BoxFest Detroit announces 2010 festival and a new Artistic Director!

We are pleased to announce BoxFest Detroit 2010, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors.

The festival will run Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings, August 6 through August 21, with a celebratory opening event to precede it on Thursday, August 5.

BoxFest Detroit 2010 will be held at The Furniture Factory, 4126 3rd St, Detroit, MI 48201.  Admission is payable by cash only at the door with day passes for $10 and festival passes for $30.

BoxFest Detroit has undergone many changes since its inception and this year is no different.  Shannon Ferrante has been the artistic director of the festival for the past five years but she has been accepted to the University of California at Irvine to pursue an M.F.A. in Directing.  In her stead, Molly McMahon will replace her as artistic director of BoxFest Detroit.  McMahon was the winner of the audience award at BoxFest 2009 and directed the production Henrietta Hermaline’s Fall from Great Heights to critical acclaim at Planet Ant Theatre this past March.  “I am excited and honored to become artistic director of BoxFest Detroit and cannot wait to see the shape this year’s festival takes” said McMahon.

Preparations for the 2010 festival have already begun and currently the producers are seeking artists to fill nearly all positions.  Directors, playwrights, actors, designers and technicians interested in participating in BoxFest Detroit 2010 should click on the “Contact Us” link to send us an email.  In the email please include your name, contact information and how you would like to be involved in the festival.

All interested artists must respond by June 14.

All positions are volunteer based