What's Next?

The 2010 Fringe Festival is over but the Fringe tradition has just begun. Now we begin settlement, navel gazing, and post mortem. Just in case anyone thought we would take a breather, here is our agenda over the next three weeks and beyond…

This Week

• We are now in the process of final festival accounting which includes cutting checks to participants for presales.
• We will also start polling participants for sales numbers and verifying addresses.
• Note that in some cases, your checks will be sent to your venues first.
• Also remember that an 8.5% commission will be deducted from all pre-sales (please tell me this isn’t a surprise)

Next Week

• We launch into some serious internal navel gazing.
• By the week’s end, we hope to produce an annual report including numbers and an internal post-mortem.
• All checks will be mailed to participants (and venues) by the end of next week

The Following Week

• We will host two post mortems: One for venues, One for participants and the community at large.
• We will announce the dates and places of these events asap

The Future

• We intend to hold lots of events where we can keep the community going
• There are a lot of exciting changes coming to the Fringe in 2011, keep your eyes and minds open.

One thing regarding the post-mortem: We are up to hear all your ideas assuming they are presented respectfully (to us and to each other). One thing that’s a question of contention today is the subject of leaving it an “uncurated” festival. This will not change, the Fringe in Hollywood will never turn away projects that have secured a venue and paid their registration.

One change we do intend to make is to make it clear when a partnering venue has decided to curate itself. For example, Theater of NOTE this year programmed its venue with content specific to its aesthetic, while The Complex took all comers who paid rent. We feel our Fringe model (based on Edinburgh Festival Fringe) allows for both standards to exist simultaneously, presenting the benefits of a curated fest with the vastness and opportunities presented in an uncurated fest.

Enjoy!

Ben