Fire This Time

THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL is an OBIE award winning platform for talented early career playwrights of African-American descent to explore new voices & styles.

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Get tickets for Kevin R. Free’s reading of his solo play "A Hill On Which To Drown" as part of the Apollo's New Works program this Friday April 20th. Kevin will be starring in the reading and @Zhailon directs! Purchase your ticket here: https://t.co/8vVEQwhkxd

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Our New Works Lab fellows have been hard at work this cycle developing their plays. Here's a sneak peek of what they've been working on 🔥

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Season 15 playwright Nia Akilah Robinson chats about her play “Why Jamira Gotta Do All Da Werk?” with TFTT Artistic Director @CezarWilliams in this Fireside Chat.🔥 Watch the full interview on our Youtube channel: https://t.co/DdLMwT4FY3

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Season 15 playwright Monique Pappas-Williams chats about her play “The Mural” with TFTT Artistic Director @cezarwilliams in this Fireside Chat.🔥 Watch the full interview: https://t.co/jswyiNgCVe

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@cezarwilliams joined @stagewhisperpod to speak about the great things we can expect from this years festival, as well as more insight from his incredible time in the theatre 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/IoqYGs38UC

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New Yorkers don't need an excuse to stay indoors tonight, but just in case: the entire lineup from last year's @firethistimenyc festival is now streaming.

The annual festival provides a crucial platform for Black playwrights to share their work. ⤵️
https://t.co/LYNExKbpLN

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Season 15 playwright LeeLee Jackson chats about her play “What’s Love Got to Do With It” with TFTT Artistic Director @cezarwilliams in this Fireside Chat.🔥 Watch the full interview on our Youtube channel: https://t.co/TGiXgw20cz

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Season 15 playwright Kamilah Bush chats about her play “Mamas and Papas” with TFTT Artistic Director @cezarwilliams in this Fireside Chat.🔥 Watch the full interview: https://t.co/yimSNuef2T

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Join us on Sunday January 21st at 8pm at The Wild Project for a fundraiser and special screening of our 14th season filmed by one of our biggest advocates of the festival, @AllArtsTV .
Get Tickets here: https://t.co/2NTR4NK1FB

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Season 15 playwright Taylor A. Blackman chats about his play “It’s Karen B*****” with TFTT Artistic Director @CezarWilliams in this Fireside Chat.🔥 Watch the full interview on our Youtube channel: https://t.co/DwAYw6Hbld

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Join us for a panel discussion with leading Black theatermakers, @keithjosef , @garliacornelia , and @sistergoldie for a candid conversation to demystify what it takes to succeed and survive in the arts.

Tickets here: https://t.co/n8h3qRdqwK

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Introducing our Special Musical Guest for Season 15, the incredible @nailahcarrie ! Nailah will be performing before every performance of our 10 minute play festival.

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This year we developed and presented the work of 14 playwrights via our Ten-Minute Play Program, developmental play readings, and New Works Lab. Help us serve the work of more Black playwrights by making a tax-deductible year-end donation today!
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A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible donors this season ❤️💛 We couldn’t do this without you. If you want to join this list, donate here: https://t.co/RGV9cBSkkj

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The icon, the legend, our fearless leader Cezar Williams will be directing Season 15 of the Ten Minute Play Festival. That’s how you know this season is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥 Will we see you there?

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Join us next month for our flagship 10-minute play festival, a special fundraising event with PBS ALL Arts, and a Panel Discussion on "Thriving in the Theater" moderated by Kelley Girod 🔥

Get your tickets here: https://t.co/0IYebQrCgy

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Our brilliant ensemble of actors for Season 15. We can’t wait for you to see them shine ✨

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FRIGID New York Reveals Full Schedule For 2024 The Fire This Time Festival @FRIGIDNewYork @firethistimenyc
https://t.co/DqEfP57wuS

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Eligibility requirements: If you are a TFTT playwright (seasons 1-13) or an artist who has collaborated with us previously. Past NWL playwrights are not eligible.

Applicants must be willing to work on a full-length play during Cycle 6 which meets monthly from Oct '23-Jun '24

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Apply at the link in our bio!