THE NEW SUMMER FESTIVAL THEME IS...

The new Brick Summer Festival theme trumpets the end of print media, the Haitian Earthquake and the triumphal return of Republican power to Washington.

What.

Too Soon?

From June 4th to July 3rd, 2010, The Brick Theater, Inc. proudly presents

THE TOO SOON FESTIVAL
A premature summer theater festival.

Is the future happening now? Is the world whizzing past at a dizzying pace? Are you both running to catch up and hiding away from it all? Half-baked notions, frustrated youth, uncomfortable trends, traumatic events, terrifying predictions, raw nerves and un-come-upon comeuppances will be exploited, filmed, published, performed and presented before their time at THE TOO SOON FESTIVAL. Only at The Brick.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR AMAZING FESTIVAL NAME SUGGESTIONS! You contributed over 400 festival theme names (!) on

• Our Facebook Fan Page
• Our Twitter Feed
• The B(rick)log
  

The festival name was inspired by Adam McGovern, who suggested "The Too-Far Festival", and by Moira Stone, who commented "Too soon?", and many others who suggested a festival name involving themes about the encroaching future. Moira and Adam will receive Full-Festival Passes.

More to be announced soon, including awards to the winner of the Most-Posted Suggestions and to 3 random posters from each of The Brick's Facebook, Twitter and Blog pages! Check back here, here and here to find out who won!

To apply for The Too Soon Festival (and many other Brick programs), please click here.

MAKE GOOD ON THOSE CRAZY IDEAS YOU TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK.

Every year around this time The Brick's staff gets together and discusses possible themes for our upcoming Summer Theme Festival. After a few weeks of heavy drinking and chasing each other around the office waving blunt instruments, we come up with something satisfying and run with it.

This year, however, we said to ourselves, "Hey, you know those thousands of people who support The Brick by attending shows and reading our emails? What if let them in on the fun this year?"

And so here's our offer:

Between now and Friday, January 15, we ask you to share your suggestions of a possible name and theme for the Summer Festival.

You can make as many suggestions as you like, and you can do it in any of three places:

• Our Facebook Fan Page
• Our Twitter Feed
• The B(rick)log

We will take a look at every single response we receive and use them to select a festival theme that strikes our fancy. We'll be sending out daily challenges on Facebook and Twitter to help stoke your creativity. And, to sweeten the pot, we will offer THREE FULL-FESTIVAL PASSES to contributors chosen at random - one from the blog, one from Facebook, and one from Twitter. The final festival theme will be announced on Tuesday, January 19.

So seriously, what are you waiting for? Start churning out some ideas. What would YOU like to see on the Brick stage this June?