PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for applying to FringeNYC 2008 has passed. We have left the application for FringeNYC 2008 here for your reference. The application for FringeNYC 2009 will be posted in early December 2008. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE 2008 APPLICATION IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR FringeNYC 2009. These documents have been left available for reference only.
There were four separate types of applications for FringeNYC 2008. They were:
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION - 2008 Application
The application is in PDF format. In order to view the application, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it here.
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There are three ways to submit your application:
VERY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AND OUR PREFERENCE:
Download this form, complete it online, print it out, then press SUBMIT and wait for your confirmation / application number. Enter your application number on the top right corner of each page of the application you just printed out. Make two copies. Sign both copies and mail them in with your support materials and application fee. You can even save the partially completed application form on your computer and come back to it later. You must be online in order to submit the application.
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Download this form, complete it onscreen, print it out, make your copies and mail them in with your support materials and application fee. You can even save the partially completed application form on your computer and come back to it later.
ACCEPTABLE:
Download this form, print it out, use a typewriter to complete it, make your copies and mail them in with your support materials and application fee.
Please refer to our FAQ section if you have questions!
Applications accepted December 1, 2007 - February 14, 2008
Read carefully before filling out attached application
In the summer of 2008, The Twelfth Annual New York International Fringe Festival will present approximately 200 national and international theater and performance companies in 20 venues located across downtown New York City. In 2007, nearly 70,000 people attended FringeNYC.
PARTICIPATION: FringeNYC uses a juried application process to insure the festival is a cross-section of the best emerging performance from around the world. The application process is highly competitive. This does not mean that because you are new or inexperienced that your chances of being accepted to FringeNYC are limited. In fact, an important part of our mission in producing FringeNYC is to create a community that provides an opportunity for the untried and the untested, as well as a gathering place for lively discussion and interaction among artists and audience.
Talk to us in your cover letter. Tell us why you want to be a part of FringeNYC, and how your work will benefit from being involved. Organization, inspiration, passion and creativity are important to us – fancy folders and expensive office supplies are not. Please be aware that the adjudication panel never sees what kind of folder or binder you use. However, it is a good idea to use a padded envelope or suitable box for mailing video and other support materials, which might get damaged in transit.
APPLICATIONS: Applications will be accepted from December 1, 2007 to February 14, 2008. There are two application deadlines:
EARLY / INTERNATIONAL DEADLINE:
Applications with a postmark on or before January 15, 2008 must be accompanied by a non-refundable $30 application fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check, or money order in US Dollars payable to The Present Company. Although everyone is encouraged to meet the early deadline, International applicants MUST meet the early deadline and use the International Application.
FINAL DEADLINE:
Applications with a postmark of January 16 – February 14, 2008 must be accompanied by a non-refundable $40 application fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check, or money order in US Dollars payable to The Present Company.
All applications must be postmarked on or before February 14, 2008.
PLEASE NOTE:
No personal checks or company checks will be accepted. Be sure to write the title of your show and your application number (not your company name) on the memo line of your certified check, cashiers check, or money order, and make it payable to The Present Company.
If your application is deemed incomplete, and/or contains a personal check or company check, it will not be adjudicated, nor will it be returned to you. Please submit only complete applications. Additional support materials may not be added to your application after the deadline.
Due to the number of applicants and the size of our staff, please DO NOT contact us to see if your application has been received and/or is complete. If you want confirmation of receipt, you should send your application via certified mail, return receipt requested, or some other method that you can track (i.e. Federal Express or UPS).
If you are submitting more than one show, each show must have its own application, support materials, and application fee and be submitted separately with its own postmark.
We’re sorry, but none of your materials can be returned to you. DO NOT send original / irreplaceable materials. DO NOT send return addressed stamped envelopes.
ACCEPTANCE: All adjudicated applicants will receive acceptance status notification (i.e. accepted, alternated, or declined). Notification of acceptance status will begin to be mailed on or about April 26, 2008. At this time, if you are accepted to the festival, you will receive a participants’ packet. This packet must be completed and returned to us by our deadline, which is generally on or about May 3, 2008, and accompanied by a non-refundable $550 participation fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check or money order. International applicants must make payments by bank money order in US funds, collectible in a US bank. No personal or company checks will be accepted. Be sure to write the title of your show and your application number on the memo line of your check or money order, and make check and money orders payable to The Present Company.
Your show may also be selected as an alternate. Alternates will begin being moved onto the participants list on or about May 6, 2008.
If accepted to the festival, each company and author (where applicable) will be required to agree to contribute 2% of their gross revenues above $20,000 derived from future productions of the play for a period of seven years after the close of the festival. This clause will be set out more fully in the Participant's Agreement, and is a way of making the festival self-sufficient. Participants in FringeNYC 2008 benefit from prior FringeNYC participants’ adherence to this clause, via a reduced participation fee and other subsidized programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES: If your show is accepted to the festival, you are given a slot in which to produce your show. We are NOT producing your show, we are merely presenting it. You or your producing organization must hire your own cast, crew, and staff, secure your own rights, and run your own rehearsals, etc.
