OPEN SUBMISSIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED. THEY WERE DUE AT 11:59PM PST ON DECEMBER 15, 2024.
The Orchard Project is proud to announce its 2025 lab programs, which continue to evolve in response to the ongoing challenges and opportunities facing performing artists nationally and worldwide. Our goal remains simple — to support the most innovative artists and diverse voices, helping creators to explore, create, share their work in new ways. Our hallmark Performance Lab will continue to extend its in-person footprint, and other labs will continue to allow opportunities for artists to participate from around the country and world.
The Orchard Project is accepting submissions for the following programs:
- The Orchard Project Performance Lab, for development of work intended to be performed in front of a live or virtual audience.
- The Orchard Project Greenhouse Program, for collaborators generating new works and collaborations in a multitude of forms;
- The Orchard Project Episodic Lab, for writers working on the advancement of original TV scripts;
- The Orchard Project Audio Lab, for early development of scripts and ideas in the audio storytelling form;
The Orchard Project's Performance Lab will be organized into 4 sessions. We will ask you which session you are available in the interview process. You will not be invited to join if you are only available for part of a session. Please find the session dates below:
- Session 1: Mon, June 16 - Fri, June 20, 2025
- Session 2: Sun, June 22 - Sat, June 28, 2025
- Session 3: Mon, June 30 - Fri, July 4, 2025
- Session 4: Sun, July 6 - Sun, July 13, 2025
We would like to think that our submission process is fairly straightforward, and there is no fee to submit material to The Orchard Project. If you would like to see the questions used on our submission form so that you can work on it offline, please visit this page.
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