Join Our Festival Programming Events!
The Savannah Performing Arts Festival will have more than two dozen programming events including lectures, panels, spotlight interviews, interactive entertainment, and performances. Below is a list of what we are planning and we need people to join us to bring these exciting and informative events to life.
If you are interested in participating, please email Rick Garman at rick@onstagesavannah.com and/or Gwen Leahy at gwen@onstagesavannah.com and let us know how you can help make the Savannah Performing Arts Festival a success!
If you have a suggestion for programming that you think the public would enjoy that isn’t covered in our list of planned events, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
The deadline for all submissions is December 31, 2024.
| PROGRAMMING DAY 1: FUN AND GAMES | ||
| Artists and Athletes: The Savannah Bananas | Spotlight Interview | How the Bananas infuse performance into their games. |
| Improv All-Stars | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring the best improv artists in Savannah. |
| Making it Up: The Art of Improv | Panel | Moderated panel with improv performers. |
| The Improv Games | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members get to participate in improv games |
| PROGRAMMING DAY 2: CHILDREN’S THEATRE | ||
| Happily Ever After: The Art of Princess Performance | Spotlight Interview | How becoming a princess for parties and events is more than just putting on a costume. |
| Junior All-Stars | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring the best young performers in Savannah. |
| Just Kid-ding Around: The Art of Children’s Theatre | Panel | Modereated panel with people who work in children’s theatre. |
| Broadway Junior Sing-Along | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members get to sing along to songs from kid-friendly musicals. |
| PROGRAMMING DAY 3: MUSIC | ||
| The Music Collective: Bringing Together the Music Community | Spotlight Interview | How the music scene in Savannah is evolving and growing. |
| The Singer/Songwriter Hour | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring the best singer/songwriters in Savannah. |
| Music & Lyrics: The Art of Songwriting | Panel | Moderated panel with the best songwriters in Savannah. |
| Music Trivia | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members get to compete in a music trivia game. |
| PROGRAMMING DAY 4: VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE | ||
| More Than Bump & Grind: The Art of Burlesque | Panel | Moderated panel with the best burlesque artists in Savannah. |
| The Variety Show Lunch | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring the best family-friendly variety acts including burlesque, drag, acrobatics, magic, cabaret, and more. |
| Heels and Hair: The Art of Drag | Panel | Moderated panel with the best drag queens in Savannah. |
| Be a Star | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members get to perform |
| PROGRAMMING DAY 5: WRITING | ||
| The King of Christmas | Spotlight Interview | Interview with Hallmark Christmas movie writer Rick Garman. |
| 10-Minute Plays | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring five original 10-minute plays written for the Savannah Performing Arts Festival. |
| Blank Page: The Art of Writing for the Stage | Panel | Moderated panel with the best stage writers in Savannah. |
| SPAF Game Show | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members participate in a feud-style game show. |
| PROGRAMMING DAY 6: THE BEST OF THE FEST | ||
| Not in the Budget: The Art of Producing for the Stage | Panel | Moderated panel with the best stage producers in Savannah. |
| Gala Preview | Performance Lunch | Lunchtime show featuring performers that will be included in the Savannah Performing Arts Gala. |
| Behind the Scenes: The Art of Stage Production | Panel | Moderated panel with the best stage managers, set designers, lighting designers, sound operators, costumers, and other production professionals in Savannah. |
| Broadway Sing Along | Interactive | Hosted interactive event where audience members get to sing along to the best of Broadway. |
If you are interested in participating in any of the above events, please email Rick Garman at rick@onstagesavannah.com and/or Gwen Leahy at gwen@onstagesavannah.com and let us know how you can help make the Savannah Performing Arts Festival a success!
If you have a suggestion for programming that you think the public would enjoy that isn’t covered in our list of planned events above, please fill out this form.
The deadline for all submissions is December 31, 2024.