Welcome! 

The Democracy Cycle's 2025 Open Call is open as of January 13, 2025 - the application deadline has been extended and will now be open until April 16, 2025 before 5pm ET

About The Democracy Cycle

Over a five-year period beginning August 2023, The Democracy Cycle, a program of PAC NYC and Civis Foundation (a Galvan Initiatives affiliate), will commission and develop a total of 25 new performing arts works across the fields of theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. The commissioned works, to be selected over the course of three annual Rounds of Open Calls (2024, 2025, 2026), will explore themes relating to the nature, practice, and experience of democracy.

Our hope is that projects commissioned as part of The Democracy Cycle will enrich and expand the discussion around and participation in democracy  – be it in the national, state, regional, or hyperlocal community realm – as it is practiced both within the United States and worldwide. 

For more information, please review our Submission Guidelines and Application Details on the PAC NYC website as well as the Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs. 

Using Submittable 

• You will need to create a free Submittable account to submit to these forms.
• You can save a draft of your work if you would like to finish filling out the form at a later date.
• Please note that once you hit "submit" you will be able to go back to re-edit your application (this is new this year), however you then must hit "submit" again before the deadline. 
• Submittable works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. Please make sure you are using a supported browser.
• We will follow up with you about your submission by email. Please be sure to safelist notification emails from Submittable and check the email you used to sign up for your Submittable Account regularly.

Technical Questions?

Check out the Submitter Resource Center or contact Submittable Customer Support.