The Exponential Festival
A month-long January festival for NYC-based emerging, experimental performing artists.
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Donate NowThe 10th-Anniversary Exponential Festival
A month-long January performance festival for NYC-based artists and Brooklyn venues celebrating one decade!
Brooklyn, NY, US
- $10,038 raised of $10,000 goal
- 76 donations
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Fiscally Sponsored by Fractured Atlas
Thank You! We are fully funded! Your donations will allow us to compensate artists at our highest historical rate. If you haven't done so already, check the artists of EF25 here: theexponentialfestival.org/shows Luv to the Nth...see you this January! |
Final Week of Fundraiser! We’re ecstatic to announce that we’re 87% funded as we enter the final week of our fundraiser! Every contribution brings us closer to our goal and ensures Exponential Festival’s tenth anniversary will be extra special! Thank you so much for your ongoing support. |
Wrapping Up Week 3! We cannot thank you enough for your generosity - your donations help local, working-class artists pursue their creative endeavors. We are so grateful! |
Wrapping Up Week 2 & Livestream Event Announcement! We're at the end of Week 2 of our crowdfunding campaign, and we've reached 30% of our goal! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far to support our 10th season! We have an incredible lineup of artists and shows this year. If you want to get a sneak peek at what is to come, join us for "Introducing" - a livestream event where EF Alum Shawn Escarciga will be interviewing the 2025 Exponential Festival artists. The event will be live-streamed on Instagram @exponentialfestival on October 9th, at 7PM. |
Wrapping Up Week 1! As we wrap up the first week of our crowdfunding campaign, we wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated thus far. We have reached 15% of our goal! Your contribution ensures that Exponential’s artists are financially empowered to create their innovative and risk-taking art, and for that, we are grateful for your support. Stay tuned for updates & special announcements coming up next week! |
WHO WE ARE
The Exponential Festival is an annual, month-long experimental performance festival occurring every January in Brooklyn. Every year, we bring diverse, risky, and rigorous local performance work to new audiences and support New York City-based artists by providing mentorship opportunities and production resources. Founded in 2016 to remove the barriers to entry for early-career artists, Exponential is now considered one of NYC's “beacons of experimental work” (The New York Times).
ARTIST FEES
Your support will allow us to increase artist stipends to our highest historical rate of $500 plus $150 per week in residency, supporting 18 productions in 6 Brooklyn venues and 2 world-premieres on our YouTube channel. By expanding compensation and resources each year, we are equipping early-career artists to self-determine how to allocate funds. The free resources we provide (like photography, videography, press representation, and more) help artists build upon and contextualize their work to future presenters, funders, and audience members.
YEAR TEN
The EF25 artists are as follows:
BRICK AUX
- Laura Galindo
- Leonie Bell + Local Grandma
- Ring Yuqi Yang
- salOn!
- Sir Excess Vape Productions
- Title:Point
THE BRICK THEATER
- Allyson Dwyer
- Ella Davidson
- kanishk pandey
- Susannah Yugler
JACK
- Xiaoyue Zhang
- Yibin Wang + Yejia Sun
LOADING DOCK
- Eulàlia Comas
- Matthew Antoci + Meaghan Robichaud
TARGET MARGIN THEATER
- Hayley Stahl
- Kenneth Kang, Lal Ensari + Sophie Zmorrod
WE ARE HERE BUSHWICK
- Mike Steele + Skye Fort
- Nic Adams + Marissa Joyce Stamps
YOUTUBE
- Leonie Bell + Local Grandma
- Ring Yuqi Yang
“Every year gets better at the fringe-forward Exponential Festival.” (Helen Shaw)
In ‘24 we presented 16 productions at 8 venues over 31 days. Our shows were made by over 120 artists and were attended by over 4,300 people in theaters and online. Our collective work received extensive press coverage from outlets such as The New York Times, American Theatre Magazine, Vulture, and The New Yorker, which called our ’24 programming “the rawest and most adventurous of the [NYC January festivals.]”
IMPACT
We believe that a radical intervention is needed in the way new performance work gets made. One that lends itself to more collective empowerment in our artist communities and elevates experimentation in the face of commercialism. These are the ideals we believe are key to artistic innovation and thriving arts communities. Your support will aid us in re-centering our theatrical ecosystem on local artists.
THANK YOU
Stay tuned for campaign updates as we announce the productions coming to Brooklyn this January, consider sharing our campaign on social media using the hashtag #exponentialfestival, and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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