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October 15–16, 2015 , NYC BECOME A MEMBER! From the National Alliance for ’s President Welcome to our 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals! The Festival of New Musicals is, for me, the highlight of the NAMT year, bringing together 600+ Industry professionals for two days of intense focus on new musical theatre works and the remarkably talented individuals who create them. This year’s projects were selected by our dedicated Festival Committee from well over 200 submissions! We are excited not only about the quality of the work you will experience, but also about the diversity of that work and of the artists who have created it. We’re set in a City taxi and in the Depression-era South; we’re exploring the world of gaming and theatre in a post-apocalyptic world; we have a new take on Shakespeare, a real imaginary friend, a twisted story on the other side of a wall and a small-town story with a big heart. Regardless of setting or stage of development, every one of these musicals has the potential to bring something thought-provoking, funny, poignant or uplifting or, most exciting of all, a new voice—to the musical theatre field and to your audiences across the country. This Festival is about helping these shows and writers find their futures, and we thank you in advance for the support you will provide to these projects beyond this year’s Festival.

NAMT believes that the best way to serve you, our Festival audience, is to give our Festival writers every possible opportunity to showcase their best work. For us, that means providing our writers with a creative development experience free from financial and administrative burdens. NAMT assumes the costs NAMT’s 160 organizational and 40 individual members are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world. of producing and marketing the Festival, handles all administration and logistics and takes no royalty stake in future productions. Put simply: the writers focus on writing. At the Festival of New Musicals, members receive priority seating, admission to the closing cocktail party and Our sponsors, donors and advertisers make that single-minded focus possible by supporting the Festival and supporting NAMT now and throughout the exclusive opportunities to meet the writers and discuss collaboration with other members. year. Thank you! Many thanks, too, to the Festival Committee, our wonderful NAMT staff and all of you, our audience.

Enjoy the Festival! Be a part of our national conversation on the future of the American musical!

"There is no other organization in the world that services the development and production of Donna Lynn Hilton President, National Alliance for Musical Theatre new musicals like NAMT. Period." -Sue Frost, Tony Award-winning producer, Junkyard Dog Productions From the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s executive director Other member benefits include: S o Glad ou’reY Here! ► Network, brainstorm and share ideas at two annual conferences People have commented that NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals is a two-day event that runs all year-round. They may have meant it jokingly, but as with most jests, there’s great truth there! Most obviously, even as we spend two days together for this 27th Annual Festival, the application materials for the 28th Annual Festival are available online. More importantly, while the Festival is the most visible part of our effort to support writers and their new shows, the ► Support your new works at all levels of development through the less obvious work is constant and continuing as we strive to help our Festival alumni writers find the next best steps for their pieces and their careers. In National Fund for New Musicals addition, we offer programs to bring writers together to learn from each other and from our members, and we provide grants through our National Fund for New Musicals to member theatres working with talented writing teams on exciting new pieces.

► Knowledge Exchange webinars on targeted topics let you learn new Meanwhile, back at the Festival… Each year our incredible, hard-working Festival Committee of member volunteers has a daunting task: to select eight techniques without leaving your desk shows from a huge (more than 220 this year!) and remarkably strong pool of submissions through a blind review process. Their sage dedication gives us this extraordinary—and extraordinarily diverse—Festival.

► Publications and Surveys with industry news and vital benchmarks the shows are picked, we rely on our sponsors, donors and advertisers to take them from page to presentation. A tremendous thank you to all of you who make this Festival happen! ► Participate in the revenue-generating Set and Costume Registry And thanks, too, to every one of you for attending. Each of you is a vital part of the development process—we hugely appreciate your participation.

► Online resources, including a detailed membership directory, Enjoy the Festival, production histories and new works database

► Special Discount Offers and more! Betsy King Militello Executive Director, National Alliance for Musical Theatre Visit namt.org/member for more information, or ask people with member badges about their NAMT experience!

