We are currently holding an open call for scores for our two productions, loosely planned for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027.

Beginning in our upcoming season, a $500 honorarium will be offered for each programmed work. If the work has a libretto by a living writer, this honorarium will be evenly divided between the two creators.  

We are specifically looking for works that:

• are between 25 minutes and 2 hours in length
• come directly from the composer rather than through a publisher or agency
• have a cast of 5 singers or fewer (no chorus)
• require no more than 5 instrumentalists* (including piano) OR are for piano alone. We especially encourage additional parts for saxophone, clarinet, flute, viola, and/or cello.
*only 1 of the 5 instrumentalists may be a percussionist
• engage with contemporary issues in nuanced and human ways
• have been performed two or fewer times
• priority consideration will be given to works by composers from traditionally under-programmed groups

We strongly encourage works which would be well-suited to performances in black box, cabaret,  or thrust theater stages. TSOC is a storefront opera company currently in residence at the Bramble Arts Loft in Andersonville, Chicago. 

If you have a work that you think would be a good fit for us, CLICK HERE for more details and to submit!