FringeJR APPLICATION INFORMATION
Applications accepted December 15, 2011 – February 14, 2012
Read carefully before filling out attached application
In the summer of 2012, The Sixteenth Annual New York International Fringe Festival will present approximately 200 national and international theater and performance companies in 20 venues located across downtown New York City. In 2011, nearly 70,000 people attended FringeNYC. One important component of The New York International Fringe Festival is FringeJR, which is our programming for families. At every FringeNYC there are productions specifically recommended for families and groups with children ages five (5) to twelve (12). Discounted FringeJR tickets are made available to the children. If you apply as a FringeJR show, you must be willing to accept that children will be admitted at this reduced price, and that your show will receive a proportionately discounted portion of box office income. All FringeNYC shows receive a listing in the Program Guide and on our website. FringeJR shows receive additional marketing and promotion as part of FringeJR specific listings and publications.
Additionally, FringeJR shows will be assigned to performance times most suitable for young audiences. Generally, this means the earlier slots on most days. We make it a priority to assign FringeJR shows to appropriate venues, and to schedule their performances at the times most conducive to enticing audiences of children and their parents. If accepted as a FringeJR participant, you agree not to alter the text or performance as submitted in your application in any way that would make it unsuitable for children.
Rounding out our FringeJR programming is the presentation of Fort FringeJR. Fort FringeJR is a free activities center. Each presentation of Fort FringeJR is themed around, and presented by, a FringeJR show. Each FringeJR show hosts at least one Fort FringeJR event, which is comprised of creating an activity (i.e. making crafts, story presentation, teaching a dance or something else that is participatory and appropriate to their show), and a free outdoor preview of the show. Fort FringeJR events are scheduled on weekends in designated Fort FringeJR areas. FringeNYC volunteers and staff will be available to assist and help coordinate Fort FringeJR events.
PARTICIPATION: FringeNYC uses a juried application process to insure the festival is a cross-section of the best emerging performance from around the world. The application process is highly competitive. This does not mean that because you are new or inexperienced that your chances of being accepted to FringeNYC are limited. In fact, an important part of our mission in producing FringeNYC is to create a community that provides an opportunity for the untried and the untested, as well as a gathering place for lively discussion and interaction among artists and audience. Talk to us in your cover letter. Tell us why you want to be a part of FringeNYC, and how your work will benefit from being involved. Organization, inspiration, passion and creativity are important to us – fancy folders and expensive office supplies are not. Please be aware that the adjudication panel never sees what kind of folder or binder you use. However, it is a good idea to use a padded envelope or suitable box for mailing video and other support materials, which might get damaged in transit.
APPLICATIONS: Applications will be accepted from January 1, 2012 to February 14, 2012. There are two application deadlines:
EARLY / INTERNATIONAL DEADLINE: Applications with a postmark on or before January 15, 2012 must be accompanied by a non-refundable $30 application fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check, or money order in US Dollars payable to The Present Company. Although everyone is encouraged to meet the early deadline, International applicants MUST meet the early deadline and use the International Application.
FINAL DEADLINE: Applications with a postmark of January 16 – February 14, 2012, or those hand delivered on February 14 before 6pm must be accompanied by a non-refundable $40 application fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check, or money order in US Dollars payable to The Present Company.
All applications must be postmarked on or before February 14, 2012 or hand delivered before 6pm on February 14, 2012.
PLEASE NOTE: No personal checks or company checks will be accepted. Be sure to write the title of your show and your application number (which will be sent to you via email upon submission) on the memo line of your certified check, cashiers check, or money order, and make it payable to The Present Company.
If your application is deemed incomplete, late (i.e. not postmarked on or before February 14, 2012 or hand delivered before 6pm on February 14) and/or contains a personal check or company check, it will not be adjudicated, nor will it be returned to you. Please submit only complete applications. Additional support materials will not be added to your application after the deadline.
Due to the number of applicants and the size of our staff, please DO NOT contact us to see if your application has been received and/or is complete. If you want confirmation of receipt, you should send your application via certified mail, return receipt requested, or some other method that you can track (i.e. Federal Express or UPS). If you are submitting more than one show, each show must have its own application, support materials, and application fee and be submitted separately with its own postmark.
We’re sorry, but none of your materials can be returned to you. DO NOT send original / irreplaceable materials. DO NOT send return addressed stamped envelopes.
ACCEPTANCE: All adjudicated applicants will receive acceptance status notification (i.e. accepted, alternated, or declined). Notification of acceptance status will begin to be mailed on or about April 26, 2012. At this time, if you are accepted to the festival, you will receive a participants’ packet. This packet must be completed and returned to us by our deadline, which is generally on or about May 15, 2012, and accompanied by a non-refundable $650 participation fee, in the form of a certified check, cashiers check or money order. International applicants must make payments by bank money order in US funds, collectible in a US bank. No personal or company checks will be accepted. Be sure to write the title of your show and your application number on the memo line of your check or money order, and make check and money orders payable to The Present Company.
Your show may also be selected as an alternate. Alternates will begin being moved onto the participants list on or about May 15, 2012.