Photo credits: Bonfire Night at the 2012 Festival (Ric Kallaher); (Festival 2004), (Craig Schwartz); Pregnancy Pact (Festival 2011), Weston Playhouse (Tim Fort); of the Blue Ridge at the 2011 Festival (Ric Kallaher); NAMT Fall Conference 2012 (Ma‹ Tolbert); NAMT Spring Conference 2014 (Jeff Loeb), NAMT Spring Conference 2013 (Sean Brennan, Shakespeare Theater); National Fund recipient The Circus in Winter (Festival 2012), (Diane Soblewski); National Fund recipient The Fortress of Solitude, (Doug ) 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals aBout Namt aNd the Festival 3

aBout the NatioNal alliaNce For musical theatre The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, founded in 1985, is a not-for-profi t organization serving the musical theatre community. Our mis- sion is to advance musical theatre by:

• Nurturing the , development, production and presentation of new and classic musicals • Providing a forum for the sharing of resources and information relating to professional musical theatre through communication, networking and programming EXCELLENT • Advocating for the imagination, diversity and joy unique to musical theatre

Our 160 organizational members and 40 individual members, located throughout 34 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world, and include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs and individual producers.

memBershiP sNaPshot aBout the Festival oF NeW musicals (as of September 14, 2015) The purpose of the Festival of New Musicals is to create a nurturing Last season, the NAMT members collectively... environment for discovery, development and advancement of the AMBITIOUS musical theatre art form. The National Alliance for Musical Theatre PAIGE PRICE • Employed over 31,000 people seeks to do this with a focus on quality, diversity and new voices in Executive Artistic Director • Staged nearly 24,000 performances att ended by more than 9.6 order to best serve our membership, who represent today’s leading theatreaspen.org million people musical theatre producers and developers. • Entertained over 500,000 subscribers The objectives and goals of the Festival are to: • Provided education programs for over 1 million students and teachers • Showcase new musicals that are diverse in ethnicity, subject • Had operating budgets totaling over $550 million matt er, style and concept CELEBRATING 85 YEARS OF HISTORY. • Encourage future productions of new musicals • Performed in 260 facilities housing over 165,000 seats • Promote new work and new voices • Nurture composers, lyricists and book writers • Stimulate networking opportunities for NAMT members and theatre professionals • Provide a forum to spark new collaborations and ventures THE HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES AND THE

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE ON ITS 27th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS.

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National Alliance for New Musicals • HlfPg 8” x 5.125” 2015 Program Ad The cast of NAMT Member ’s world-premiere musical (Fest ’13). Photo by Jim Carmody. 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals Namt Board oF directors aNd staFF 5

Namt Board oF directors

Donna Lynn Hilton Kenny Alhadeff Kent Gash Goodspeed Musicals (CT), President Junkyard Dog Productions (NY) NYU Tisch New Studio (NY) Jeff Loeb Michael Baron Mark S. Hoebee The Hollywood Pantages (CA), Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (OK) (NJ) President-Elect Lisa Grele Barrie Mike Isaacson Kevin Moriarty North Carolina Theatre (NC) The Muny (MO) Dallas Theater Center (TX), Vice President Rick Boynton Buck Mason Phil Santora Chicago Shakespeare Theater (IL) McCoy-Rigby Entertainment (CA) TheatreWorks (CA), Vice President Wayne Bryan Betsy King Militello COMING THIS SEASON TO... Michael G. Murphy Music Theatre Wichita (KS) National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NY) The Old Globe (CA), Treasurer AT&T Performing Arts Center (Dallas)* Straz Center for the Performing Arts Elisbeth Challener Paige Price Peter Rothstein (TX) Theatre Aspen (CO) Theatre Theater Latt é Da (MN), Secretary Denver Center for the Performing Arts Barter Theatre Keith Cromwell Mark D. Sylvester Michael Jenkins Red Mountain Theatre (AL) Walnut Street Theatre (PA) Blumenthal Performing Arts Center* Utah Shakespeare Festival Dallas Summer Musicals (TX), Marsha S. Brooks *designates NAMT member organization and many more! Board Emeritus Liaison Brooks & Distler (NY), Legal Counsel NOW BOOKING AND LICENSING FOR THE 2016 SEASON AND BEYOND! Board emeritus For more information, email [email protected] Michael Jenkins John Holly Jim Mercer or call 212-354-6510 Dallas Summer Musicals (TX), Pittsburgh CLO (PA) Robb Hunt Board Emeritus Liaison Village Theatre (WA) Harriet Schlader Randy Adams Woodminster Summer Musicals (CA) Van Kaplan Junkyard Dog Productions (NY) Pittsburgh CLO (PA) Stewart Slater Judith Allen Richard Lewis Steve Stett ler Bud Franks Musical Theatre (CA) Weston Company (VT) Nancy Gibbs Bridget McDonough Marty Wiviott 321 Theatrical Management (NY) Light Opera Works (IL) The Hollywood Pantages (CA)

