A new iteration of our Creative Residency Program
Come to the Table
SPACE’s signature program, the Creative Residency, has provided artists with the opportunity to create and ideate in the company of others away from the stress and noise of everyday life since 2011. In 2024, we will add another leaf to the table through a new initiative: Come to the Table.
The Come to the Table Initiative is a five-year initiative expanding the reach of SPACE’s communal table to facilitate cross-industry communication and invigorate artists, innovators, and leaders to help rebuild a sustainable future for the arts . Beginning in 2024, Phase 1 will be focused on relationship-building between theater artists, administrators, and educators. Residents will be invited to spend two, non-contiguous weeks on the farm—one traditional residency week with time and space for individual work alongside other residents working in similar parts of the industry and a second residency week which combines individual work time with facilitated sessions for blended groups of residents from different parts of the industry.
We’re inviting individual theater artists, theater administrators, and theater educators to apply for our 2024 Creative Residencies.
Watch the recording of the Q&A session below. Additional questions can be sent to residencies@spaceonryderfarm.org. Please allow 2-5 business days for a response.
Applications
Applications are now closed for the 2024 season. Sign up below to receive notifications about applications for 2025.
2024 Timeline
Application Materials are closed for Step One and all applicants should have received notifications. If you did not, please email residencies@spaceonryderfarm.org.
Materials for Step Two are due Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 11:59PM EST
Notifications about Step Two Results will begin Feb. 7
Watch the Announcement Video
Watch the Q&A Session
Learn More…
Eligibility and Program Information
Application and Selection Overview
General Residency FAQ
We strongly encourage you to read through each of the informational pages above. If there is a question not answered in the above documents, please reach out to us at residencies@spaceonryderfarm.org! We aim to be as supportive as possible in this process. Due to the high volume of communications during the application window, please allow 2-3 business days for a reply.
Additional Residency Programs
Each of the residency programs below have a different application process. Information on the application processes for these programs will be announced in the coming months. You are able to apply for Come to the Table and—if not selected for a residency—you are eligible to apply to additional SPACE programming.
Institutional Residencies
Institutional Residencies provide 501c(3) organizations and unincorporated creative teams with time and space for the writing or workshopping of commissions, strategic planning and retreat opportunities away from the hustle and bustle.
Greenhouse Residency
The Greenhouse Residency offers playwrights and lyricists who have not had access to the professional theatre community or training programs a week-long residency to write and participate in workshops with mentors and other professionals. Participants will be nominated to apply from a diverse network of professional artists.
Farmer’s Dormancy
Named from the agricultural term “Dormancy”—a phenomenon where seeds spend the winter in rest, preserving energy, preparing to sprout in the spring—the Farmer’s Dormancy is a pilot program that uses SPACE’s residency model to offer respite to early career market farmers.
The Working Farm
The Working Farm is SPACE’s resident writers’ group, which offers five playwrights, composers, lyricists or librettists a non-consecutive multi-week residency on Ryder Farm during the course of the annual May-October season.