First Five Pages Project Provides an Antidote to Quarantine Monotony

Authors who write for the theater often have multiple unfinished projects, scripts that they have started but not completed. This fizzling of creative energy may derive from a loss of inspiration, a character’s failing to come to life, or a story arc that stalls.

Montana Actors Theater (MAT) is inviting all playwrights who’ve started scripts to submit only the first five pages, along with a character list and setting description—if available, but not required—of something they have written. These partial scripts will be published anonymously for the public to read and provide feedback. Deadlin...