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- New Indie Theater Fesival 'Frigid' Plays in S.F. March 7-18
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- Exit Theatre, San Francisco's downtown indie home for new and alternative
performance, is partnering with New York's Horse Trade Theater to produce
a 12-day indie theatre festival in three venues in downtown Manhattan.
The new festival, called FRIGID Fest, is scheduled for March 7-18, 2007.
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- FRIGID (Fun Risky Intimate Gritty Indie Downtown) Fest will be the
first stop on the 2007 North American Fringe Circuit. The festival is a
celebration of independent theater tailored to support the artist. FRIGID
is the newest member of CAFF - the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals.
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- Exit Theatre also produces the annual San Francisco Fringe Festival,
the second oldest Fringe Festival in the U.S., and this year marks Exit's
16th annual Fringe Festival, scheduled for September 5-16, 2007.
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- As with all CAFF-sanctioned festivals, the artists involved in the
FRIGID Festival will keep 100% of their own box office. "The artistic
freedom of the participants is unrestrained in this uncensored, non-juried,
non-curated festival," says Erez Ziv, Managing Director of the Horse
Trade Theater Group.
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- According to the producers, the first 75% of applications received
are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, with the last 25% being
determined by lottery. The participant is guaranteed a minimum of five
performances. The only requirement is a running time of sixty minutes or
less, and an allowance for ten minutes to set up and take down their sets.
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- San Francisco's Sean Owens has successfully secured a slot at the festival.
He will take his one-person show, Naught But Pirates, "an outrageous
swish-and-swashbuckling adventure," to FRIGID Fest. Naught But Pirates,
with an original score by Don Seaver, previews March 2 and 3 at Exit Theatre
in San Francisco, in preparation for its New York debut.
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- The 12-day FRIGID Fest plans on hosting over 150 performances in three
venues by 30 theatre companies from all over North America.
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- Applications are still being accepted, and applicants are asked to
visit www.horseTRADE.info, and follow the FRIGID Fest link.
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