NIGHT OF NEW WORKS
2018 Guidelines
MISSION
Umbrella Collective creates new works of theater striving to engage artists and audiences in critical conversation. With lust for the uncharted and the unknown; we embrace and dissect the familiar. We break apart historical narratives, reimagine mythologies, and architect new stories through a queer and feminist lens. Umbrella Collective believes that theater is a vehicle for important and complex conversations about who we are, how we are, and how we connect with each other. Together is better. Get under the umbrella.
Night of New Works is an extension of Umbrella Collective’s mission. We value collaboration, fresh voices and new plays, and we want to create a supportive structure to make those things happen. As an incubation program, Night of New Works provides local new work makers with time, space, and support to experiment and play in an ensemble-based setting culminating in public presentations of works-in-progress.
The inaugural Night of New Works was held in 2012, and was a time for Umbrella Collective Members to create, to workshop, and to play. In 2016, the program expanded to welcome emerging makers outside the Company to incubate, rehearse, and present new works-in-progress, without the confines of a full-scale production.
PROJECT DETAILS
In 2018, 3 projects will be chosen to engage in an exploratory and collaborative rehearsal process culminating in a public final presentation of works-in-progress at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants will receive critical response, conversation, and reflection in the form of artist-to-artist and audience feedback, as well as practical tools for ensemble creation and ideation. LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and women artists encouraged to apply.
This series is designed for makers (directors, performers, playwrights, composers, musicians, poets, etc.) who are interested in exploring collaborative theater making, leading their own artistic process, and who would benefit from an artistic sounding board. This program is not ideal for the creation of a one-person show. More information (including project timeline) is available via the link below. Presentations for the 2018 Night of New Works will be September 10-12, 2018 at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
Umbrella Collective creates new works of theater striving to engage artists and audiences in critical conversation. With lust for the uncharted and the unknown; we embrace and dissect the familiar. We break apart historical narratives, reimagine mythologies, and architect new stories through a queer and feminist lens. Umbrella Collective believes that theater is a vehicle for important and complex conversations about who we are, how we are, and how we connect with each other. Together is better. Get under the umbrella.
Night of New Works is an extension of Umbrella Collective’s mission. We value collaboration, fresh voices and new plays, and we want to create a supportive structure to make those things happen. As an incubation program, Night of New Works provides local new work makers with time, space, and support to experiment and play in an ensemble-based setting culminating in public presentations of works-in-progress.
The inaugural Night of New Works was held in 2012, and was a time for Umbrella Collective Members to create, to workshop, and to play. In 2016, the program expanded to welcome emerging makers outside the Company to incubate, rehearse, and present new works-in-progress, without the confines of a full-scale production.
PROJECT DETAILS
In 2018, 3 projects will be chosen to engage in an exploratory and collaborative rehearsal process culminating in a public final presentation of works-in-progress at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants will receive critical response, conversation, and reflection in the form of artist-to-artist and audience feedback, as well as practical tools for ensemble creation and ideation. LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and women artists encouraged to apply.
This series is designed for makers (directors, performers, playwrights, composers, musicians, poets, etc.) who are interested in exploring collaborative theater making, leading their own artistic process, and who would benefit from an artistic sounding board. This program is not ideal for the creation of a one-person show. More information (including project timeline) is available via the link below. Presentations for the 2018 Night of New Works will be September 10-12, 2018 at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
“You truly cannot fail. [Umbrella Collective] will not let you and/or failure with [Umbrella Collective] is not possible.
Let that truth guide you and your work.” - Past Night of New Works participant
Let that truth guide you and your work.” - Past Night of New Works participant
Presentations for the 2018 Night of New Works will be September 10 - 12, 2018 at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater. Participants are chosen through an application process based on self-identified need for a rigorous learning opportunity, likelihood of success in the program, and a project idea that reflects Umbrella Collective’s focus of underrepresented communities/stories and complex social topics/questions. Individual artists or groups may apply. Applicants may submit as part of more than one proposal, as long as the projects are different.
The Night of New Works application deadline is 11:59 PM on June 8, 2018. No late applications will be accepted.
Click here for more information and the 2018 Night of New Works Application.
Questions? Email hello@umbrellaco.org
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
The Night of New Works application deadline is 11:59 PM on June 8, 2018. No late applications will be accepted.
Click here for more information and the 2018 Night of New Works Application.
Questions? Email hello@umbrellaco.org
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
