There’s going to be a First Annual Times Square International Theatre Festival in January. Ignore for the moment that Times Square has been an ongoing international theater festival of sorts for over a century. If you’ve got a script in a drawer that you think might fit the bill, the deadline for submissions is Thursday.
The FATSITF has a noble mission: to “make it possible for an assortment of plays and performance pieces to be seen in the heart of Broadway that might not have had the opportunity otherwise. TSITF will offer companies of limited resources, but great artistic merit, the opportunity to show their art in the heart of the theatre capital of the world! … TSITF fosters reciprocal collaboration of art by encouraging participants to join forces and learn from each other. TSITF produces projects that integrate genres and art forms, break with traditional forms of representation, and develop democratic and cross-cultural conversation.” So there.
Applications and such are at www.tsitf.com. There’s a $20 fee, and you must also send a cover and letter, “company biography” and a DVD or videotape of the project (if possible) along with a copy of the script.
The festival takes place Jan. 16-22 at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres, 300 West 43rd St., New York, NY