SCHEDULING: Your show will be scheduled into one venue for the length of the festival. Most shows will receive approximately five performances over the course of the entire festival. Performances are approximately between 2pm and Midnight on weekdays, and between Noon and Midnight on weekends. There is only a 30 minute change-over time between shows. Your curtain time will vary from day to day in order to that ensure all shows receive an equal amount of prime performance times. Keep in mind that when you are striking or setting up your show, another show is also striking or setting up. Minimalism rules.
BOX OFFICE & TICKETING: FringeNYC handles all aspects of ticketing and box office. Full ticket price is $15.00, and there are some discount tickets available.
COMPENSATION TO COMPANIES: You will receive a fee of $8.75 for each full price ticket sold to your show.
TECHNICAL / PRODUCTION: You will need to keep the technical requirements of your show very simple. The venues are equipped with only very basic lights and sound. Storage space (if any) in the venues is minimal; since this space is shared with all shows in that venue you must take props, set pieces and costumes away with you after each performance. Each company will have only one cue to cue technical rehearsal in the venue.
PUBLICITY: FringeNYC will publicize the festival and coordinate overall press relations, including interviews and critic attendance at performances critics have chosen to review. You will be asked to submit publicity photos & PR materials so that we can send complete press packages to print and broadcast media. You are responsible for publicizing your own show through your own press releases, mailers, handbills, busking and/or posters. The more you promote your show, the larger your potential audience.
EXCLUSIVITY: If you are accepted to FringeNYC, part of our agreement prohibits the performance of your show anywhere in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut anytime during the months of June, July, or August. This is primarily due to the fact that we depend upon our small portion of your box office income in order to pay for your participation in the festival. Performances elsewhere within our audience area greatly impact ticket sales to FringeNYC and the desirability of your show (as do reviews). Please keep this restriction in mind when accepting other invitations to perform your show during these months.
OUT-OF-AREA PARTICIPANTS: Out-of-area participants, like locals, are responsible for all aspects of production and publicity for their show, as well as travel expenses, securing working visas (where required), and accommodations. FringeNYC will do all it can to help coordinate inexpensive housing for a participating company. Additionally, international companies are required to submit Visa application information in a timely manner, and must pay Visa application fees - currently $600 per company. Visa fees are due with your participation fee. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS MUST USE THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the goal of THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL to present the most vibrant, innovative, and diverse new work. We feel we can better guarantee this through a selection process. Application does not automatically guarantee acceptance. This does not mean that because you are new or inexperienced that your chances of being accepted to FringeNYC are limited. In fact, we are looking specifically for the new and untried. Talk to us in your cover letter. Let us know why you feel the need to take part in FringeNYC. Having no video, reviews, or resume to speak of should not stop you from applying.
WHAT YOU DO NOW:
Choose your show.
COMPLETELY fill out the application form (Questions #1 - #22) ONLINE
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PRINT out a copy of your completed application.
Hit SUBMIT.
Wait for your CONFIRMATION / APPLICATION NUMBER.
Make TWO COPIES of the completed application form you just printed.
Write your APPLICATION NUMBER on the top right corner of each page of both copies of your application (if it does not appear).
Sign both copies of your application.
Keep your original application (and these instruction pages) for your records.
Send in BOTH SIGNED COPIES of the application form with your non-refundable APPLICATION FEE (Certified check, cashiers check or money order made payable to The Present Company - include TITLE of your show and your APPLICATION NUMBER on application fee. International applicants must make payments by bank money order in U.S. Funds, collectible in a US Bank) and ONE COPY of any/all of the following support materials:
1) Cover letter
2) Script or adaptation of proposed project
3) Your best representative videotape (Standard U.S. format (NTSC) please) or DVD
4) Bios of all artists involved with your project.
5) Audio tape or CD of music (if applicable).
6) Any other support material you think relevant.
Please label ALL items submitted with the TITLE of your show and your APPLICATION
NUMBER. Please attach your application fee to the cover page of the TOP copy
of the application and place ON TOP of all other items submitted.
Please write the TITLE of your show (from Question #1) and your ADJUDICATION
CATEGORY (from Question #8) in either the return address area of your submission
package or on the internal reference line provided by your express delivery
carrier (i.e. Federal Express, UPS, etc.).
Your materials should be contained in one envelope, and sent to:
FringeNYC Applications
The Present Company
520 Eighth Avenue, Ste. 311
New York, NY 10018-8906
For more information, please visit the FAQ section of this website (www.FringeNYC.org). If you still have questions, we are available to help you at info@FringeNYC.org or (212) 279-4455.
Keep these instructions and your original application for your reference. Please do not send in the General Application Information pages.
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