Hi, theatre friend: IT'S ON! Registration for the 2026 TANYS Festival is OPEN! Join us in Rome, NY the weekend of November 20-22. Get all the details below!

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Register TODAY to attend the 2026 TANYS Festival!

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 TANYS Festival! Join us November 20-22 in Rome, NY for "Some Enchanted TANYS" at the newly refurbished Rome Community Theater. It'll be a weekend full of theatre productions and FUN!

Deadlines are coming up soon! Here's what you need to do:

1) FIRST: Visit our 2026 Festival page on the TANYS website to register online or by mail:

• Register online (via Eventbrite) and pay by credit card - OR
• Register by mail (download and print the registration form, fill it out and mail it with a check).

Either way: to get the LOWEST rates, be sure to register BEFORE MIDNIGHT, November 14. And remember... TANYS Individual members SAVE $60 on a Superpass over the non-member rate!

2) SECOND: Reserve your hotel room AS SOON AS POSSIBLE at the official Festival hotel: the Hampton Inn (a Hilton hotel), 1352 Floyd Ave, Rome. The special TANYS group rate is $139 per night. Call the Hampton at 315-709-0000 or use the link on the 2026 Festival page to reserve your room.

NOTE: Online and phone reservations at the Hampton Inn EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 2 - so don't delay!

3) THIRD: Pre-order your Festival shirt(s) BY NOVEMBER 6 to get the LOWEST PRICE, and the STYLE, COLOR and SIZE you want! All the Festival shows and performing companies will be printed on the back.

Choose from 25 different colors, short sleeve or long sleeve, in a full range of sizes. Only limited styles, colors and sizes will be available to buy onsite at the Festival (and they'll cost more!)

Click the ORDER HERE button on the 2026 Festival page!

BUY A SUPERPASS AND YOU COULD WIN!

Everyone who buys a Festival SUPERPASS online (via Eventbrite) by MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 2 will be entered in a drawing to WIN:

• A 2026 TANYS Festival shirt (short sleeve, in your choice of color and size!)
• ​Two (2) 2026 TANYS Festival Performance Session guest passes!

Every Superpass gets one entry. You'll pick up your shirt at the Festival.

Bring a couple of friends to watch all the performances for FREE!

Winner will be notified by email on NOVEMBER 3

Important upcoming Festival dates:

• October 24: The TANYS 2026 Festival production cycle window closes at midnight
• October 25: TANYS adjudicators will meet to decide which productions to invite to perform at the Festival (and then will invite them)
• October 26 to November 19:
• Invited performing companies receive, fill out and return their Festival paperwork, rehearse their Festival productions, prepare to travel to Rome
• Theatre lovers from across NYS and beyond finalize their plans to travel to Rome to soak up 3 days of theatre FUN!
• November 20-22: SHOW TIME!

SUBMIT YOUR WORK TODAY for the BMI Supply Design Competition at the 2026 Festival!

Prepare and submit your entry (or two, or more!) to SHOW OFF your creative, effective, jaw-dropping design work in the BMI Supply Design Competition and Exhibition at the 2026 TANYS Festival!

DON'T DELAY! Submission deadlines are:

• November 13 for virtual entries
• November 16 for in-person entries to be set up at Festival

Whether it's Scenic, Lighting, Costume, Make-up, Hair, Sound, Special Effects, Props, Technical or Graphic Design - or design work in a different category - your theatre colleagues WANT TO SEE the results of your hard work at the Festival - especially if your design work has won a TANYS Roving Adjudicator Merit Award.

Get those entries submitted!

You might even win a CASH award!

Have you attended a TANYS home site adjudication?

If so, we want to know:

What's the best thing you learned at a TANYS adjudication?

Email your feedback to tanysfest@gmail.com!

If you like, you can include your name, theatre company and the production that was adjudicated - but it's not necessary.

We'll publish replies in our next TANYS E-News email - and on social media!

Want to request a TANYS adjudication?

CLICK HERE to fill out our online Adjudication Request form.

NOTE: only current TANYS Organizational members are eligible to request adjudications. Make sure your company is eligible!

JOIN or RENEW your Organizational membership today.

Learn more at What is Adjudication

(Pssst... Festival costs LESS when you're an Individual TANYS member)

It's no secret - just simple math!

An Individual Crew level TANYS membership + a Member rate Festival Superpass costs LESS than a non-member Festival Superpass alone.

Why pay more? Become an Individual TANYS member to get the best deal!