Pitch NOW: New & Out-of-the-box Works

Matching Artists & Producers with Presenters & Partners in L.A.

Pitch NOW is a forum for bold artistic ideas that need more than a stage and tour date to become reality. Creators with New or Out-of-the-box Works (NOW) can pitch their ideas to potential collaborators who get first dibs on supporting some of the most innovative projects in the performing arts today. Pitch NOW aims to turn ideas with promise into projects with partnerships and performance dates.  

 
Who: You work across disciplines, alongside social movements, in nontraditional or public spaces, outdoors, with communities or schools, or in digital or other mediated formats. You welcome collaborators such as presenters into your creative process. You are ideally a WAA member, but it’s not required.  

What: Imaginative and impactful ideas that push the boundaries of performing arts concepts. Pitch NOW highlights projects at any stage of development requiring energy and investment. 

How: A panel of performing arts stakeholders will select six applicants to present their ideas to a live audience at the WAA Annual Conference. Those selected will each have ten minutes to present their ideas and answer questions. A/V support will be provided.  

When: Pitch NOW will happen onsite during WAA^LA in 2025.
 

Amplified!

Share Your Tour-Ready Work Online

Share your project, program, or artists with those heading to WAA^LA this year!

Who: You are an artist or agent with an exciting tour-ready project, program, or artist to share. You are ideally a WAA member, but it’s not required. 

What: All ideas are welcome, but Amplified provides an ideal opportunity for large or international ensembles for whom showcasing at the conference isn’t feasible to reach a captive audience of presenters.

How: A panel of performing arts stakeholders will select multiple applicants for an online pitch session. Those selected will each have five minutes to pitch and answer questions. These sessions will be available for playback by registered conference attendees and WAA members.

When: Amplified! pitches will happen online during the summer months in the lead up to WAA^LA 2025  

We will notify applicants the results of the selection process by the end of April.

WAA  provides a safe space for dialogue where creators and collaborators can share perspectives without inhibition and practice the WAA Code of Ethics. WAA supports the intellectual rights of creators and will not tolerate the appropriation of ideas by other creators or attendees.
 

Note: All additional conference registration fees and attendance expenses are the responsibility of the applicant. All additional conference registration fees and attendance expenses are the responsibility of the applicant. It is the applicant's responsibility to confirm their eligibility to attend the conference prior to submitting. Nonmember Non-presenters (e.g. agents, managers) may attend the conference one time as a nonmember if your organization has not attended the conference before.