The Detroit Free Press reported in May 2025 that Michigan theaters and arts groups faced a crisis due to President Trump's sudden termination of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding, pulling over $3 million in anticipated federal grants, forcing organizations like Detroit Public Theatre and Progressive Art Studio Collective to scramble for new funds, impacting programming, jobs, and threatening the state's creative economy as the NEA signaled potential elimination of the agency itself.
"Theaters, arts organizations across Michigan facing crisis after Trump's NEA cuts", DFT, 5/16/25
