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Find Your Footing on Stage 32: Join Our January Community Open House!

Wednesday, January 28th at 12:00 pm PT!

Every success story begins with a first step.

If you’re ready to take yours, join me, Ashley Smith, Head of Community at Stage 32, for our January Community Open House Webcast happening Wednesday, January 28th at 12:00 pm PT!

Free Registration: https://www.stage32.com/education/products/stage-32s-january-2026-community-open-house-webcast

Whether you’re chasing representation, looking for collaborators, or simply ready to stop creating in isolation, the Stage 32 Community Open House is your moment to show up, be seen, and start making real progress.

This free live event isn’t a presentation—it’s a fully interactive session led by you and guided by Ashley Smith, Head of Community at Stage 32. You’ll have the opportunity to share your goals, ask questions, and tell us exactly what resources or support you’re looking for right now in your creative journey.

Ashley will walk you through the most powerful tools and features on Stage 32, including how to build a strong profile that acts as your virtual business card—clearly showcasing your skills, interests, and creative voice. You’ll learn how to participate in the free Stage 32 Lounges in a way that positions you as someone others want to collaborate with, including how to make a compelling post, contribute to ongoing conversations, and stay consistently active in a way that builds visibility and trust.

You’ll also learn how to keep up with the latest industry news, platform updates, and community insights through the Stage 32 Blog, and how to access Stage 32 Education, Certification, and Script Services that align with your next big move.

This session will close with a live Q&A tailored specifically to your goals and questions—whether you’re a writer, director, producer, actor, editor, or someone who wears multiple hats.

Wherever you’re starting from, this is your launchpad. Join us and take that first step with intention.

If you can’t attend live, don’t worry — registering ensures you’ll receive the full recording to watch anytime from anywhere.

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I’m pleased to share that Screw, a small, contained, very dialogue-driven short, has just won Best Script at the LA Indie Short Film Festival.

It’s basically a conversation between two men on a park bench. Something that starts ordinary and slowly turns, Most of the tension lives in th...

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Ashley Renee Smith

Head of Community at Stage 32 ♦ Creative Executive, Producer, Author

January 2026 Open House Webcast

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Haley Mary

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Congratulations!

Kathryn Zizek

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I'm sharing so others can see that submitting/pitching does sometimes yield results.

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Also - I got a mention in the newsletter :) Weee

Maurice Vaughan

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- Kathryn Zizek
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Congratulations on getting a mention, Kathryn Zizek!

Vanessa Chattman 2

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- Maurice Vaughan
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Caongratulations!

Jeff Rosenberg

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Vince Madonia, thanks!!

Sara Alshahri

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Congratulations on the success, Jeff.

It’s great to see strong genre storytelling finding its way from pitch to production. Wishing you continued momentum....

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Sara Alshahri, thank you!! Here's hoping we all have a great year!!

Elle Bolan

Congratulations on all your good news!

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- Maurice Vaughan
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Elle Bolan, thank you! It's a great way to start the year

David B. Williamson

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6 days ago

I am for sure going to start putting some materials together. Every voice deserves for their voices to be heard.

Mustafa Seedo

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David B. Williamson Huge congrats—that’s an impressive achievement! Well deserved, and wishing you continued success with Pretty Little Lucy....

Thank you so much Mustafa! This journey has been wild and meaningful!

Michael David

David B. Williamson I was really, really moved by this article and deeply appreciate you sharing it with us. This sounds like a meaningful project and I hope to see it on the screen soon....

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Michael, This story is deeply personal to me and to see that it is being recieved in such a meaningful way is heartwarming. I hope that my story will help others to find their way out of the darkness and shame that they may feel after deception!

Jim Kowalski

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- Maurice Vaughan
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Thank you, Johan!

Xahid Khan

congratulations

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Thank yiu, Xahid!

Thank you, Vikki!

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You're welcome, Faraj Jaballa.

Sydney S

Congrats Faraj! Best of luck to you on the project :)

Faraj Jaballa

Thank you Sydney

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Thank you Vikki Harris

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- Harri-Pekka Virkki
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Hey, Elizabeth (Conte) Torphy. It's great to meet you. Congratulations on the interest and script requests!

It can take a while to hear back about a script request. A month, two months, etc. Sometimes...

Elizabeth (Conte) Torphy

Yes, I know of the query process all too well, but I am unfamiliar with the pitch process. Just wanted to know what others were experiencing. Thank you for your input.

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You're welcome, Elizabeth (Conte) Torphy. Hope you hear back soon and sell your script!

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Congratulations on Screw winning Best Script, Thomas Newman! "Dialogue Driven, Atmospheric Scripts Don’t Work Anymore... Right?" They can work. Any script can work. Hope you keep having success with S...

Koby Nguyen

Congratulations, Thomas.

This is a powerful reminder that atmosphere isn’t the absence of story, it is the story when it’s carried with intention.

What you describe, tension living in the gaps, in what’...

It is amazing to me that the movie industry continues to ignore elements like atmosphere, restraint, and characters. They are still gambling on franchise-driven, comic-book IP, adolescent humor, spect...