CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Tarragon’s 2025/2026 Sally Stavro Family Series

Tarragon Theatre is thrilled to welcome a new generation of theatre-goers to enjoy the world of imagination and play.

Over the course of the upcoming 25/26 season, Tarragon will present exciting, entertaining, and enchanting cultural experiences for families to enjoy and be part of the magic of art!

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Tarragon is seeking projects (plays, installations, workshops) which are:

• Ready to present/remount or touring during our season.
• Geared towards an audience of children aged 5-12 and their families.
• 45-60 minutes in length.
• Able to set up and strike in under an hour, respectively.
• Self-sufficient and/or minimal in their tech.

A curiosity that investigates artistic form – which may incorporate non-traditional practices and methods of storytelling, and may integrate other disciplines such as movement, music or non-text based performance – and creates an enriching and provocative experience for the young and young at heart.

SALLY SERIES SATURDAYS

Selected projects will receive a $800 Presenter Fee and be invited to present on one of these dates:

October 4, 2025
November 8, 2025
December 6, 2025
February 21, 2026
March 28, 2026
April 18, 2026

VENUE INFO

• Sally Series events will all take place in the Near Studio, on the second floor of Tarragon Theatre. The studio is accessible and can be reached via elevator.
• Flexible seating configuration which can include chairs and floor seating for up to 50 people.
• A playing space 25 feet wide x 18 feet deep x 8.5 feet high.

HOW TO APPLY

Email the Sally Family Series Coordinator, Jackson Nair (jackson@tarragontheatre.com), with either a text document (max 2 pages) or an audio/video file (max 5 minutes) detailing the following:

• An outline of the project you are submitting.
• Brief bios and contact info for all team members involved.
• Any technical requirements the project has (eg. an external speaker for sound), or a tech rider (if applicable).
• Which dates in our schedule you are available for.
• A statement about what partnering with Tarragon will do for you.

**Please attach any archives, reviews, testimonials, or promotional materials from past presentations of this project.**

In your email, please use the subject line:
Sally Series Application – Company/Applicant Name
– Project Name.

The application deadline is Friday June 6th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Tarragon Theatre believes in a richly inclusive working environment and welcomes applications that explore the breadth of youth engagement through arts & culture. If you need accommodation pertaining to accessibility at any stage of the application process, please let us know.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

The 3rd Greenhouse Residency + Festival

We’re so back.
Tarragon Theatre is proud to announce its call for the third edition of Greenhouse.

Greenhouse is a process-led, interdisciplinary residency at Tarragon, beginning in summer 2025, concluding in January 2026.

We are seeking ideas and projects that have not previously been publicly presented, and are in early stages of development. We are especially interested in projects that engage their audience as an active presence in the art-making, and require this performance-based feedback to grow.

We invite playwrights, devisors, dancers, clowns, puppeteers, multi-media artists, drag-kings, -queens, and -things to apply; any artist who is ready to explore, provoke, and play.

Please note that Greenhouse aims to support inter-/multidisciplinary projects, not traditional script development. You can check out Tarragon Theatre’s other development opportunities here.

WHAT DOES THE RESIDENCY SUPPORT?

Greenhouse supports projects from conception to first public sharing. Selected projects will receive:

• a $5000.00 residency fee
• rehearsal/development space and resources at Tarragon Theatre to freely explore
• dramaturgical, marketing, and technical support
• inter-artist collaboration and networking opportunities
• letters of support for grant-writing requests

HOW TO APPLY

Please include:

1. A 1-page cover letter that explores the following:

• The idea or project you are creating.
• What urgent questions are you asking within your artistic practice?
• What forms are you exploring?
• How will the residency serve you and your process?
• Who is your target audience, and how do you intend to connect with them through performance?

*** Please note that you may offer the above in audio or video format (3 mins max); any video support material should be hosted on a platform like Youtube or Vimeo, please do not send download links.

2. A CV
3. An artistic sample (eg. video clips; max 5 mins, photos, portfolio link, etc)

SELECTION PROCESS

To apply, please send by email to Justin Miller, Artistic Producer and Greenhouse Festival Director (greenhouse@tarragontheatre.com).

Please use the subject: Greenhouse – NAME – Project Name (if applicable). The application deadline is Monday, May 26, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

No late submissions will be considered, thank you for your understanding.

Shortlisted artists will be offered follow-up interviews with the Greenhouse curatorial team; all artists will be contacted with results in July 2025.

Tarragon Theatre believes in a richly inclusive working environment; if you need accommodation pertaining to accessibility at any stage of the application process, please let us know.