Perishable Theatre Seeking New RAPTors!

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Perishable, Rhode Island's Research and Development Theatre, is accepting applications for new Resident Artists at Perishable Theatre. RAPT is an artistic development program created by Perishable Theatre Executive Artistic Director Vanessa Gilbert that aims to support new performance work generated by mid-career Rhode Island and South Eastern Massachusetts artists. All RAPT applications must be post-marked or hand-delivered by 6 p.m. on June 8, 2009 as a new wave of residencies is slated to begin in July 2009. For more information on the Resident Artists at Perishable Theatre program visit the Perishable Theatre website: www.perishable.org.

"RAPT intends to fill a specific void, that of artistic and administrative support for performing artists who are past "emerging," Gilbert says. "In Rhode Island, a lack of support for artists already in the throes of developing their own work can cause talented artists, in the most fertile periods of their careers, to leave the field or to leave Rhode Island."

An application for the RAPT program should outline a specific project that the artist or artist group would develop over 1-3 years of residency. Theatre companies are eligible to apply. Decisions will be made by the beginning of July, 2009.