A Scottish theatre is to perform in the Big Apple for the first time as part of a new £1.3m package from the nations arts funding body.
Dundee Rep will be taking its production of In My Father's Words, a play in English and Gaelic, to New York this summer for 30 performances.
The company has been given a £58,000 grant by Creative Scotland, part of its Open Project funding, to take the show to the Brits Off Broadway festival, which will be held at 59E59 Theaters in New York in June.
The tour will be the first time the Dundee Rep have staged a show on New York.
The funds for Dundee Rep were among 61 awards announced by the body, worth between £1,500 and £100,000.
The new funding pot was launched in October last year in a shake up of funding at the quango.
Applicants can apply for funding amounts between £1,000 and £100,000, or up to £150,000 in exceptional cases, for projects lasting up to two years.
Some of the biggest grants include £67,000 for Glasgow's jazz festival, £150,000 for UZ Arts and £100,000 for the East Neuk Festival.
Several festivals have been successful in applying for funds, including the Hebridean Celtic Festival, Celtic Media Festival, and Ullapool Book Festival.
Funding has also gone towards the LGBT History Month.
Individual artists receiving funds include writers Claire Askew, Justin Ruthven-Tyers, Mandy Haggith and Ishbelle Bee.
The milliner and accessories designer Sally-Ann Provan, dancer Joan Lopez-Cleville, choreographer and performer Louise Ahl and sculptor, musician and performer Sarah Kenchington also received funds.
Glasgow rock band Vasa and Edinburgh band War Charge, have received funding to record and release their albums.
Universal Arts received funding for "'Opera Galactica' an operatic comedy in partnership with Scottish Opera."
UZ Arts will use their funding on Moving Out, an "international festival programme, series of residencies, workshops, and a symposium".
Two projects for arts professionals also received generous funds.
The National Association for Gallery Education receiving £99,962 to deliver a programme of activities for gallery educators and visual arts professionals across Scotland and the Clore Leadership Programme received £33,000.
The Dundee Rep production was directed by Philip Howard, joint artistic director of the Rep.
He said: "Taking In My Father's Words to New York gives us an incredible opportunity to develop our international touring skills while showcasing Dundee Rep on an international stage.
"Performing in New York will allow us to extend the life of the project further, and give us an exciting opportunity to present the production and play to new audiences and promoters in North America."
He added: "Taking part in Brits on Broadway particularly represents an introduction to the Gaelic language through a beautiful piece of writing, which is comprehensible to non-Gaelic speakers.
"Angus Peter Campbell, who plays the character of Don, is a very well-known and respected figure in Gaelic literature, and we also plan to engage with local Gaelic groups such as the New York Caledonian Club."
The show will run for four weeks until June 28, with 30 performances scheduled.
Brian Beirne, managing director of 59E59 Theaters said: "59E59 Theaters is honoured to work with Dundee Rep to bring this sophisticated production of family and loss to audiences in New York."
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