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general
festival information
Welcome to the tenth annual
estrogenius festival. We are thrilled to have you on board, and look
forward to working together over the next couple of months. The festival
is a success every year because of amazing, gifted artists who generously
lend their talents.
KEY
PARTICIPANT DOCUMENTS
For more specific information please see Submission Guidelines
ABOUT
THE FESTIVAL
Manhattan Theatre Source’s estrogenius festival, an annual celebration
of female voices, is one of New York City’s largest women’s
arts festivals. Founded by Fiona Jones in 2000, the festival debuted
with a program of 10 short plays and music. Since then, it has grown
into a five-week event including short plays, solo shows, music, visual
art, dance, teen performances and a fundraiser for African girls’
education. Completely volunteer run, the estrogenius festival has
provided more than 1,600 artists the chance to shine; nurtured award-winning
playwrights Quiara Alegria Hudes, Sheila Callaghan, T.D. Mitchell
and Melissa Maxwell; showcased Bessie Award-winning choreographers
Marta Renzi and Jennifer Nugent; benefited girls’ education
in Niger through a Peace Corps Partnership and worked to end violence in the Demoractic Republic of Congo through partnership with the Man Up! Program. We take open submissions
from around the world and are committed to providing opportunities
to female artists (and male artists who create complex female characters)
- in a variety of disciplines - ranging from the emerging to the seasoned
professional.
SHORT
PLAY FESTIVAL
Our weekly program of short plays anchors the festival. The performance
schedule each week is Wednesday through Friday at 8:00 pm and Saturday
at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm. (For specific dates, see the calendar). There
is a closing night party after the 8:00 pm Saturday night performance
each week. We encourage everyone to attend.
This year, we’ve
added our first ever full-length production to the festival.
FESTIVAL
STAFF STRUCTURE
The co-executive producers for this year’s festival are Jennifer Thatcher and Tegan Culler. Each program of short plays also has
a producer and assistant producer.
- Week One – Jennifer Thatcher, Helene Galek (asst) and Anne Carlino
- Week Two – Catie Choate and Ellen Lanese-Spaldo (asst)
- Week T hree -- Sandy Yaklin and Deb Long (asst)
- Week Four – Andi Cohen and Sandra Alexander (asst)
We will also have a set
designer for the whole festival. There will be a sound designer, lighting
designer and costume designer assigned to each week. Our resident
tech director/lighting designer is Kia Rogers.
IMPORTANT
DATES
Week One
- Tech: Saturday, October 1st (Partial/Paper Tech) – 10am - 2pm , Sunday, October 2nd (Load-In/Tech) – 10am - 10pm, Monday, October 3rd (Tech Run) – 3pm – 11pm, Tuesday, October 4th (Invited Dress)
- Run: Wednesday, October 5th – Saturday, October 8th @ 8pm and Saturday, October 8th @ 3pm
- Rehearsals period:
September 7th - October 5th. Specific dates and times TBA.
- Bios and electronically
headshots + resumes due: TBA. Send to estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
Example bio: NAME (Character name, Play) Recent stage credits include
The play name at MTS.
- Hard copy headshots
and resumes (for industry packets) due: TBA
Week Two
- Tech: Saturday, October 8th (Partial/Paper Tech) – 10am – 2pm, Sunday, October 9th (Load-In/Tech) – 10am – 10pm , Monday, October 10th (Tech Run) – 3pm – 11pm, Tuesday, October 11th (Invited Dress)
- Run: Wednesday, October 12th – Saturday, October 15th @ 8pm, Saturday, October 15th @ 3pm
- Rehearsals period:
September 14th - October 12th. Specific dates and times TBA.
- Bios and electronically
headshots + resumes due: TBA. Send to estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
Example bio: NAME (Character name, Play) Recent stage credits include
The play name at MTS.
- Hard copy headshots
and resumes (for industry packets) due: TBA.
Week Three
- Tech: Saturday, October 15th (Partial/Paper Tech) – 10am – 2pm, Sunday, October 16th (Load-In/Tech) – 10am – 10pm, Monday, October 17th (Tech Run) – 3pm – 11pm, Tuesday, October 18th (Invited Dress)
- Run: Wednesday, October 19th – Saturday, October 22nd @ 8pm, Saturday, October 22nd @ 3pm
- Rehearsals period:
September 21st - October 19th. Specific dates and
times TBA.
- Bios and electronically
headshots + resumes due: TBA. Send to estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
Example bio: NAME (Character name, Play) Recent stage credits include
The play name at MTS.
- Hard copy headshots
and resumes (for industry packets) due: TBA.
Week Four
- Tech: Saturday, October 22nd (Partial/Paper Tech) – 10am – 2pm, Sunday, October 23rd (Load-In/Tech) – 10am – 10pm, Monday, October 24th (Tech Run) – 3pm – 11pm, Tuesday, October 25th (Invited Dress)
- Run: Wednesday, October 26th – Saturday, October 29th @ 8pm, Saturday, October 29th @ 3pm
- Rehearsals period:
September 28th - October 26th. Specific dates and
times TBA.
- Bios and electronically
headshots + resumes due: TBA. Send to estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
Example bio: NAME (Character name, Play) Recent stage credits include
The play name at MTS.
- Hard copy headshots
and resumes (for industry packets) due: TBA.
Week 5 (Best Of Estro Week)
The best of Estro Week features the audience favorites from the first 4 weeks of the festival. Avaliablity for this week is a must.
- Run: Wednesday, November 2nd – Saturday November 5th @ 8pm, Saturday, November 5th @ 3pm
RULES
Manhattan Theatre Source’s Four House Rules:
1. Practice Generosity of Spirit
2. Principles Before Personalities
3. Share Your Information
4. Clean Up After Yourself
COMP/TICKET
POLICY
1. You receive one comp to your show’s dress rehearsal.
2. All festival participants receive half-price tickets to other festival
events – Women in Motion dance, Sola Voce shows, Other Short
Plays, the Full-length, GirlPower – except Voices of Africa,
which is a fundraiser for girls’ education.
3. Equity actors receive two comps for the run of their show.
4. All comp requests must be sent to estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
no later than four days before your show opens. Our festival sells
out quickly. To make sure we can accommodate your requests, we need
them as soon as possible.
VOICES
WITHOUT BORDERS
About Voices Without Borders
For 3 years, Estrogenius was proud to sponsor Voices of Africa, a theatre piece that focused on the women and girls of Niger, whose proceeds benefitted schools for girls in Niger. This past year, Estrogenius was honored to have the Project Girl Performance Collective (PGPC) present a new show - Voices Across Borders: Project Girl Congo. This past year PGPC collaborated with Man Up Delegates from the Democratic Republic of Congo to create a new show and raise funds for the Man Up Campaign.
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