Solo Fest Guidelines
The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival is PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance. Now going on its eighth year, the next Solo Fest will take place January 24-February 9, 2025, performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast online, with nine double-bill performances over three weeks.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PlayGround invites submission of proposals by California-based artists for participation in the eighth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, to take place at PlayGround’s San Francisco venue, Potrero Stage, with live online simulcast, January 24-February 9, 2025. PlayGround is interested in diverse voices and approaches, including storytelling, clowning, music, dance, multimedia, comedy, etc. In addition to new works by individual writer-performers, we are also interested in collaborations between separate writers and performers as well as adaptations of existing material in the public domain, historical biographies and/or historical events. BIPOC, trans/gender-nonconforming, and artists with disabilities encouraged to apply. Running time for proposed pieces can be up to 50 minutes without intermission.
PlayGround will select 6-12 performers to each receive 1-2 public performances at Potrero Stage with live online simulcast within the festival period (January 24-February 9, 2025). Performers will each receive 2 hours of technical rehearsal the week of January 20. PlayGround will provide the theater, simulcast setup and digital platform, front-of-house and technical staff, marketing, publicity, and box office services. Performers will receive a $100 per performance guarantee against 50% of adjusted gross box office receipts tracked to any and all personalized “Friends & Family” promotion codes provided to performer.
Proposals, due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 30, must be submitted via Google Form at https://forms.gle/2zEqDx58RNZk415T6, and will include:
- name and contact info;
- union status (Equity performers are required to confirm use of self-producing waiver by the submission deadline);
- brief bio(s) of principal collaborator(s);
- author(s) of the proposed piece;
- name of performer, if different than author;
- synopsis of the performance piece;
- production history (including development and any development partners);
- headshot of performer/author(s);
- online work samples (URL link for up to two (2) samples totaling no more than 4 minutes);
- technical requirements (lighting, sound, projections, etc.);
- detailed availability within the period January 21-26, 2025 (tech period) and January 24-February 9 (performance period, Fri-Sun eve only).
Submit proposals via Google Form at https://forms.gle/2zEqDx58RNZk415T6 no later than 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 30, 2024. Selections will be announced on or before October 31.