the hatchery
The Hatchery is a new play development festival celebrating and supporting new works for the stage that center music and movement. Produced by Portland, Oregon theater company Many Hats Collaboration, The Hatchery is a short-term, paid performance residency program with a public-facing workshop performance. Our goal is to serve local and regional artists and ensembles by providing a nontraditional new works development model that provides support in the form of money, space, marketing and audience attendance. The Hatchery promotes the creation of groundbreaking, music and movement-driven new works for the contemporary theater canon, nurtured in the Pacific Northwest.
In our second year producing The Hatchery, we will select 1-2 community-sourced projects based on proposals submitted.
Selection Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following:
- Strength of team/artists and their collective track record of creating new work
- Strength of content and ideas in the project description
- Use of music / use of movement
- Articulation and achievability of goals within given constraints
- Many Hats’ ability to create the conditions for a successful experience
Equity, inclusion and diversity are core values to Many Hats Collaboration and will be part of the proposal evaluation process.
Timeline:
April-June - Project kickoff, contracting, pre-production
June-July - Artists announced, marketing launch
August 13-24 - The Hatchery workshop phase and public performance
September - Project evaluation