KLECKSOGRAPHY

KLECKSOGRAPHY projects are limited-run events featuring new short plays created by emerging artists. The program embraces the metaphor of the inkblot test as all the plays are inspired by a single piece of art.

Play-creation teams are created from an open call for actors, directors, and playwrights in order to minimize typical barriers for underrepresented artists.

KLECKSOGRAPHY projects are limited-run events featuring new short plays inspired by a single piece of visual art.

Inspired by the ink-blot test for which Rorschach Theatre was named, KLECKSOGRAPHY invites 30 of the DMV’s most exciting emerging theatre artists to write, revise, stage and rehearse the plays in just one week.

Play-creation teams are curated from an open call for actors, directors, and playwrights in order to minimize typical barriers for underrepresented artists. The project serves as a way to bring visibility to early career artists, catalyze connections, and build community – ensuring emerging artists put down strong roots in the Nation’s Capital.

In 2018, Rorschach undertook a survey of DC Theatre and restructured this program, with results coming from more than 40 local artistic directors and producers in addition to dozens of freelance artists. Based on those results, we’ve invited other companies into our process and rebuilt the program to focus on networking and connection. By providing producers with a high-impact, low-investment way to vet new artists, we aim to close the gap many artists experience in trying to connect with new companies.

KLECKSOGRAPHY ARCHIVE