Skip to main content
Home

Utility navigation

  • Donate
  • About
    • Mission, Values, & History
    • Strategic Plan
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Funders
    • Annual Report
    • Donate
    • Board of Directors & Staff
    • Employment
    • NEFA Logo Download & Crediting
  • Grants & Programs
    • Find a Grant
    • Grant Programs
    • Creative Economy
    • CreativeGround Directory
    • Grant Recipients
    • International Engagement
    • Return to Your Grant Application
  • Resources
    • Advocacy
    • Arts & Accessibility
    • Emergency Preparedness & Relief
    • Jobs & Opportunities
    • Native American Arts
    • Publications
    • Racial & Social Justice
  • News
    • NEFA 50th
    • Blog
    • Press Releases
  • Events
  • Donate
  • About
    • Mission, Values, & History
    • Strategic Plan
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Funders
    • Annual Report
    • Donate
    • Board of Directors & Staff
    • Employment
    • NEFA Logo Download & Crediting
  • Grants & Programs
    • Find a Grant
    • Grant Programs
    • Creative Economy
    • CreativeGround Directory
    • Grant Recipients
    • International Engagement
    • Return to Your Grant Application
  • Resources
    • Advocacy
    • Arts & Accessibility
    • Emergency Preparedness & Relief
    • Jobs & Opportunities
    • Native American Arts
    • Publications
    • Racial & Social Justice
  • News
    • NEFA 50th
    • Blog
    • Press Releases
  • Events
A girl in a "boat" and three people on a "dock" point out to the audience.

Photo: Brad Goda

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Grants & Programs
  3. Grant Recipients
Grant Recipient

TeAda Productions

Photo: Brad Goda

Location
Santa Monica, CA
Digital Presence
Artist Website
Project Title
Masters of the Currents
Fiscal Year Awarded
2017
Grant or Program
National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant
Grant Amount
$60,000

Welcome to Hawai’i, the Aloha state – a tropical paradise where everyone gets along. However, the reality for many residents is much different. Recent newcomers from Micronesia have fled their island nations due to environmental and economic pressures. Inspired by the stories of Micronesians living in Hawai’i today, Masters of the Currents is a theatrical journey that takes us from remote island nations to urban cities, from ocean water passageways to paved asphalt highways. As the waters of our planet rise, what can we learn from these descendents of the original ocean navigators of the Pacific?

Projected Touring Availability

Currently Available

Tour Coordinator

Ova Saopeng | ova@teada.org
Associate Artistic Director
TeAda Productions
tel 310.435.1810

NEFA's National Theater Project 2016 awards work samples from NEFA on Vimeo.

What's Happening

Jun 4, 2026
A Black man, in a trucker hat and burnt orange blouse, stands behind a podium.

Leadership Grant to Amplify NEFA's Social Impact

Jun 1, 2026
Sara Nash is a white woman with shoulder length red hair. She is outside, on a porch, and in a green paisley blouse.

Sara Nash Named as First Chief Impact Officer of the New England Foundation for the Arts

May 28, 2026
Quita wears a wrap, a long necklace, and beaded earrings over a black turtleneck. Nakum is a light-skinned woman.

Quita Sullivan Receives Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA) Sabbatical Award

See all News

Stay Connected

Receive the latest news, grant offerings, and community events.

Sign up

Footer Logo

321 Harrison Ave, Suite 420, Boston, MA 02118 T 617-951-0010 F 617-951-0016 info@nefa.org
Traditional lands of the Massachuset and the Wampanoag Peoples
NEFA is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Footer

  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Return to Grant Application
  • Staff Login
Four stars below the Charity Navigator logo.
Candid. learning's Platinum Transparency 2025 seal.

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instragram