{"id":10201,"date":"2025-08-29T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/performingarts\/?page_id=10201"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:43:54","slug":"pegasus-playlab-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/performingarts\/pegasus-playlab-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegasus PlayLab 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-inverse mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#6e0947!important;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"h3 font-weight-normal line-height-4\"><span class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold\">Pegasus PlayLab<\/span> is a new play festival hosted every summer at the University of Central Florida. This festival is dedicated to developing new works by <span class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold\">emerging playwrights<\/span> from across the country. Two full-length plays are selected for workshops on campus, one piece brings together participants with and without disabilities to devise a completely original work, and one play is selected to receive a full developmental production on campus in UCF&#8217;s Black Box Theatre.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<!--workshops--><br \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 font-condensed text-transform-none mb-3\">Workshops | Studio 1<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"text-danger-aw mt-5\"><em>Offshoot<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Playwright: Drew Paryzer | Director: Rina Gjoka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30<\/strong><br \/>\nEach performance will be followed by a talkback with the audience<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"text-danger-aw mt-5\"><em>Eight-Hand Jig<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Playwright: MC Crosby| Director: David Sterritt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6<\/strong><br \/>\nEach performance will be followed by a talkback with the audience<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"text-danger-aw mt-5\"><em>Between Shadows and Lightness<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Directors: Sage Tokach and Ralph Krumins<\/strong><br \/>\nA devised theatre project that brings together artists with, and without disabilities to create a theatrical piece about mental health, inspired by participants personal stories as well as collages and sculptures created by visual artists with and without disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13<\/strong><br \/>\nEach performance will be followed by a talkback with the audience<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"h1 font-condensed text-transform-none mb-3\">Developmental Production<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"text-danger-aw mt-5\"><em>Raccoon Play<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Playwright: SMJ | Director: Nick Bazo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June, 11 &#8211; June, 14<\/strong><br \/>\nTalkbacks with the audience: June, 11 &#8211; June, 12<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary-lightest py-5 mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-lg btn-secondary mt-3 mb-5\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSerNzeMT-2BDkhMZhBwTrAxtE0hMwSKiSKuS3tOK_dF21Ox3A\/viewform\"\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tApply Online\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"p-4 bg-primary-lighter mb-4\"><span class=\"h5\">All submissions are due by 11:59 pm on September 12, 2025.<\/span><br \/>\nNo late submissions will be accepted. Playwrights may only submit ONE play, and playwrights CANNOT submit scripts that have previously been submitted to Pegasus PlayLab in years prior.<\/div>\n<p><strong>We will close submissions after receiving 300 potential applicants &#8211; so the sooner you submit, the better!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an equal opportunity\/affirmative action employer, UCF encourages all qualified applicants to apply, including women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of traditionally underrepresented populations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline mt-5\">Contact<\/h2>\n<p>If you have questions, email <a href=\"mailto:ucfpegasusplaylab@gmail.com\">ucfpegasusplaylab@gmail.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nPhone: 407.823.2862 \u2022 Fax: 407.823.6446<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pegasus PlayLab is a festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9588,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17,20],"class_list":["post-10201","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theatre","tag-beyond","tag-opportunities-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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