The First National Asian American Theatre Festival
Guidelines
The first National Asian American Theatre Festival will be held in New York City from June 11 – 24, 2007. Over these two weeks, the Festival will present Asian American theatres and individual performers in venues in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island showcasing and celebrating a vast array of artists to demonstrate the vitally important contributions we make to contemporary American culture. The Festival will continue the momentum generated by the first Asian American Theatre Conference of June 2006, demonstrating the existence of an Asian American theatre movement in this country and infusing it with exuberance and energy.
For this first ever Festival, we will be concentrating on presenting theatre and performance art. While we acknowledge the equally important and rich dance and music works Asian American artists offer, it would be beyond our capacity to include those disciplines at this time.
We are seeking to represent diversity in demographics, styles, and subject matter. We would like to present long-established companies and artists as well as recent and emergent ones. We would like as wide as possible a representation regionally.
Proposed programming:
- Full productions of work by theatre companies
- Showcases of individual artists including solo performers and ensemble pieces
- Open mic events. Proposals to curate an event will be accepted.
We would like to be as inclusive as possible given our resources, and will use the following guidelines to help us in our decisions:
Companies:
- In existence for at least three years, having presented once a year for the last two years.
- Artistic leadership for the past three years.
- Projects that the Festival will be able to support technically and logistically. The time for load-in and tech will be 8 hours; Turn around time will be overnight.
Individual Artists:
Performance record for the past two years.
The following outlines what the Festival will provide.
Financial Support
For West Coast participants:
Companies:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $5,000
- Net of box office (4 performances; size of theatre varies between 75 – 99. Net = Gross less cost of ticket production, service charges, and administrative costs)
Solo performers:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $1,000
- Net of box office (up to 4 performances; size of theatre varies between 50 – 75)
For Midwest Participants:
Companies:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $3,500
- Net of box office (4 performances; size of theatre varies between 75 – 99)
Solo performers:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $900
- Net of box office (up to 4 performances; size of theatre varies between 50 – 75)
East Coast Participants:
Companies:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $1,500
- Net of box office (4 performances; size of theatre varies between 75 – 99)
Solo performers:
- Travel and accommodation provided with a cap of $500
- Net of box office (up to 4 performances; size of theatre varies between 50 – 75)
For Local Participants (NYC):
Companies:
- We are asking that you schedule your season to coincide with the Festival. Ma-Yi Theatre, Pan Asian Repertory, Ping Chong, and NAATCO have committed to this plan.
Solo performers:
- Net of box office (up to 4 performances; size of theatre varies between 50 – 75)
Other services provided by Festival
- Marketing
- Box office personnel
- Front of house personnel
- Technical personnel as needed: board ops, load-in and load-out crew
- Print: Festival Souvenir Journal, brochures, festival postcard, and programs (upon submission of camera-ready copy)
- Publicity
Participating companies/artists must provide:
- Set – as minimal as possible to facilitate load-in and load-out
- Costumes
- Props
- Stage Manager
- Lighting requirements. Each venue will have a repertory plot. The company’s plot will be a helpful guide so that we can be as accommodating as possible.
- Copy-ready playbill which will be inserted into the major brochure of the Festival.
How to submit your application:
Please send your applications via email to the following. Please note: you will be submitting to multiple regional contacts. Make sure you submit to all the contacts from your region.
West Coast:
East West Players Asian American Theatre Company TeAda
info@eastwestplayers.org info@asianamericantheater.org teada@teada.org
Midwest:
Mu Performing Arts Pangea
info@muperformingarts.org pangea@pangeaworldtheater.org
East Coast:
New World Asian American Initiative Second Generation (2g)
Andrea@theater.umass.edu info@asianartsinitiative.org lloyd@2g.org
Registration Fee: Please send a check for $50 to:
Ma-Yi Theatre
520 8th Avenue, Suite 309
New York, NY 10018
Regional Breakdown
West Coast: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Midwest: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
East Coast: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
Deadlines:
Companies: September 30, 2006
Individual Artists: October 31, 2006
Notifications:
Companies: October 30, 2006
Individual Artists: December 11, 2006
If you are selected, we require a participation fee of $500 for companies and $200 for individual artists, which will be fully refunded by June 30, 2007. Should you withdraw from participation the following schedule will apply:
Withdrawal by January 15: 100% refund
Withdrawal by February 15: 75% refund
Withdrawal by March 15: 50% refund
Withdrawal after March 15: NO REFUND
