Epic Shorts: Brave Enough

As part of our annual lineup of Fertile Ground performances, PDX Playwrights will once again be hosting our ever-popular Epic Shorts event! This spectacular series of curated stories will showcase a handful of 10-minute plays based around this year's chosen theme, "Brave Enough."

Participants are invited to work with the theme however they wish. The theme was inspired by Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" from the 2020 inauguration ceremony, words that still ring true today:

"[W]hen the day comes we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it, there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it."

Development

PDX Playwrights is excited to once again host our Epic Shorts event! This annual tradition allows us to showcase short plays from our own community, fully staged and produced. Past Epic Shorts playwrights have submitted their scripts for other festivals or have even expanded their works into longer, full-length plays. We’re incredibly proud to know these talented writers and support their future endeavors with their Epic Shorts scripts and all their other plays.