ROGUE 2007 CAFE GUIDELINES

ROGUE 2007 CAFE VENUE APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Successful Café applicants will be assigned to a Café Venue and receive an allotted number of 45 minute performance slots. A Café venue can seat about 40 audience members. A Cafe venue can accommodate performances such as one-act plays, minor musicals, dance/movement, musical acts, cabaret, magic shows, etc. Please be aware that a Café venue has very limited performance space and is set up primarily for very intimate performances.

CAFE VENUE APPLICATION FEE: $50

NON- REFUNDABLE PROCESSING FEE: $25

MAXIMUM TICKET PRICE: $4

MAXIMUM SEATING : 30-40

PER PERFORMANCE TIME LIMIT: 45 MINUTES

NUMBER 0F PERFORMANCES: 3 (LOCAL); 4 (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL)

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

All Rogue Performance Festival performances start on time. There is a 45-minute time limit for Café performers. There are only 30 minutes between all performances, which includes 15 minutes to strike the show that just ended and 15 minutes to set up the next production with the audience being seated concurrently.

Café Venues are equipped with basic lighting, sound and a small performance area.

This includes:

One 6 channel PA.
3-4 simple spotlight system focused on the performance area. (no faders.)
A performance that is usually no bigger than 10 feet (wide) by 5 feet (deep).

*Please note that Café Venues are considered “plug and play”. No technical rehearsals will be scheduled for these venues. We will provide companies with more info on their venue so that they can be as prepared as possible.

The Rogue provides one technician in each Café Venue to oversee lights and/or sound. All companies must supply one Production Stage Manager to call your show, (an additional sound operator, if necessary), and enough crew to set up and strike your show.

Since there are some technical limitations in the venues, it is best to focus on the content of your play and try to keep the technical/production values as simple, imaginative and as compact as possible. THE VENUES PROVIDE NO STORAGE. Sets, props and costumes must be removed after each performance.

BOX OFFICE / TICKETS

The Rogue returns 100% of the box office ticket sales to the individual companies and provides all front-of-house staff (e.g, house managers, box office, ushers) for Rogue Café Venue participants. Each company sets its own ticket price (rounded off to the nearest dollar) up to a maximum of $4.

PLEASE NOTE: the Rogue reserves the right to sell and will be selling Rogue Ready Passes. Rogue Café Venue participants will receive 70% of the ticket price for any audience member using a Rogue Ready Pass to see your show.

WHAT YOU GET IF YOU SECURE A SLOT:

WE PROVIDE

* 3 (local) and 4 (national and international) performances scheduled in rotation in:

* 1 Café Venue outfitted with basic lighting and sound that accommodates at least 40 audience members

* Companies are assigned to a single venue based partly on technical needs indicated on your application and a detailed technical questionnaire sent to all companies in the Festival in November 2006.

* All venues are outfitted with a stationary lighting plot and 6 channel PA.

* A venue floor plan and spec sheet will be sent to all companies in The Rogue.

* The Rogue provides one technician for your production.

* The Technician usually oversees the sound/lighting needs and it is required that every company supply a stage manager and any additional operators (e.g., a sound technician) as needed by their production.

* Inclusion in the Rogue Map program guide, website and overall event publicity

* A detailed program and publicity questionnaire will be sent to all companies after securing a slot.

* All front of house staff (i.e., box office, usher and house manager)

* And, most importantly, companies receive 100% of their box office receipts

YOU PROVIDE

* A fully prepared, rights secured, audience ready production, NO MORE THAN 45 minutes long.

* All Rogue Festival materials (e.g., contractual, technical, promotional, etc.) ON TIME when requested.

* A set ticket price of no more than $4 (rounded to the nearest dollar).

* All your travel/food/ production/royalties/union fees/misc. expenses.

* Your own specific promotional materials (pictures, reviewer packets, flyers, posters, etc.) for your distribution.

* ANY AND ALL additional technical equipment not listed in your tech packet (e.g., projectors, microphones, strobes, fog machines, keyboards, etc.).

* A show that MUST be able to be loaded-in within 15 minutes and struck within 15 minutes.

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