Thank you for your interest in creating a new short-form performance piece as part of Hand2Mouth’s 2026 New2You Festival!. This year's theme is Body and Technology. Artists may interpret this however they choose and must submit a proposal that highlights the theme to be considered for the festival. The festival is scheduled to run March 27-April 4. Participants will be chosen by our panel of company members. We are seeking to include a diversity of voices and performing disciplines for this generative performing arts project. Projects should be ‘paired-down’ works with a focus on voices and bodies rather than sets, props, lighting and costumes.
As part of N2Y, Participants get:
A performance space
1-2 performance times in repertory with at least one other artist*
Up to 5-hour tech rehearsal
A technician to run your show
Inclusion in press release and festival marketing, and shout-outs on our social media accounts
Inclusion in our general liability insurance policy
A $750 stipend for the creation of a new work on the assigned theme | OR | a $250 stipend for a staged reading or short film of a new work
*Artists will be paired with at least one other artist to present their works in a single day or evening performance. Together making a full-length evening of performance.) Please note, the minimum run time is 30 minutes and maximum is 60 minutes allotted for each work.
Deadline to submit your proposal is December 3rd, 2025