SUBMIT YOUR "PIZZA PIECES" FOR STORIES ABOUT PIZZA!
The Call: We're seeking original solo acts inspired by PIZZA that run 60 seconds or less. Your Pizza Pieces can be poetry, flash fiction, true tales, comedy, music, dance, you name it! If selected, you’ll perform in a live speed round of Pizza Pieces at AFS Cinema, right after a screening of Color Arc Production’s award-winning short film Pizza My Heart. Thanks to Austin PBS, our distribution partner and presenting station, Pizza My Heart is now streaming nationwide on the PBS app!
Timeline:
🍕March 1, 2026: Submissions open
🍕April 1, 2026: Submissions close (or as soon as we receive 100 submissions, whichever is sooner)
🍕May, 1, 2026 : Artist notifications (we plan to select 30-50 Pizza Performers)
🍕June 18, 2026: Show at AFS Cinema at 7:30pm
What will the Speed Round look like? Each Pizza Performer will deliver their act live on stage while a 60-second Pizza countdown clock ticks the pie slices away on AFS Cinema's big screen. When time's up, the Pizza Performer will hand off the microphone to the next Pizza Performer in a speed round format.
Selection Criteria:
- Solo acts only.
- Only one submission per performer.
- Low-Tech acts that only use a stage and a mic.
- There will be NO plug in for amplification.
- Performers may use a 60-second backing track.
- Performers must be at least 15 years of age.
- Performers must have authored the work or have performance rights to it.
- We currently plan to select 30-50 Pizza Pieces.
- Be prepared to submit a video of your Pizza Piece that's 60 seconds or less.
Link to the Submission form will be posted on colorarcproductions.com on March 1, 2026.
Submission window closes on April 1, 2026 or as soon as we receive 100 submissions, whichever is sooner.