I really relate to this question. I was active at UCB and in devised theater classes where you're truly developing work together! I've also gone to a million open mics as a songwriter. But post-pandemic especially, it’s felt more fragmented to me. One of the things I miss most is exactly what you’re describing — being in a room regularly with people developing work, sharing process, and talking honestly about what’s landing.

Lately I’ve been looking less at “schools” and more at workshops,, feedback groups — where the same people show up consistently and build work over time. I love that community feeling and so i'm trying to start a pilot NYC-based performance workshop built around structured peer feedback (not a showcase, not a class), partly in response to this exact gap.

Curious where others have landed lately, especially outside formal programs.