Developmental Residency w/ Play Incubation Collective

Play Incubation Collective

is a local launchpad for new theatrical works that foster civic dialogue. PIC’s mission is two-fold:​

• To provide long-term developmental opportunities for plays that challenge the status quo

• To build a collaborative network of local multidisciplinary artists and supporters

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PIC aims to change...

the landscape of new play development by eliminating the traditional gatekeepers and letting the playwright spearhead their vision with the support of our collective of multi-disciplinary theater makers. 

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2022 Developmental Residency

Return to Abya Yala
by local playwright Aria "Lune" Acevedo

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Focusing on identity within the Indigenous community, Return to Abya Yala, takes place in Santos, an imagined San Antonio of the future. it follows the journey of Xo - a detribalized young woman. Xo seeks reconnection to roots lost from centuries of colonization and generational trauma. To the settler's eye, this future may look like an apocalyptic dystopia, but for Xo and her Indigenous community, it could be the time to finally regain stewardship of the land and heal.