Other Opportunities for Performers
RBC Tarragon Under 30 National Playwriting Competition - posted Oct. 28, 2008
Perform at other Fringe Festivals Across North America - posted Oct. 28, 2008
Saskatoon Fringe application - posted September 17, 2008
Prague Fringe accepting applications - posted September 17, 2008
Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) & CAFF Touring Lottery - posted June 17, 2008
RBC Tarragon Under 30 National Playwriting Competition
Tarragon Theatre, with the generous support of RBC Foundation, has announced itsi inaugural Under 30 National Playwriting Competition. The purpose of this competition is to offer Canadian playwrights under the age of 30 the opportunity to receive financial support to further develop their play, benefit from working with artists skilled in new play development, and gain national recognition for their writing. The winner of this competition will receive a cash award of $3,000, and the opportunity to participate in Tarragon's annual Play Reading Week in 2009.
http://www.tarragontheatre.com/playwrights/rbc-under30.php
Perform at other Fringe Festivals Across North America
Want to tour your production across Canada or maybe even North America? Visit the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals website to see what other Fringes are out there and find out how to apply. The application deadline for most festivals is in late 2008 for the 2009 year. Don't miss out!
Saskatoon Fringe 2009 Application
Applications for the Saskatoon Fringe will be open starting Monday September 22nd, on a first come, first served basis. The Saskatoon Fringe is a small city Fringe with warm enthusiastic audiences, set in the historically beautiful Broadway District. Our ten day event attracts a theatre audience of 12,000 +, and features a festival site with four air conditioned theatre venues located within 5 minutes of each other. A great street atmosphere compliments the indoor theatre shows creating an event that is the highlight of the summer festival season in Saskatoon.
Other amenities and features that make Saskatoon different are the highly acclaimed Performer Green Room, hosted and provided by the Off Broadway Arts Centre. This unique and private space has pool tables, bar service and a lounge for performers to unwind in between shows, and is a great place to share your adventures with fellow artists, volunteers and Fringe staff. The Bike Doctor provides discounted rentals for artists seeking to discover Saskatoon on a mountain bike.
http://www.25thstreettheatre.org/Applications
Contact:
Bob Wyma
Executive Director
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
PRAGUE FRINGE 2009 - May 22-30
DETAILS OF HOW TO APPLY ON-LINE NOW!
Come and be part of it! :-)
http://www.praguefringe.com/2008/apply.php
Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) & CAFF Touring Lottery - posted June 17, 2008
In 1990 numerous Fringe producers began to meet annually with their national counterparts to talk about their respective Fringe festivals, swap ideas and to share resources.
As the years went by there was growing concern that the ideals and principles that were originally inherent in a Fringe Festival (accessibility to all, a return of 100% of the box office proceeds back to the artists, selection of participants in a unjuried manner) were becoming more and more muddled by other theatre festivals that referred to themselves as being a “Fringe” but who chose not to abide by these principles.
In order to preserve these “Fringe” ideals and principles these producers came together to form the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals and created the four guiding CAFF principles that are still in place today:
1. Participants will be selected on a non-juried basis, through a first-come, first served process, a lottery, or other method approved by the Association
2. In order to ensure Criteria One (above), the audiences must have the option to pay a ticket price, 100% of which goes directly to the artists.
3. Fringe Festival producers have no control over the artistic content of each performance. The artistic freedom of the participants is unrestrained.
4. Festivals must provide an easily accessible opportunity for all audiences and all artists to participate in Fringe Festivals.
CAFF Touring Lottery
In order to make it just a little easier for you, the members of CAFF have gotten together to offer a one-stop application form for touring artists. You will still have to complete different information forms later for each festival if you are selected, but this opportunity will give you 8-10 months advance notice that you are (or aren’t) confirmed in each of the participating festivals you want to participate in. In order to be eligible to apply in this touring category, you must participate in no fewer than five member festivals in the following year.
