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BE A PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS FALL!

 5th Annual Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack 

 Hudson Valley’s Premier Performing Arts Festival

October 4 - 25, 2026

Call for performing artists to submit their show to the 5th Annual Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack. 

Join a roster of outstanding performers in the charming village of Nyack, NY during the stunning fall foliage season. It’s known as the Art & Soul of the Hudson for a reason, and it’s just 24 miles north of NYC on the west shore of the Hudson River.

Theatre, Dance, Music, Improv, Stand-up, Puppetry, storytellers of all kinds are invited to apply. Just returning from Edinburgh? Have a new work to share before your NYC run or want to share your show with Tri-State, national and international audiences?

Festival infrastructure and support includes venue, production manager, online and phone box office services, Playbill design and printing, Festival Awards, publicist, house management, paid social media marketing and print advertising, posters and community that supports art and artists.

All are welcome to apply. No Application Fee Ever!

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, now celebrating our 22nd Season in NYC and 5th Festival on the Hudson, is an artist driven resident ensemble nonprofit arts organization.

We can’t wait to see what you are hoping to share! 

Elise Stone, Artistic Director Craig Smith, Festival Executive Director

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! APPLY TODAY!

  • “Phoenix Theatre Ensemble is doing something wonderful in Nyack”

    —BroadwayRadio

  • "You won’t regret a trip to this magical town!"

    —Hi Drama NYC

  • “Phoenix Festival is nothing short of spectacular!”

    —M Whalen, Nyack Business Owner

  • “Phoenix Festival / Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, literally, does the impossible: they produce innovative, new and political theater powered by the sweat of their brow, the blood in their veins and a true Dionysian spirit. Craig and Elise are the real deal. I am honored they have presented three plays of mine, but more importantly, I am grateful to be a part of a festival that holds theater up when this country needs it most.”

    - Sara Farrington, Playwright and Author of The Lost Conversations

  • "Phoenix Festival is the most exciting collection of original theatre makers in the New York City area: crisp, new, ambitious and unpretentious it is filled with companies and artists driven towards the past and the future in the same festival: it's the beginning of something that is changing NY theatre."

    -Hamilton Clancy, Artistic Director, The Drilling Company

  • "The Phoenix Festival creates space for bold, high-level work—work that typically lives in New York City or on international stages.It brings together a community of serious artists committed to creating work that is both deeply engaging and rooted in high artistic standards."

    - Shawn Rawls, Artistic Director, Emotions Physical Theatre