Submit to Perform

Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Central Florida Puppetry Guild and selected for presentation based on factors including:

• Audience appropriateness: work is intended for an adult audience
• Merit: work is complete, entertaining, or at a stage that will benefit from audience
• Feasibility: we may not be capable of staging acts requiring large amounts of custom lighting, set, or other tech; we will not stage pieces longer than 10 minutes in length

Submissions may consist of scripts, storyboards, summaries of your concept (with or without images), or videos. Please copy/paste and respond to the following needs into an email titled “Slam Submission - [your name here]” and submit to hannah.miller@ibexpuppetry.com: 1. Who is the primary contact for this performance piece?  2. What is your contact information/best contact times?  3. What are your technical requirements (set, lighting, music/sound, etc)?  Remember: the simpler the technical requirements, the more likely we will be capable of presenting your piece.  We will provide for your use a table top, a playboard, and a marionette riser. We may be able to provide additional equipment on request (overhead projector, shadow screen, projector, etc).  Include microphone requests - do you have your own / need one provided?  Count on basic lighting only.  4. How many performers will be in your piece?  If traveling, we may be able to provide local performers to rehearse with and support you in performance.  Locally, if you are looking for collaborators, we will do our best to connect you with others who can help. 5. How long is your piece?   6. If you are coming from out of town, do you need any assistance? This includes help with lodging or other travel accommodations. If you have specific monetary requirements for travel, note them here.  We will be offering a limited amount of travel stipends to support non-local performers.  Travel stipends will be disbursed at the discretion of the Central FL Puppet Guild. Travel stipends may be used to cover any portion of one-way or round-trip airfare, gas mileage on a basis of $0.25 per mile, or lodging in the Central Florida metro area.

We will notify parties of acceptance for performance/stipend dispensation on a rolling basis once the submission deadline is past; we aim to reply to applicants immediately upon reaching a decision.

All accepted performances will be invited to at least one casual rehearsal and MUST attend a technical rehearsal or face being dropped from the final show. Performances and rehearsals are currently uncompensated, however copies of programs and press will be provided to all performers. We will also provide video documentation of our Slam to our participants.

Submissions or questions regarding submissions should be sent to Hannah.Miller@ibexpuppetry.com.