Fertile Ground Festival 2011 To Sprout In January

Portland-grown Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Work planted in a town of prolific playwrights, abundant actors, innovative dancers, talented designers and adventuresome producers flourishes in its third year. From 19 fully produced theatrical world premieres and 10 dance world premieres to workshop productions, staged readings and readings at all times of the day, Fertile Ground will be on stages all over Portland for 10-days from January 20 to 30, 2011.

Single tickets for all festival events are purchased directly through the producing companies. All access Festival Passes sell for $50 and are available on the Fertile Ground website, or through any participating producer. Festival "Dig It!" buttons and Festival Guides are available for free at various theater lobbies throughout Portland, buttons wearers are offered discounts to select performances. Production descriptions, locations, times and ticket information vary; see festival website for details: www.fertilegroundpdx.org.

Shining out through the winter darkness, Fertile Ground offers an astonishing breadth of creative work for the stage, compressed into 10 of the darkest and wettest days of the Portland calendar. Close to every single major theatre company and dance company in town is participating this year, presenting new work as a world premiere or in development. Dozens of locAl Small producers, playwrights and choreographers are also choosing to offer their work for this collaborative Portland showcase festival.

What Makes Fertile Ground Unique. Several theater companies across the nation host "new works festivals" and nearly all of these festivals present "staged readings," works-in-progress curated by the artistic aesthetic of one company's artistic staff. In contrast, the Fertile Ground Festival presents a non-curated collection of fully staged world premiere productions in theatre and dance, as well as workshop and staged reading productions, and more. Fertile Ground is about process as well as product in creative development. This festival is the collaborative work of our local artistic community expressing the mother lode of creative capacities, in a quintessentially Portland manner.

Fertile Ground Festival of New Work
Presented by the Portland Area Theatre Alliance

Dates: January 20-30, 2011
Venue: City-wide, check website for locations
Tickets: All ticket information at www.fertilegroundpdx.org
Tickets sold via each producer
Festival Passes: www.fertilegroundpdx.org and via each producer
Description: More information about the Fertile Ground Festival and full event listings and descriptions can be found in the Festival Guide and at www.fertilegroundpdx.org

The Fertile Ground Festival of New Work is presented by the Portland Area Theatre Alliance. The festival organizers are comprised of volunteers who strongly believe in showcasing Portland's vibrant creativity. Fertile Ground is sponsored by The Oregonian, KINK-FM, KBOO Community Radio, OregonLive.com and The Boeing Company.

Fertile Ground was launched by the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (the service organization for Portland theater artists and organizations) in 2009 to provide a platform for Portland theater companies to showcase their commitment to new work; and to invite visiting artists and theater lovers to discover for themselves that Portland truly is fertile ground for creativity, innovation, and daring acts of performance.

 

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