CSA Season 14 Artist Application

Welcome Artists!

Thank you for your interest in applying to the CSA 2026/2027 Season. The New Hazlett Theater invites emerging and mid-career performing artists from the Western Pennsylvania region to submit project proposals in theatre, dance, music, spoken word, or multi-disciplinary performance for inclusion in the upcoming CSA performance series. We are interested in proposals for new work or work that is currently in development.

Please fill out the following eligibility survey to determine if you can apply. If eligible, the rest of the application will open.

We are sorry, but according to your the answers that you submitted you are currently ineligible to apply to the CSA 2026/2027 Season. Please see the Eligibility requirements below. If you feel like you have made an error in your submission please contact melissa@newhazletttheater.org

Eligibility

• This project is designed for emerging and mid-career artists in pursuit of professional opportunities. Applicants must be actively engaged in the process of creating new work and be able to provide examples of original work performed within the last 2 years.
• Artists working on the project must reside in the Western Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, or Westmoreland and have intentions of remaining in the area.
• Artists with commercial representation or label affiliation are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Applicants will not be ruled ineligible if they are enrolled in a post-secondary education program; however, participation in the program will require specific time commitments, which should be considered when applying.
• Only proposals submitted through the online forum will be reviewed.
• Proposals for performance work should be in the range of 45-60 minutes. Proposals for 20-30 minute works will be accepted but may be paired with others to create a full evening-length performance. Please do not submit multiple short works on the same application.
• In order to allow as many artists as possible access to the program, lead artists selected for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 Performance Series may not apply.

As part of the residency, New Hazlett Theater will provide:

• 5 days in the theater for rehearsals and performances
• 40 hours of rehearsal time in the rehearsal room
• 2 technicians for 40 hours of tech week
• Complete show marketing
• Film and video project documentation
• Independent reviews
• An artist stipend
• A design stipend
• A material and supplies budget

In addition, New Hazlett Theater will provide $6,850 in support:

• $3,500 Artist Stipend
• $2,500 Design Fee Stipend
• $850 Equipment Rental/Materials Stipend

Upload a project budget showing how you would use $6,850 to fund your project. Allocate a dollar amount to each aspect of your project.

If you have additional secured funding for your project you may add it to the income section of your budget. Please include the source of the funding.

You are required to submit one, but may submit as many as four work samples.

If you are submitting a larger work, please use time stamps or page ranges to indicate which portion should be evaluated.

Example:

• Watch/ Listen to 2:12 – 5:15 mark.
• Read pages 1- 15 and then pages 20-30

The following item are each considered one work sample:

• A PDF draft of samples or examples for the intended work.
• A PDF portfolio not to exceed 20 pages with images or links to video
• An audio file not to exceed 10 minutes
• A video file not to exceed 5 minutes
• A PDF of a full script or libretto that you have completed in the last five years
• It is best if work samples include small portion of the work that is being proposed. Storyboards, scene drafts, drawings, and sketches are acceptable.

Files may not exceed 25 MB. To accomplish this please do the following:

• For video files, please upload to a video sharing platform such as Vimeo or YouTube. Put the link into a document and PDF the document with any required passwords for viewing.
• For audio files, please upload to an audio sharing platform such as Soundcloud or Bandcamp. Put the link into a document and PDF the document with any required passwords for listening.
• If your PDF portfolio files are too big, the platform accepts compressed (.zip) files.
  
  • To zip a file on a PC right click on the file name or icon and go to [Send To] in the drop down menu. Then select [Compressed].
  • To zip a file on a MAC, right click on the file name or icon and go to [Compress "File Name"] in the drop down menu.