Play Incubation Collective

No longer accepting submissions

Play Incubation Collective, an emerging centerpiece of new play development in Western New England, is a collective of empowered theater artists centering stories that challenge the dominant cultural paradigm. We are seeking rolling submissions of full length and short plays and musicals from creators interested in developing lasting working relationships with our collective of artists.

This is a play development opportunity. We work in a non-hierarchical, collaborative play development process where PIC artists (a collective of theater makers from a variety of disciplines) work with the writer to further develop and fine-tune their piece. There may be opportunity for a workshop or production at the culmination of the development process.

To be eligible for development with PIC, your piece must be unpublished and actively seeking development opportunities. 

You do not have to have a fully completed draft to be considered. While we do accept submissions from any location, we highly value collaborating with local artists and prioritize writers and writing teams local to Western New England or able to travel to the area (when we are no longer in a pandemic.) 

Please review the "Mission" and "Values" sections on our webpage (www.rachelfhirsch.com/pic) to get a sense of the stories we are interested in telling before submitting. 

When you are ready to submit, you may do so at https://forms.gle/tef6UBMSmxsBTkeS7 or follow the link on the webpage. You will be able to upload a pdf or word document via that link.

If you have more than one script you would like to submit, you must fill out subsequent forms. There is no submission fee and, as you will be working with our in-house PIC artists, you need not self-produce. Please reach out to rachelhir@gmail.com with any questions.