CJ Cultural Foundation's Creative Performance Discovery 'Stage Up' Application Open Until Next Month 3

CJ Cultural Foundation Stage Up Space Support Work Musical 'Oh, Bakssi!'
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] CJ Cultural Foundation is accepting applications for the 2020 'Stage Up Space Support Project,' which provides small-scale creative groups and theater companies with support for performance venues and partial production costs, until April 3.

Since 2016, CJ Cultural Foundation has been supporting promising works of small-scale creative groups and theater companies through the 'Stage Up Space Support Project.'

Any creative group with Korean nationality that operates production and promotional marketing productions and is preparing original performances in the musical and theater categories that do not infringe on copyrights can participate. Re-performances are also eligible. Those wishing to apply should visit the CJ Cultural Foundation website within the designated period and submit the application form and performance plan according to the specified format.

CJ Cultural Foundation announced that, aiming to coexist with the performing arts creation industry facing a major crisis from the beginning of the year, this year’s selected works will receive not only performance venues but also more diverse and practical additional support.

Selected creative groups and theater companies will be able to use the CJ Azit Daehangno performance venue and auxiliary facilities and equipment within Azit free of charge. In addition, to allow the production team to focus on enhancing the completeness of their works, a creative support fund of 15 million KRW will be provided along with comprehensive support including promotional marketing and house operation personnel during the performance period. This represents a shift from simply providing space to introducing a co-production concept with the foundation to comprehensively support the success of the performances.

Through CJ Cultural Foundation’s Stage Up Space Support Project, 13 original performances including the musicals 'Gu: The Song of Goblins,' 'Oh, Parkssi!' and the play 'Brain Surgery' received space support and met audiences last year. The musical 'Anne' and the play 'Hera, Aphrodite, Artemis' debuted on the CJ Azit Daehangno stage in 2017 to critical acclaim and have continued to be re-performed, establishing themselves as representative original performances in Korea.

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