Strawberry One-Act Festival

The theatre festival Strawberry One-Act has arrived in New York, a festival that´s been active since 1996. Now it´s presenting its 15th edition by the hand of its creator and artistic director, Dirk Van Fisher, who will stage the festival at The Theater at St. Clement´s, in NYC.

This ´American Idol´ of theatre, a comparison made in its day by the New York Daily, constitutes one of the most important theatre events, because among the public and the theatre jury, they emit live votes to choose the best play of the season.

This way, in this theatre festival that takes place twice a year, they show hundreds of theatre plays from all over the United States, which are submitted to a strict competition to challenge each other for a spot in the festival; only 40 of these plays will have the chance to compete.

The format that the festival follows is a competition in itself, where the aim of all the plays is to go through from the 1st round to the semifinals and the final.

Once they´ve found out who is the playwright of the winning play, he or she will receive the tasty prize of a $1500 grant and the chance to have and participate in a long-duration play to be staged at the Riant Theater. Other additional prizes that one can win at the Strawberry Festival One-Act are Best Play, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

To submit your application and participate in the festival, there´s a time limit that expires on May 30th 2012, with the competition beginning on August 3rd and the winners being announced on the 18th of the same month.

As it has been customary in the past few editions, a selection of the presented plays in the festival will be selected to be published as books, available on Amazon among other places: The Best plays of the Strawberry One-Act Festival.

The main motivation behind this theatre festival is for it to be a tool that brings the users closer to the world that they live in, through managing to get closer to themselves. Also, this is the perfect stage to discover new artists and talents, giving them the chance to develop their artistic career and evolve professionally and personally.

In other editions of the Strawberry One-Act Festival, not only have they carried out theatre plays but have also included the participation of other artistic fields, such as singers, dancers, musicians, speakers and even comic book artists.

Making the most of this theatre event in New York, it could also be interesting to spend a few days in the Big Apple, one of the most populated cities in the United States.

The boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island share the urban density and agglomeration, with a large amount of monuments, museums and parks amongst other things. There are many touristic landmarks to see and visit.

Since the Strawberry One-Act Festival will take place in the middle of August, remember that the weather in New York will be in between 62ºF-82ºF (20ºC-28ºC).

Book your accommodation in New York before planning your stay in the Big Apple and make the most of this theatre festival, the Strawberry One-Act Festival.