Each year, The Center House Theatre/Carleton Playhouse at Seattle Center hosts three exceptional days of regional theater programming co-curated by Theatre Puget Sound (TPS).
Now in its sixth year, the TPS Stage @ Bumbershoot continues to be a huge success and boost to visibility for local small producers. From its launch in 2003, over 2,000 enthusiastic people each year have witnessed a performance on the TPS Stage @ Bumbershoot.
Theatre Puget Sound is currently scouting participants for the TPS Stage @ Bumbershoot 2009.
TPS is proud to provide this tremendous opportunity for our local companies and artists to present new works in a highly visible venue, allowing them to reach new and diverse audiences. In 2008, the TPS Stage was an edgy, explosive, can’t-miss-it experience for festival goers. So show us what you’ve got for 2009!
The 2009 Bumbershoot application is now available online, and we encourage YOU to submit a proposal!
What We’re Looking For:
- Performances that will captivate a pop culture-savvy festival audience, many of whom will not have previous exposure to the art form.
- Fun, daring, spectacular, truly exciting performances. Charismatic performers who have something to say.
- All theatrical presentations need to be between 30 and 75 minutes in length.
- Suggested performance types that work well at Bumbershoot include:
- Late night shows
- Season showcase performances
- Solo shows
- Puppet theatre
- Cabaret
- Theatrical comedy
- Youth-oriented shows
But don’t let that hold you back!
Venue/Tech Notes:The theatre performance occurs in the Center House Theatre/Carleton Playhouse. The venue seats 195 with typical Bumbershoot audiences spilling over to floor seating and standing room. Theatre Puget Sound is only able to provide a piano and standard sound reinforcement. The Center House Theatre grid will be hung with a repertory plot. Each group will be allowed no more than 4 specials.
The production is festival production, which means that tech time will be extremely brief, and turnaround time between shows at a necessary minimum. Your entire show will likely need to be struck immediately after the performance.
Interested? It’s easier for the Bumbershoot committee to consider performances by companies whose work we have seen. If you can offer a pair of comps for use by staff, we would be happy to attend a production in the next few months.
Questions? Contact Megan Smithling, Member Services at megan@tpsonline.org.
The deadline for applications is March 13, 2009. Bumbershoot is September 5-7, 2009.
For more information on the festival, go to www.bumbershoot.org
IMPORTANT LINKS:
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TPS Donors 
