Storytelling360

State of the Story is coming to New York.

DGA Theater — October 4, 2026

Some rooms you remember. Last October, the DGA Theater held Spike Lee, Tony Kushner, Celine Song, Lee Daniels, Michael Arndt, the Kings — writers whose work is the reason a lot of people in that audience started writing at all. It ran a full day and nobody left early.

On October 4, we’re back in the same room.

State of the Story is a full-day screenwriting conference built on one idea: the best way to learn storytelling is to hear it from the storytellers themselves. Curated panels, unscripted exchanges, and real conversation with working writers, showrunners, agents, and directors — the kind of access that usually takes a decade of introductions to earn.

GENERAL

– Full Day Pass
– General Seating in Mezzanine
(first come, first serve seat assignment in that section)
– Sponsor gifts
– Access to event content for 3 mos.
– Networking and photo opportunities

$149

PREFERRED

– Full Day Pass
– Preferred Seating in rows G-L
(first come, first serve seat assignment within those rows)
– Sponsor gifts
– Access to event content for 3 mos.
– Networking and photo opportunities

$199

VIP

– Full Day Pass
– VIP seating in rows B-F
(first come, first serve seat assignment within those rows)
– Sponsor gifts
– Access to event content for 3 mos.
– Networking and photo opportunities

$249

VIP MEET & GREET

– Full Day Pass
– Seating in Row 1
(first come, first serve seat assignment within that row)
– Post-panel Meet & Greet with participating guest speakers (Unsolicited script materials or pitching not permitted)
– VIP Gift Bag (same one our guest speakers receive)
– Access to event content for 3 mos.
– Networking and photo opportunities

$375

NY DGA THEATER SEATING CHART

DGA Theater New York — seating chart Fan-shaped seating chart for State of the Story New York 2026 at the DGA Theater showing four ticket tiers from front to back. SCREEN Stage Front Row VIP Row 1 VIP Rows B–F Preferred Rows G–L General Admission Mezzanine Seating tiers Front Row VIP — $375 VIP — $249 Preferred — $199 General Admission — $149

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