If accepted to the festival, each company and author (where applicable) will be required to agree to contribute 2% of their gross revenues above $20,000 derived from future productions of the play for a period of seven years after the close of the festival. This clause will be set out more fully in the Participant's Agreement, and is a way of making the festival self-sufficient. Participants in FringeNYC benefit from prior FringeNYC participants’ adherence to this clause, via a reduced participation fee and other subsidized programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES: If your show is accepted to the festival, you are given a slot in which to produce your show. We are NOT producing your show, we are merely presenting it. You or your producing organization must hire your own cast, crew, and staff, secure your own rights, and run your own rehearsals, etc.
SCHEDULING: Your show will be scheduled into one venue for the length of the festival. Most shows will receive approximately five performances over the course of the entire festival. Performances are approximately between 2pm and Midnight on weekdays, and between Noon and Midnight on weekends. There is only a 30 minute change-over time between shows. Your curtain time will vary from day to day in order to that ensure all shows receive an equal amount of prime performance times. Keep in mind that when you are striking or setting up your show, another show is also striking or setting up. Minimalism rules.
BOX OFFICE and TICKETING: FringeNYC handles all aspects of ticketing and box office. Full priced tickets are $15 in advance, and $18 at the door. There are some discount tickets available.
COMPENSATION TO COMPANIES: You will receive a fee of $8.75 for each full price advance ticket sold, and $10.70 for each full priced ticket sold at the door.
TECHNICAL / PRODUCTION: You will need to keep the technical requirements of your show very simple. The venues are equipped with only very basic lights and sound. Storage space (if any) in the venues is minimal; since this space is shared with all shows in that venue you must take props, set pieces and costumes away with you after each performance. Each company will have only one cue to cue technical rehearsal in the venue.
PUBLICITY: FringeNYC will publicize the festival and coordinate overall press relations, including interviews and critic attendance at performances critics have chosen to review. You will be asked to submit publicity photos and PR materials so that we can send complete press packages to print and broadcast media. You are responsible for publicizing your own show through your own press releases, mailers, handbills, busking and/or posters. The more you promote your show, the larger your potential audience.
EXCLUSIVITY: If you are accepted to FringeNYC, part of our agreement prohibits the performance of your show anywhere in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut anytime during the months of June, July, or August. This is primarily due to the fact that we depend upon our small portion of your box office income in order to pay for your participation in the festival. Performances elsewhere within our audience area greatly impact ticket sales to FringeNYC and the desirability of your show (as do reviews). Please keep this restriction in mind when accepting other invitations to perform your show during these months, particularly before you have received acceptance status notification from FringeNYC.
OUT-OF-AREA PARTICIPANTS: Out-of-area participants, like locals, are responsible for all aspects of production and publicity for their show, as well as travel expenses, securing working visas (where required), and accommodations. FringeNYC will do all it can to help coordinate inexpensive housing for a participating company. Additionally, international companies are required to submit Visa application information in a timely manner, and must pay Visa application fees - currently $600 per company. Visa fees are due with your participation fee. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS MUST USE THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the goal of THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL to present the most vibrant, innovative, and diverse new work. We feel we can better guarantee this through a selection process. Application does not automatically guarantee acceptance. This does not mean that because you are new or inexperienced that your chances of being accepted to FringeNYC are limited. In fact, we are looking specifically for the new and untried. Talk to us in your cover letter. Let us know why you feel the need to take part in FringeNYC. Having no video, reviews, or resume to speak of should not stop you from applying.
WHAT YOU DO NOW:
1. Choose your show.
2. COMPLETELY fill out the application form ONLINE, in your browser.
3. REVIEW your completed application to make sure it is complete and correct.
4. PRINT out a copy of your completed application by hitting CTRL-P or COMMAND-P.
5. Hit SUBMIT. (You will receive an email with your APPLICATION NUMBER.)
6. Make TWO COPIES of the completed application form you just printed.
7. Write your APPLICATION NUMBER in the provided area at the top right corner of the first page of both copies of your application. If you did not receive an application number via email, don't worry, we will fill it in for you.
8. Keep your original application for your records.
9. Send in BOTH COPIES of the application form with your non-refundable APPLICATION FEE (Certified check, cashiers check or money order made payable to The Present Company - include TITLE of your show and your APPLICATION NUMBER on application fee. International applicants must make payments by bank money order in U.S. Funds, collectible in a US Bank) and ONE COPY of any/all of the following support materials:
Cover letter
Script or adaptation of proposed project
Your best representative video on (Standard U.S. format (NTSC) please) DVD
Bios of all artists involved with your project.
Audio tape or CD of music (if applicable).
Any other support material you think relevant. Please label ALL items submitted with the TITLE of your show and your APPLICATION NUMBER. Please attach your application fee to the top of the first page of the top copy of your application and place ON TOP of all other items submitted.
Please write the TITLE of your show (from Question #2) and your ADJUDICATION CATEGORY (from Question #1) in either the return address area of your submission package or on the internal reference line provided by your express delivery carrier (i.e. Federal Express, UPS, etc.).
Your materials should be contained in one envelope, and postmarked by February 14th, 2012 or hand delivered by 6pm on February 14th, 2012 to:
FringeNYC Applications
The Present Company
520 Eighth Avenue, Ste. 311
New York, NY 10018-8906
For more information, please visit the FAQ/hints section of the website If you still have questions, we are available to help you in advance of the deadline at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You may want to print and keep or bookmark these instructions and your original application for your reference. Please do not send in this information page. We already have it. You should keep this page.
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