Risk/Reward Festival Of New Performance 2019

Each day the festival includes the same six new works, performed back-to-back over a 2-hour extravaganza with short breaks and one intermission. We solicit proposals from regional artists for new works that can be performed in less than 20-minutes. A panel of local artists and tastemakers select a lineup and we challenge the artists to run wild - encouraging creative risks, experimentation and bold investigation. No one really knows what to expect until opening night. Several performances are staged back-to-back nightly in a festive environment. Audiences come to sample a variety of artistic voices and art forms in what the Willamette Week calls, speed dating for contemporary performance.The RiskReward Festival is dedicated to the presentation of new performance and preference is given to works that are currently in development or that have not been produced fully in the past. RiskReward addresses some of the most pressing needs of local artists and audiences by providing a platform for artists to present new work while introducing Portland audiences to artists from across the west coast. More Info below.