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ABOUT FRIGID NEW YORK
The FRIGID New York Festival was founded by Horse Trade and EXIT Theatre in 2007. Since founding The San Francisco Fringe Festival - the 2nd oldest fringe in the United States - nearly 17 years ago, EXIT has learned a thing or two about festival running. They introduced Horse Trade to the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) in mid-2006.
Besides feedback from dozens of thrilled CAFF participants and artists, Horse Trade was drawn to its main principle:
| “…to provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community,” |
Horse Trade is proud to sign on to the tradition and chill out the New York independent theater scene’s ideas of what a theatre festival can be.
In true support of theatre on the fringe of the mainstream, the artists take home 100% of their box office, and the festival producers do not receive royalties from future performances. The festival’s producers are proud to support self-producing artists’ growth and future success. The debut of FRIGID New York was a hit!
With acclaim from American Theatre Magazine, Backstage, Playbill, Broadwayworld.com, The Village Voice, and United Stages, 29 theater companies featuring almost 250 theater artists from all over the world flooded downtown Manhattan for two weeks to peddle their artistic wares for 2,555 ecstatic audience members! The fest received full coverage and acclaim from nytheatre.com, and was just recently named one of their PEOPLE OF THE YEAR, 2007!
Riding the fringe of winter, Horse Trade & EXIT Theatre return February 27 – March 9th, 2008 with FRIGID New York, again boasting over 150 performances and kicking off the annual North American Fringe Circuit. 2008’s festival will also see more events, panels, workshops and, of course…parties!
Horse Trade, EXIT Theatre, and all of the hard working staff, artists, and volunteers of FRIGID New York look forward to seeing you and having you join us in this celebration of independent theater. New York City is an indisputable hotbed of groundbreaking talent. We’re proud to once again provide this opportunity for ingenuity to thrive in a venue that values freedom of expression and artistic determination.
3 Theaters, 12 Days, 30 independent theater companies and over 150 performances...see you at FRIGID New York!