RESIDENCY PROGRAMS 2024
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SPACE on Ryder Farm offers a unique and dynamic atmosphere that nourishes artists and innovators both individually and relationally, allowing them to focus on their work in a significant way. Residents have hours on end to devote to deep thinking and expansive creation. And the relationships that are forged among residents at SPACE offer radiating benefits to the wider artistic community: collaborations are sparked, ideas are challenged, and curiosities are piqued.
Residencies at SPACE are self-determined in order to meet the needs of each individual resident. The only requirements at SPACE are that residents attend three communal meals each day and share some of what they’ve developed while in residence here.
We believe that inclusion, equity, support, and radical hospitality are essential to creation and vital to spurring dialogue that leads to lasting change. Since 2017, all individual and small-group residences are free to participants. Applications require no fee. And SPACE ensures that at least 50 percent of these residents are persons of color and other under- or misrepresented voices.
COME TO THE TABLE
Announcing a new iteration of our Creative Residency program, Come to the Table—a five-year initiative expanding the reach of our communal table to facilitate cross-industry communication and invigorate artists, innovators, and leaders to help rebuild a sustainable future for the arts.
For 2024, we are inviting theatre administrators and educators to join artists in applying for these Creative Residencies.
Registration is now closed for the 2024 application cycle.
THE WORKING FARM
The Working Farm is SPACE’s resident writers’ group, which offers five playwrights, composers, lyricists or librettists a non-consecutive five-week residency on Ryder Farm during the course of the annual May-October season.
Information coming in early 2024
INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCY
Institutional Residencies provide 501c(3) organizations and creative teams with time and space for the writing or workshopping of commissions, strategic planning and retreat opportunities away from the hustle and bustle.
Request forms are now accepted for 2024 via the link below.
The following programs are currently by invitation only
GREENHOUSE RESIDENCY
The Greenhouse Residency offers aspiring 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.
The Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship
SPACE is proud to have been part of the The Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship. The program is now being administered through ACT of Ridgefield. Click the button for more information.
The following program is on hiatus for the 2024 Season
FAMILY RESIDENCY
The Family Residency was founded in association with The Lilly Awards Foundation (spearheaded by Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman and Pia Scala-Zankel), and offers parents and their children (ages 5-12) time and space to work during a residency on Ryder Farm.