Juried Showcase Applications Open: WAA 2025
Applications for the Juried Showcase in Los Angeles, CA are open!
WAA’s Juried Showcase program — a core element of our annual conference — highlights artists from all performing arts disciplines. WAA’s peer panels will program and select artists to perform in the 2025 showcase. The jury will include arts practitioners from a broad range of disciplines, aesthetics, and identities.
Starting with this year’s conference, we are excited to introduce an expanded Juried Showcase program that supports three different showcase types. We are expanding the format from the standard 15-minute slot to showcases that can span up to 45 minutes.
Juried Showcase, WAA Annual Conference 2024
Industry Premiere (up to 45-minutes): An industry premiere is a showcase that exclusively features new work. It is distinct from touring or stage premieres, as it showcases unpublished or unreleased material for an audience of professionals only. For musicians, this would include new compositions or performances supporting a new body of work (such as a new record or album) that has not yet been toured.
Mixed Program (up to 30-minutes): A Mixed Program showcase would feature a variety of works, including new works, works in development, and existing pieces from the acts’ repertoire that have previously been showcased at industry events or toured.
Repertoire (up to 15-minutes): A Repertoire showcase would feature existing and toured works from an artist’s catalog. This is the standard showcase at industry events. It provides exposure to those who may not be familiar with an artist’s work, including works currently on tour or that have been performed extensively in the past.
The Showcase Committee (Jury) will ultimately determine the duration, venue, and format of the showcase in which an act is offered in this expanded program. This year’s application permits acts to specify their preferred site and showcase type (as indicated in their application materials).
WAA is on a mission to support artists and ensembles by giving them the best chance to shine. We’re hosting showcases at three different locations in Los Angeles, each with its own special vibe.
The showcases will be hosted at three sites in Los Angeles, each with a different unique experience and feel.
September 2 - The Novo @ LA LIVE
September 3 - Bovard Auditorium and other theaters on USC Campus
September 4 - Grand Performances
Find all the technical information about each venue in the Showcasing FAQs and in the Juried Showcase application. Link below.
Deadline to apply: Friday, March 14 at 5pm PT.
Applicants will be notified by end of May.
Learn more about the showcase opportunity here
Questions about the application and/or criteria?
Attend the online Conference Info Session
February 19, 2025 at 1:00pm Pacific Time