CALL FOR FRINGE / RUFFLES

INSPIRATION is what we do. CELEBRATION is how we do it.

Application Deadline: 10/15/2020

Northlands Storytelling Network is pleased to be offering Fringe / Ruffles performance opportunities as part of our April conference! In keeping with Fringe tradition, the sky is the limit. If selected, you get to fill either 30 minutes or 55 minutes with any combination of story, song, dance, monologue, stand-up comedy, performance art, puppetry, etc. Fringe / Ruffles performers will be selected by non-juried lottery in November 2020. Carefully review the details below and consider putting it on the line at the Northlands Fringe!
DETAILS
  • Fringe / Ruffles submissions are open to all current Northlands members, including workshop presenters, concert tellers and conference attendees
  • Chosen performers must register for the full conference; there is no other entrance fee or remuneration
  • Northlands provides the room, with chairs. ALL other aspects (technical needs, publicity, etc.) are the responsibility of the performer
  • Performers will be given 10 minutes prior to their published time for any/all set-up; any introduction, if necessary, is to be considered part of the time limit for the performance
  • One submission per member – either solo or with partner/group
  • In additional to 55-minute time slots, there will be 30-minute time slots (Ruffles) for those with shorter programs
  • If you performed in 2019, you are not eligible to submit until 2021. This was done because of the number of submissions each year and to give all a chance at performing
LOTTERY
  • The lotteries for the 55-minute Fringe and the 30-minute Ruffles will be blind draws
  • Performers selected in the lotteries will be notified by December 1, 2020
  • Selected performers must confirm their participation by December 15, 2020
  • Waiting lists will be generated and people from the lists will be moved to performance slots in the event a selected performer cannot attend or fails to meet the aforementioned requirements
  • Performance slots will be determined by the first person drawn will get the first slot and so forth
  • There will be 7 Fringe slots and 2 Ruffles slots.
APPLICATION
Length of Program