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Exclusively on Stage 32, the BIGGEST TV Drama Screenwriting Contest in the World is Back! Featuring THREE TV SERIES PRODUCERS as mentors with credits on iconic shows like GREY'S ANATOMY, LAW & ORDER, CSI, and more! Hey Stage 32 Community! Ever dreamt of seeing your TV Drama script come to life and stream on flat-screens in living rooms across the country? This is your chance to turn that dream into reality! We're proud to announce the 6th Annual Stage 32 TV Drama Screenwriting Contest to hel...

Happy Sunday, Creative Army! I hope your weekend has been a creative one so far. Whether you have been writing, filming, editing, or sketching out the next spark of an idea, I have got something today that will give you a boost. So grab your coffee, and let’s dive in. This week’s featured video comes from FilmCourage- Producers Don’t Invest In Screenplays, This Is What Really Matters. The interview features producer, distributor, and sales executive Shaked Berenson, who has marketed, sold,...

How do you interact on a Social Media Group? It is not an easy task these days. Whether it’s Facebook, Clubhouse, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Zoom- it has become easier to connect with other like-minded people across races, genders, time zones, and nations. The Covid-19 pandemic grew this way of communication even more. You may not know how or what to contribute to the conversation. Every actor or creative professional's reason for joining a social media group is different: networking, co...

More and more here on Stage 32, executives are telling us they’re looking for strong thriller projects. Our Head of Development, Geoff Faugerolas, has been keeping us apprised of these market trends through his Insider Intel blog series and the Open Writing Assignments available to Stage 32 Writer’s Room members. As a former development executive, that consistent interest sparked my curiosity. Genres are constantly evolving. The world around us changes every day, which affects the kinds of...

The most persistent delusion in modern world-building is the belief that a creator must be an omniscient cartographer. We have entered an era of the totalizing narrative, where every lineage is traced to its root and every supernatural mechanic is codified with the cold precision of a software manual. While this level of detail offers a superficial sense of density, it often inadvertently suffocates the very thing it seeks to sustain. When a fictional universe is mapped to its furthe...

Faith-based projects, once considered pariahs, are coming to the main stage. For years, faith-based projects were treated as Hollywood’s quiet outliers: stories considered too niche, too earnest, or too regional to compete on the main stage. They were often relegated to movies of the week, ultra–low budget productions, or modest theatrical releases with limited expectations. In many circles, the genre was viewed as a minor-league subcategory, barely worthy of serious development dollars. But t...

Before creating your own content was cool to do so, or everyone was talking about it; I was already doing it, not because it was strategic, but because it was necessary for me on my creative journey. I have always considered myself a multi-artist, so being boxed in or having only one title as an artist never felt right to me. Now, I didn’t call myself a writer back then. That label felt like I needed to earn it or have gone to school for it or something. But I did know I had stories to te...

Hey Stage 32 Fam, If you've ever stared at your script, day-job schedule, and empty production calendar, wondering how first-time filmmakers actually get a feature off the ground, especially while bootstrapping in a place that's not Hollywood, you're in good company. I'm Jayson Johnson, a Richmond, CA-based filmmaker and founder of Strike Five Films, and right now I'm deep in pre-production on my debut feature, R.O.G.E.R. & Me. It's a quirky rom-com about resilience, second chances, and the...

Happy Sunday, Creative Army! I hope your weekend has been a creative one so far. Whether you have been writing, filming, editing, or sketching out the next spark of an idea, I have got something today that will give you a boost. So grab your coffee, and let’s dive in. This week’s featured video comes from Film Speak- When the Actor Deserves an Oscar If you have ever watched a Josh Safdie film and felt like your pulse was trying to keep up with the edit, you are not alone. There are filmmak...

In this article, I want to explore how therapy can enhance your acting. Not therapy to address your personal well-being during a challenging role—though that’s important—but rather how specific techniques from Gestalt Therapy and EMDR can be applied in acting classes or one-on-one coaching to help actors deliver more embodied, emotionally authentic, and vulnerable performances. My Journey: From Aspiring Actor to Therapist—and Back Again Acting has always been a fascination for me. At 21, I t...