Ford Foundation support for resident and regional theater has followed two main lines: strengthening key theaters as institutions and furnishing opportunities to individual artists for professional advancement. This report describes some of the activities that have been aided by the foundation and notes the types of aid provided. The activities described include the following: activities of resident theaters, experimental theaters, and minority theaters; travel and study programs undertaken by individual directors, actors, playwrights, designers, administrators, and critics; efforts to promote communication among theaters; and the opening of television to quality drama. The report discusses the future of the theater in the United States and provides an itemized list of the amounts of assistance provided by the foundation to theaters and artists. (GW)