Who We Are
The Fire This Time
Festival is a platform for early-career playwrights of African descent to
explore new voices, styles and challenging new directions for contemporary
theater.
Exploring themes from euthanasia, hero-worship, inter-generational conflict,
homophobia, and more, the Fire This Time Festival creates dynamic theatrical
experiences. The festival has quickly become a destination for diverse
audiences, producers, and artists seeking exciting possibilities and
opportunities in contemporary drama.
Our New Season
Our third season begins in January 2012. Our
core program will be a full production of short plays, running over two weeks.
We will introduce new work from:
France-Luce Benson
Jocelyn Bioh
Kevin R. Free
Patricia Ione Lloyd
Zoey Martinson
Antoinette Nwandu
Jerome A. Parker
In addition to our core
program, several playwrights from prior seasons will return with staged
readings of full-length works. Panel discussions and music events are
also a part of our annual events.
The Campaign - $2,000 in Two Months
In this
challenging economy, we remain committed to keeping ticket prices low, and
making sure audiences from all income levels can attend our shows. As we
seek donations, the Festival has attracted support from a few core individuals
and we’ve even gotten a few grants. But it is not enough to cover all
expenses.
$2,000 will close our
gap for the season. This $2,000 will go directly to the artistic expenses
for the program, giving us the means to actually compensate our roster of
talented actors, directors and other collaborators.
We’re engaging nearly 40
artists this year, and we’re not promising them millions, but we would like to
provide modest stipends and cover travel costs. You can help us do that.
The Festival has reached
a very exciting moment. Many of our playwrights, directors and actors are
enjoying new and exciting professional opportunities. There has never been more
demand for what we do. And we want to do more!
Help us keep the fire
burning by making a donation today!
More on What We Do
The first season
of the festival brought together over thirty performers, directors, and other
collaborators to create an amazing evening of short one-act plays. Presented by
Horse Trade Theater Group over a sold-out run in February 2010. The Festival
has evolved into an annual event, expanding upon its core short play
presentations to offer panel discussions, staged readings, and other programs.
To date, the Fire This
Time Festival has produced new work by the following playwrights: Jesse Cameron
Alick, Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Christine Jean Chambers, Camille Darby,
Marcus Gardley, Kelley Nicole Girod, Katori Hall, Yusef Miller, Derek Lee
McPhatter, Dominique Morisseau, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson.
Other Ways You Can Help
Even if you can’t make
contribution there are many ways to help. Tell your friends about our
campaign. Join our mailing list, or inquire about volunteer
opportunities. We want to hear from you!