Theatre Writer Opportunities for July 2026
Spend your summer break at an international artist retreat?
Funding
BigCi Environmental Awards 2026
International artists across disciplines are invited to develop work connected to environmental concerns
Four-week residency in the Blue Mountains region
~$3,448.00 award
Deadline: August 2nd
Emergency grants or interest-free loans for professional writers in crisis (e.g. illness, eviction, loss of income)
Playwrights, composers, and lyricists are all eligible
Awards tailored to need and situation
Development
Making It Happen: Festival of 15 Minute Musicals
New short-musical festival/competition on an Off-Broadway stage in Times Square
FULLY self-produced
Winner receives $5,000
Deadline: July 6th
Season-long developmental lab for theatermakers creating investigative new work
Participants receive dramaturgical support across, culminating in a presentation series
$500 stipend, $2,600 project budget
Deadline: July 15th
Multi-phase development pipeline for one selected original musical, moving through university, regional theatre, and Off-Broadway partners over roughly 1.5–2 years
Seeking youth-centric new musical
Unspecified stipend
Deadline: July 15th
Residencies
Residencies at Pine Meadow Ranch Center in Oregon
$200/week stipend + travel reimbursement
Deadline: July 6th
Residency at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, emphasizing work that is genre-defying, visionary, or unconventional
Artists receive space, tools, and presentation opportunities
$3,000 stipend
Deadline: July 13th
4–8 weeks on the South Rim of Grand Canyon to create public-facing, place-based work that deepens public connection to the Grand Canyon - includes accommodations, stipend support, travel subsidy, supplies support, and marketing assistance
Priority for underrepresented concepts/narratives and public engagement
$800/week stipend, plus funds for travel and supplies
Deadline: July 15th
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