frankenstein_photobyJackieJasperson.jpg Theatre We support - Lifeline Theatre The cast of Lifeline Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. Photo by Jackie Jasperson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562779927625-091DV5ZPCNS9D57L03QW/APTP_Bayless+-+6.jpg Theatre We support - Albany Park Theatre Project The Cast of Albany Park Theatre Project’s original production Learning Curve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562457392664-PEGDOYQEG7ZAONRF2CMJ/Gypsy+Birthday.jpg Theatre We support - Porchlight Music Theatre Daryn Whitney Harrell, Aalon Daeja Smith, and E. 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Grants for 2020 will be announced in the Fall. If you have any questions, please contact BaylessFamilyFoundation@gmail.com https://www.baylessfoundation.org/grants/signalgrants-old daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579197121894-8EP8DEYUC6PNPDKSQWWR/image004.jpg Theatre We support - Congo Square Theatre Kelvin Roston, Jr. in Congo Square Theatre’s production Twisted Melodies. Photo by Samuel Roberson, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579197132996-QFQL6I7NPXXA63Q2O5F9/AGprogradshow-365.jpg Theatre We support - The Actors Gymnasium Members of The Actors Gymnasium Pro Training Class in 2018. Photo by Cole Simon. https://www.baylessfoundation.org/apply daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1563571170510-JI7889PIFUFZURQ6TFAT/rick_bayless_cascabel.jpg Apply- Signal Grant - 2025 Stepping Stone Grant Applications have closed. Applicants will be contacted in December. https://www.baylessfoundation.org/stepping-stone-grants daily 0.75 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738674945663-JINDMS4C4CQIJ3XXC0JO/LTC+HONEYMOON-1979.jpg Theatre We Support - Lookingglass Theatre Company The cast of Lookingglass Theatre Company’s production of Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon. Photo by Liz Lauren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738675052842-MYNYK6AQ7Q60DZULGR98/UTC+Chicago+Lores-7792.jpg Theatre We Support - UrbanTheater Company Ivan Vega (left) and Stanley King (right) in the 2024 World Premiere of Chicago Lore(s) by Sammy A. Publes, directed by Miranda Gonzalez. Photo by Joel Maisonet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738675121740-AP9V96P9711YCH8PAWU6/American+Blues+Theater+MISERY+Season+39.jpg Theatre We Support - American Blues Theater ABT’s production of Misery, featuring Steve Key and Wandachristine. Photo by: Michael Brosilow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738675120406-T4PKIDDIRHS3GV2N5AH1/NeoFuturists.jpg Theatre We Support - The Neo Futurists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1707155203076-KQXLANPG7T7PKYX0FVEB/TimeLine_TheLehmanTrilogy_3224_byLizLauren.jpg Theatre We Support - Timeline Theatre Joey Slotnick (center), Anish Jethmalani (left), and Mitchell J. Fain (right) portray the Lehman brothers, their descendants, and dozens of other characters to tell the quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family, in TimeLine Theatre Company’s Chicago premiere production of The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power, and co-directed by Nick Bowling and Vanessa Stalling. Presented at Broadway In Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse, September 19 – November 26, 2023. Production photo by Liz Lauren, courtesy of TimeLine Theatre Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1693585808085-WAMM2P5E54DBA7ZKVQBQ/Filament+Gather.jpg Theatre We Support - Filament Theatre Actors Erika Wilson and Christopher Acavedo with audience members of Gather. Photo by Willow James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1693585690677-87JS6ODF867BTQH0IMQT/SGT+Stew.jpg Theatre We Support - Shattered Globe Theatre Velma Austin, Demetra Dee, Jazzma Pryor and Jasmine Cheri Rush in Shattered Globe Theatre’s Chicago premiere of STEW. Photo by Michael Brosilow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579198703326-EWW04C7HWQG6RQGIY014/DM-P-04.jpeg Theatre We Support - Jackalope Theatre Company Sam Boeck (L) and Patrick Agada (R) in Jackalope Theatre Company’s production of Dutch Masters. Photo by Joel Maisonet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579198703295-J12BYXV86JBFX43H9FB6/LifelineTheatre_Frankenstein_photobyJackieJasperson.jpg Theatre We Support - Lifeline Theatre The cast of Lifeline Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. Photo by Jackie Jasperson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562779927625-091DV5ZPCNS9D57L03QW/APTP_Bayless+-+6.jpg Theatre We Support - Albany Park Theatre Project The Cast of Albany Park Theatre Project’s original production Learning Curve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562457392664-PEGDOYQEG7ZAONRF2CMJ/Gypsy+Birthday.jpg Theatre We Support - Porchlight Music Theatre Daryn Whitney Harrell, Aalon Daeja Smith, and E. Faye Butler in Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of Gypsy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1562356191081-P0IZ8TLEXGTS6Z1PV8TK/thumbnail_Birdland1_Steep.jpg Theatre We Support - Steep Theatre Joel Reitsma in Steep Theatre’s production of Birdland https://www.baylessfoundation.org/signal-grants daily 0.75 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738675567493-B9VKUFY9BH8IY14Q0UKY/Rivendell+-+Motherhouse.jpg Theatre We Support - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Photo from Motherhouse, our smash hit in 2023, attached. Photo by Michael Brosilow. L to R Jessica Ervin Mary Cross - Meighan Gerachis - Jane Baxter Miller - Tara Mallen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1738675524754-NUKOYAFULBGCQYLGO9LT/CDE.jpg Theatre We Support - Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1707156123316-MC3WRU3CZZE8A1L6WDOQ/CCT+pic.JPG Theatre We Support - Chicago Children's Theatre Company members of the 2018 world premiere production of LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1707243813173-71MPHFUXFLNNZ1E225TG/Remy-+Blues+for+an+Alabama+Sky.jpg Theatre We Support - Remy Bumppo Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Photo is courtesy of Nomee Photography featuring (L to R): Ajax Dontavius and Tiffany Renee Johnson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1693598578836-1T6FYVHIFTWENBG9J595/MusicTheaterWorks_LaCageAuxFolles_2.jpg Theatre We Support - Music Theater Works (L to R) Jason Richards and Ginger Minj in Music Theater Works LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 2022. Photo by Brett Beiner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579197121894-8EP8DEYUC6PNPDKSQWWR/image004.jpg Theatre We Support - Congo Square Theatre Kelvin Roston, Jr. in Congo Square Theatre’s production TWISTED MELODIES. Photo by Samuel Roberson, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d350c52c59d0001ea4e4f/1579197132996-QFQL6I7NPXXA63Q2O5F9/AGprogradshow-365.jpg Theatre We Support - The Actors Gymnasium Members of The Actors Gymnasium Pro Training Class in 2018. 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