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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://mail-cptonline.org/c/AQiG-A0Qn6tKGJiM5csBIN2U4RR3bO6xWruG0p9AfIGZweiiITmUYDz4gjvUmYj1pe3Nqg"><span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none">Apply for SoftLaunch
2026</span></a> at CPT!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Updated Application Deadline: November 3, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">SoftLaunch</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"> is a performance
festival that seeks bold experimentation, innovation, and complete reinvention of what theatre can be.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Think installation art, immersive performance, shows for intimate audiences, and way beyond all that—it can be as far out as your
imagination will take you!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">This weekend-long festival takes place January 15, 16 and 17, 2026 at 7pm.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Audience members receive a pass and can wander as they wish to see (and be a part of) various performance experiments. We are seeking work that ranges from workshop to
fully produced. Pieces or experiences outside the theatrical play format, not plays, or at least, not the way we are used to thinking about plays…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please note that there are 4 Saturday meetings that are part of the application requirement</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">: <b>Saturdays,
10am – noon on 11/15, 12/6, 12/13 and 1/3.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more information, see SoftLaunch Application & Details:
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/softlaunch-pilot-project/"><span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none">https://www.cptonline.org/softlaunch-pilot-project/</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">If you have any questions, and/or if you would be interested in being considered as a performer (or production team member) for one of the upcoming SoftLaunch
festival projects, please email SoftLaunch Co-Line Producer, Anastasía Urozhaeva at </span><a href="mailto:aurozhaeva@cptonline.org"><span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none">aurozhaeva@cptonline.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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