BECOME A RESIDENT

MISSION: The Residency Program of the André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice provides artistic and institutional support to serve local Black-led performing arts companies while those companies look to magnify their scope and their economic sustainability within the New Orleans performing arts landscape.

Applicants will also need to provide the following:

Articles of Incorporation
Artistic samples of your work that can include audio, video, or photos
Sample reviews of your work/press/media coverage

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RESIDENCIES INCLUDE

Each resident company is able to program up to 3 productions per season
Each resident company is able to hold workshops, rehearsals, and classes at the ACC
ACC provides joint marketing for all Resident Companies productions and events
ACC provides POS system and staff for all box office and audience development needs
ACC provides front-of-house staffing for productions
ACC provides a shared workspace with a printer, and shared office supplies
ACC provides quarterly organizational development workshops
ACC can provide fiscal sponsorship

ADDITIONAL MEMBER BENEFITS:

2 weeks of rehearsal + one week of tech rehearsal per production
2-week performance runs of productions (unless otherwise negotiated)
Production Management
Technical Direction

NOTE: A roster of preferred operators (to be compensated directly by the resident company or partner organization)

RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS

No Dream Deferred NOLA serves as the ACC’s Founding Theatre Company in Residence and produces the biennial We Will Dream: New Works Festival in partnership with the André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice. The We Will Dream: New Works Festival is designed in part to financially support the ACC Residency Program.

LEGACY RESIDENTS

This membership tier will consist of three (3) resident companies, that have been in operation for 10+ years in New Orleans. Each company artistically contributes to the development of the annual Unity Festival and provides two skill-building workshops per year in support of public arts education programming at the center. Legacy Residents have no term limits on their residencies.

EMERGING RESIDENTS

This membership tier will consist of three (3) resident companies, that have been in operation for 1-9 years. Each emerging resident company can remain in residence for up to 3 years after which companies have the option to become presenting partners. Each company artistically contributes to the development of the annual Unity Festival and provides two skill-building workshops per year in support of public arts education programming at the center.

PRESENTING PARTNERS

This membership tier consists of organizations that would like to make the ACC home to two (2) of their public-facing programs per season. Programming can include but is not limited to: Performances, Recitals, Workshops, Convenings, Galas and Fundraisers. In exchange for their membership fee, ACC provides facility use and joint marketing for both events.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

This membership tier offers community groups and members with affordable access to our rehearsal loft, lagniappe stage, and mainstage on a recurring event-by-event basis as space is available.