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Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About DUH-BULL FEE-CHURR: DIVE! INTO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF SAND WITH SOVEREIGN SPIRITS OF THE PLAYGROUND AS WE PERFORM MINOR MIRACLES… Read More

Deadline to submit: June 24, 2025  Diaspora Diaries Collective, in partnership with Common Ground Arts Society and Mile Zero DanceDiaspora Diaries Collective, in partnership with Common Ground Arts Society, is seeking actors for the upcoming production of Ecos. This new work will be performed at the Mile Zero Dance Warehouse. Read More

Common Ground Arts is seeking three contractors to join our 2025 Found Festival team. Applications are open until May 19, 2025 for the roles of Operations Coordinator, Festival Assistant, and Production Assistant. To apply for any of the positions, complete the application form here. Click the… Read More

DEADLINE: May 19, 2025 Common Ground Arts Society (CG) and Latitude 53 (L53) are jointly seeking expressions of interest from visual/installation/multimedia artists to design a performance space at CG’s 2025 Found Festival July 9-13, 2025. The selected artist/collective will be tasked with the installation design for the Festival’s new AfterFound… Read More

Common Ground Arts has been growing new projects and programs for nearly 15 years. We’ve been hinting at some big news coming in 2025, and today we get to share it: Our first full presenting season, packed with two festivals and three mainstage productions. Join us this year for…… Read More

What is Found Festival, anyway? We take art out of conventional venues directly into the community. Found Festival celebrates art of all kinds: theatre, dance, film, poetry, music, sound art, installation art, endurance art…if it’s art created for unconventional spaces that challenges the artist/audience relationship, there’s a home for it in Found Festival. Found Festival is for… Read More

Since 2021, RISER has supported 13 new performance projects in productions, readings, and development workshops. Now, we’re excited to announce our first cohort of artists participating in our brand new two-year model in partnership with Fringe Theatre, Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival, and Skirtsafire! Artists will develop their projects over two… Read More

Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About Brick Shithouse: Influencers are millionaires and inflation is on the rise: so, seven best friends/worst enemies are anonymously livestreaming their… Read More

Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About Madness and Other Ghost Stories: Madness and monster movies. A gathering of writers and storytellers around a campfire, focusing first on… Read More