Fresh Fruit's 7th Annual International Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Arts and Culture is now accepting submissions. The deadline is 2/5, 2009.

The Annual Fresh Fruit Festival will be held in NYC in July, 2009. The Festival’s goal is to present the whole spectrum of LGBT lives as expressed in performance, dance, theatre, video, film, spoken word, visual and music arts. Full-length pieces will be presented a minimum of four performances. Visual pieces will be shown for the entire two week period. Shorter performance works will have a minimum of one or two performances. Notification by Mid-March.

FRESH FRUIT PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT: Performance Venues; Publicity - flyers, press mailings, listings, email blasts; Advertising; On-line ticketing services; Production insurance; Limited tech and a dress rehearsal as determined by the technical director; Limited rehearsal space at the discretion of the technical director; Production staff: festival stage manager, light and sound technician, festival house manager; Sound system (2 tape decks or CD players, mixing board, amp, speakers, and 2 microphones run to the stage); Rep lighting plot with 1 “special” focused for each show; Front of house staff; Festival programs; Marketing.

For details and application: www.freshfruitfestival.com.

Source: TRU