NEW YORK, NY — The Orchard Project (OP) announced the artists and projects joining its 2026 Episodic Lab, the organization’s summer residency devoted to television, film, and audio storytelling. The ten fellows were selected from 1700 applicants. Held on the campus of Skidmore College, the Lab brings writers together to develop pilots and series in progress through workshopping, table reads, and peer feedback alongside industry mentors.
“Television and film need writers who’ve spent real time in a room with actors, feeling how a story breathes in front of an audience,” said Ari Edelson, Founding Artistic Director of The Orchard Project. “This year’s Episodic Lab cohort brings that theatrical instinct to some of the boldest, funniest, and most urgent pilots we’ve seen — and our growing Homegrown community shows just how far these artists carry what they build with us in Saratoga.”
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