Fresh Fruit Festival, USA, LGBT
Category: Literary Festival/Event
Founder/Editor: Louis Lopardi
E-mail Address: Exec@FreshFruitFestival.com
Description:
The Fresh Fruit Festival encompasses theater, performance, poetry, comedy, spoken word, music, dance, visual arts and some talents that defy categorization. Artists come from around the city, nation and, indeed, the world. Australia, Canada, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, France, Mauii, Israel, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and all of New York City's boroughs and suburbs have been represented. Fresh Fruit is the most inclusive expression of LGBT arts ever held in the City of New York. Performers of all racial and many ethnic backgrounds, sexualities, gender orientation fill out stages. They have been African-, Caribbean-, Chinese-, East Indian-, Filipina-, Hispanic-Japanese-, Korean-, Native-, and even unhyphenated Americans were among groups represented by both performers and audience. The work brought is always fresh, exciting and insightful. Four of the Festival’s productions have gone on to commercial runs. Festival performers have been recognized with OOBR, G.L.A.A.D, and Theatermania “Best Documentary In A Festival Award.” It is notable that the work of Lesbian and Transgender artists was represented in proportion more representative of their numbers in the LGBT community than is usually seen in such events. Our audiences are equally diverse. Fresh Fruit has established a community of artists and audiences who connect with each other not only on the personal level (for friends have been made during the Festival itself) but also through listserv and our awards for outstanding work in the festival- The Fresh Fruit Award of Distinction.
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