INKUBATOR
A New Play Development Program Designer To Support the DFW Playwright Community
The INKUBATOR program was founded to fulfill this mission for crucial members of the theatre ecosystem- playwrights! Our Inkubator is a collaborative space for brand new plays to be developed and refined. Our PMP team partners with a playwright and helps them make their new work the best version of itself through several stages of discussion and feedback and new drafts of the script leading up to a workshopped staged reading for an audience, complete with a professional director and actors.
What Your Play Needs
Our INKUBATOR program is designed to assist playwrights in bringing their vision to life. If your work isn’t finished because you’re getting hung up on something, INKUBATOR is for you.
You may be thinking…
Do all the plot points make sense?
Is my intended message coming through?
How do I make this shorter or longer?
What kind of theaters would want to produce my show and how can I make it marketable?
I can’t figure out what my show is missing!
We’re here to help!
What We Can Do
Assemble A Team
We provide a director, producers, and performers to work toward producing your work as a staged reading.
Early Feedback
You tell us what goals and questions you have for your play, then our team will discuss with you what they got out of reading it and what suggestions they have, giving you the helpful feedback you need to bring a new and improved draft into the rehearsal process.
Rehearsals
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your work is hear it aloud! The playwright will observe rehearsals, allowing us to tease out any pain points right before your eyes. We also carefully collect filtered constructive comments from the cast that you can use to further revise your script if you wish. New drafts are always welcome!
Performance
We arrange a venue and host a staged reading of your work in front of an audience! You’ll receive audience feedback via a talk-back and a carefully crafted audience survey.
Final Review
At the end of the program, we’ll offer additional insights and feedback so that you can leave feeling prepared to take your work to the next level and start getting it produced by theatre companies!
FAQs
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The play cannot be based on an existing work. (Unless that existing work is public domain.)
Straight plays only, we will not accept musicals.
The play must be full-length (at least 40 minutes). This program is not intended for "short plays".
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This program is designed for playwrights who are still in the process of developing their work. If you’d like to submit your work for us to produce in a season. If you’d like to submit please visit our “Get Involved” page.
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This program is completely free to playwrights. We believe in investing into our artistic community at every level.
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We will let you know either way if you have been selected or not. NOTE: Just because you aren’t selected for this round, doesn’t mean you won’t be selected in future. We hold on to submissions.
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This program is meant to nurture our DFW playwriting community. We ask that applicants live in the DFW area to participate.
