Boise Contemporary Theater

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Call to Artists! BCT is actively seeking artists to display work in our lobby for the last two shows of our season. Form: https://lnkd.in/gjvsZQcg For our next show, A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD by Samuel D. Hunter, we'd love to feature art that depicts Twin Falls, yogurt, a factory, single dads and their daughters, meaningful conversations between two people, any connections with the material of the play. Ideally, your art should have a conversation with the theater that is playing. We love it when audience members tell us how they saw connections between what they experienced in our lobby and on our boards! Hurry- we're aiming for the next artist to hang their work before February 26, 2025. Know an artist who might be a good fit? Please forward! Thanks. #CASEBCT #SamuelDHunter #lobbyart #TwinFalls #IdahoArt #Yogurt #SingleDad #FamilyLand #calltoartists

Call for Submissions! Boise Contemporary Theater is now accepting submissions for our fifth annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival! Writers will workshop their piece with a director and cast early in the week, followed by a Playwright’s Panel and staged readings of their work on the BCT MainStage. Applications open on Monday, February 10th, 2025. Applications will close after 175 submissions are received, or no later than Sunday, March 23rd. Applicants will be notified of their status in early May. Eligibility: Please note that all plays must meet the following criteria:? -Submissions?must?be?full-length?stage plays (no short or incomplete scripts, screenplays, or teleplays).? -Submissions?must?be unproduced, original works. -Submissions?must?have NO MORE than 6 actors.? -Submissions?may?have been previously developed or workshopped in conjunction with a theater, arts nonprofit, or school, so long as they have?not?been fully produced. Experience: Writers will have four to five days of rehearsal to workshop their piece with a director and cast, followed by one (1) staged reading of their work on the BCT MainStage. Travel, lodging, and a $1,000 artist stipend will be provided. Festival Dates: -Playwrights will arrive on Thursday, August 14th. -Workshop will take place August 15th – 19th. -Playwrights' Panel will take place on Wednesday, August 20th. -Readings will take place August 22nd – 24th. -Playwrights will depart on Sunday, August 25th. PLEASE NOTE: Exact travel and reading schedule will be confirmed in early June. Please apply with the intention of being in Boise for 10 days. However, artists may be able to leave earlier, depending on their placement in the lineup. Application: Applications open on Monday, February 10th, 2025. Applications will close after 175 submissions are received, or no later than Sunday, March 23rd.? Applicants will be notified of their status in early May. A completed application includes: -Script? -Logline? -Resume/CV -Artist statement?(<200 words) describing why you would like to participate and how your play would benefit from a workshop experience. To apply for BIPOC 2025, please fill out our Google Form: https://lnkd.in/gQcRWsmc The form will close when 175 submissions have been received, or no later than Sunday, March 23rd at 11:59 pm MST. Playwrights may submit ONE work per year to be considered.? Multiple submissions from the same playwright will?not?be considered. ? Contact:?Any questions can be directed to Festival Director Lily Yasuda:?[email protected].

It's Educator's Night at BCT! Tonight at 7 pm, to support all educators who work tirelessly for our community and our kids, we're offering discounted tickets to tonight's showing of ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE HAPPY by Daf James! Use promo code EDUNIGHT25 for 50% off tickets in any seating area, and bring a valid school district employee ID to BCT. Experience this show that "pick(s) up the individual threads and catch(es) where the skein of one life overlays with another." (Ben Kemper, Kemper Corner Reviews). Get your tickets at https://lnkd.in/gkmhjafv PICTURED: Rori Flynn and Christian Telesmar, PHOTO: Brooke Burton #boisecontemporarytheater #bctheater #artsinboise #ontheotherhandwerehappy

We're #hiring a new #Grants Manager responsible for researching, preparing, submitting, and managing grant proposals and reports that support the theater’s mission and meet funder guidelines and criteria. Work remotely part-time for Idaho's only nonprofit professional theater company focused on producing new works that inspire our community and tell thought-provoking stories of the human experience. Apply today or please #share this opportunity with your #network. Full listing: https://lnkd.in/gwf7xN4x #nonprofit #artsorganization #grantwriter #grantadministrator #theater #joinus #YouCouldWorkHere ??

Boise Contemporary Theater to Receive $25,000 Grant from the?National Endowment for the Arts to Support Fifth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) is grateful to be approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support BCT’s 5th Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival to be held in August of 2025. In total, the NEA will award 1,127 Grants for Arts Projects awards nationwide totaling more than $31.8 million as part of the recent announcement of fiscal year 2025 grants. “The NEA is proud to continue our nearly 60 years of supporting the efforts of organizations and artists that help to shape our country’s vibrant arts sector and communities of all types across our nation,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “It is inspiring to see the wide range of creative projects taking place, including Boise Contemporary Theater’s Fifth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival.” BCT's Producing Artistic Director, Benjamin Burdick, added, “We at BCT are so appreciative of the NEA's continued support of our Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival. This level of support is critical to the continued growth and success of the important work done at our Festival every year by artists from across the nation. Thanks to the NEA Grants for Arts Project award, BCT looks forward to hosting new playwrights and artists so they can tell their stories here.” ? For more information, please visit: BCT’s Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival: bctheater.org/bipoc NEA’s grant announcement: https://lnkd.in/e-rQ9Rt9 Press Release: https://lnkd.in/gh3dz5Z4 #grant #NEA #BIPOC #BCTBIPOCPLAYWRIGHTSFESTIVAL #PlaywrightsFestival #NewWorks #AnnualFestival #BIPOCTheater

As the wildfires continue to rage in and around Los Angeles, our hearts are heavy for our friends and colleagues as they face the recent devastation. Folks coming up to do our next play have had to evacuate. Other colleagues with direct and indirect ties to the BCT Family have lost their homes. Times like these serve as a reminder of how deeply connected we all are — and how much strength we can find in leaning on one another. To the cast and crew of ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE HAPPY, as well as others in the LA area who have been a part of BCT, know that we are sending our collective thoughts for a quick recovery and continued resolve. We are with you. For those who would like to help, here are a couple of trusted resources. California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund: https://lnkd.in/gPY-uGU3 American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles: https://lnkd.in/dXNbgMvb

Tonight at 7:00 pm- BCT is hosting a reading of "The Trial of Marjorie Macomber" by Stacey Guill. We hope you'll join us for this play based on the Hemingway story. General admission, tickets at the door.

One man, SIX guitars!?? LAST CHANCE TO SEE OUR CRITICALLY ACLAIMED MUSICAL, THE LION by Benjamin Scheuer. Meet Jake Allen, the talented guitarist who plays NOT ONE, NOT TWO... but SIX guitars in this one-man musical! Closing Saturday, Dec. 21, so get your tickets now to hear him roar: https://lnkd.in/gcAmte9G ?? PHOTO: Benjamin Burdick #closingweek #lastchance #LIONplay #lionsroar #boisetheaterscene

“During the holidays, I always find myself reflecting on those bonds with family. And I’m sure everybody does,” said Allen in an interview with NPR this morning. “And for me, being away from my family, yet being able to reflect on the holidays from afar… well, it’s an interesting dynamic.” Tune into this NPR interview to hear our very own Jake Allen speak with the one and only George Prentice about the currently-running BCT show, THE LION! Listen in here: https://lnkd.in/em5gnrhZ Haven't bought tickets to the show yet? It's not too late! Grab those here: https://lnkd.in/eRt7JNcQ ??: Jeanna Vickery #boisecontemporarytheater #bct #npr #boisestatepublicradio #family #holidays #thelion #roarlionroar #georgeprentice