Artists
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PARTICIPATE IN A FRINGE RUN VENUE?
You can begin applying for a slot in a Fringe Run Venue in late October. The FINAL deadline is DECEMBER 31, 2008. To apply to the cost $45. We have an early bird deal that will be announced when the application is posted in mid-October. It is a first come first served process - so get you application in early!
Artists pay a base participation fee of $425 to participate in a Fringe Run Venue. You will be required to pay an insurance fee if you do not have you own liability insurance policy.
We do have an Equity Code for you those of you who wish to have an Equity produced show. Please check that you are an Equity Production on your application. The deadline for using the Fringe Code is April 30, 2009.
In exchange for the participation fee, the artists get
- 5-6 performances of their show
- The typical ticket split for each artist/company is 70 percent of the gross box office receipts from their show.
- A venue, fully outfitted with basic lights and sound
- Front-of-house staff, box officers and a Venue Manager
- Producer Codes - online log on to your own box office to see who's coming ( name, mailing address, email address) and how much money you are making 24 hours a day!
- Artist Passes for ALL those that are working on your production. This gets you and thpose working on your production $5 off all tickets events.
- Producer workshops and a 40-page How to Fringe Guide to help producers with marketing, fundraising, tech and press relations
- A spot in the 65-page printed program guide distributed all around the DC Metro Area (print run: 10,000)
- Full support from the Fringe staff to field questions about local resources, production, marketing, finances and anything else that pops.
We also have participation categories of Find Your Own Venue & Fringe Partners. We will be redefining these categories once again for the 2009 Fringe Festival.
