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DREAM UP FESTIVAL
Theater for the New City will present a lineup of wide-ranging and original theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music, and dance in the summer of 2012 from performing artists representing theater and performance companies in our theater complex in downtown New York. In 2010, the inaugural Dream Up Festival offered 25 shows consisting of 23 World Premieres and 2 American Premieres. To read about the past festival shows and get more information, please go to www.dreamupfestival.org How to Apply to the Dream Up Festival 2012 We are currently accepting submissions for the Festival. Theater for the New City is looking for the best writing and or most original concepts to present to New York City. Dream Up Festival performance and mailing address below. Dream Up Festival 2012 Drop us an email: literary@theaterforthenewcity.net when your submission has been sent by mail, please put in the subject line “the name of your project”. Volunteer for Dream Up: please put in the subject line "volunteer" and email literary@theaterforthenewcity.net and tell us how you would like to help. For general inquires: please contact us at literary@theaterforthenewcity.net Media inquiries: please contact js@jsnyc.com Stay tuned for festival information, announcements on festival lineup, performance schedule and more. Up to now, Theater for the New City has primarily served local theater artists. The Dream Up Festival opens up the theater to the country at large and to artists from overseas. Its founders feel this is especially needed now in a time of declining donations to the arts, grants not being awarded due to market conditions, and arts funding cuts on almost every level all across the country and abroad.
About TNC’s Dream Up Festival The motto of the festival is "Dream Up: Invent, Concoct." The festival is dedicated to new works. The question of the artist's vision to free or attack the material will be asked in each application. The festival does not want traditional theater which is presented in a traditional way. Theater for the New City wants to use this festival as a way to push ideas to the forefront with the hope of revealing roads less traveled or undiscovered. Presentation of a straightforward play must be imaginative in some way. How will Dream Up work? All applicants will receive a position notice (accepted, wait listed, or not accepted) after their submissions are evaluated in spring 2012. Acceptances will be mailed on or about April 30, 2012. Artists who are accepted will be required to submit participation documents by about May 9, 2012. A non-refundable $500 participation fee payable to Theater for the New City will be required, in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or money order for participating productions. No personal or company checks will be accepted. No additional money beyond the participation fee will be requested from the artist. We will provide a do’s/don'ts guide with what to expect for all accepted shows in the 2012 festival at the time of your offer to participate. About Theater for the New City (TNC) Theater for the New City (TNC) as a venue for new artists and playwrights, it presents performances that would probably otherwise not be seen by the general public. TNC is unique in its commitment to both high artistic standards and community service. In an effort to make theater accessible to all, TNC sponsors several free, multi-ethnic events a year, including the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which celebrates the artistic and cultural diversity of TNC’s Lower East Side community, and the Annual Summer Street Theater, which travels to thirteen neighborhoods in all five boroughs. TNC has consistently been the most inexpensive theater of its caliber, with the Dream Up Festival ticket prices will be $12-$15 for the participating productions. As the cultural hub of its downtown New York City location, TNC develops new artists and inspires future audiences. Theater Background
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