Namt staFF Betsy King Militello Branden Huldeen Imani Champion Executive Director New Works Director Offi ce Coordinator Adam Grosswirth Jen Whitt on Talmage Wise Membership Director Development Associate Program Intern Karin Nilo Program Assistant

Photo: Andrew Pogue sPecial thaNKs In one year 2,272 rehearsal hours elevate practice to perfect, Michael, Erin, Andrew and the rest of the staff at New World Stages; CAP21 for our rehearsal spaces; Walt and Tom at AEA; Alvin J. Bart for 2,200 students grow theatre wings, and DREAM BIG. printing this beautiful program; Atlas Party Rentals, Carroll Music and PRG for providing equipment and their continued support; all of our volunteers who 100,000 nails and screws raise sets from sketch to stage. will help you get to the right place; the Festival Subcommitt ee for helping us screen and evaluate over 220 submissions this year; the Festival Committ ee for their tireless work evaluating and debating this year’s submissions so rigorously when selecting this Festival; Jared Rutherford for helping us design our new sign posts; Goodspeed Musicals for building the new sign posts and printing our banners; New York Song Space for hosting our Welcome Writers Party; FK Partners; and the NAMT Festival Consultants who make sure that each show and writing team get their chance to shine today! zachtheatre.org ❘ 512-476-0541 x1 ❘ 202 S. Lamar, Austin, Texas Subsidized studio space provided by A.R.T./New York Creative Space Grant, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 6 Namt memBers 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals thaNK You to our sPoNsors 7

Florida State University College of Music— Pace New Musicals (New York, NY) Music Theatre Program (Tallahassee, FL) Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) Henry Fonte (New York, NY) Namt memBers Perfect Pitch Musicals Ltd. (, England) Michael Fox (West Valley City, UT) thaNK You to our sPoNsors Phoenix Entertainment (Frederick, MD) THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Bud Franks (Vallecito, CO) as of september 20, 2015 Pi sburgh CLO (Pi sburgh, PA) Fredericia Theater & New Works Development Centre Uterus (Fredericia, DK) Pi sburgh Musical Theater (Pi sburgh, PA) NAMT is very grateful to the following (Lancaster, PA) GOLDGOLD SPONSORSSPONSORS , Inc. (New York, NY) organizations whose contributions support Goodspeed Musicals (East Haddam, CT) (New York, NY) our mission to nurture the creation, Gorgeous Entertainment Inc. (New York, NY) The Public Theater (New York, NY) development and production of new musicals: Charles Gray (Pi sburgh, PA) Kevin Purcell, (Rhinebeck, NY) Greg Schaff ert Productions (Long Island City, NY) 11th Hour Theatre Company (, PA) Rainbow Stage (, MB) Sarahbeth Grossman (New York, NY) 321 Theatrical Management (New York, NY) Red Mountain Theatre Company (, AL) Deborah Haber (Rochester, NY) 3-D Theatricals (Long Beach, CA) Riverside Theatre Inc. (Vero Beach, FL) Lindsay Harris (New York, NY) The (The, Sea le, WA) RKO Stage Productions (New York, NY) Adam Hartsock (Stoughton, MA) Acting Up Stage Company (Toronto, ON) Spencer Ross (Denver, Colorado) Kari Hayter (Northridge, CA) William Adler (Mountain View, CA) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow, Scotland) John Holly (Valley Village, CA) Alchemation (New York, NY) Sam State University, The Dept. of Theatre & Musical Theatre The Hollywood Pantages (, CA) (Huntsville, TX) Judith Allen (Charleston, SC) The Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton, OH) Ma Schicker (Houston, TX) American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) Isaac Hurwitz (New York, NY) SDSU MFA Musical Theatre Program (San Diego, CA) Apples and Oranges Arts (Irvine, CA) Illinois Wesleyan University School of Theatre Arts BFA Seaview Productions (Branford, CT) April 30th Entertainment Inc. (Toronto, ON) in Music Theatre (Bloomington, IL) Segal Centre for Performing Arts (Montreal, Quebec) (New York, NY) In Tune Conference (Touchstone Theatre) (, BC) Sharon Playhouse (Sharon, CT) Artpark and Company (Lewiston, NY) Junkyard Dog Productions (New York, NY) Marilynn Sheldon (Sea le, WA) The Arvada Center (Arvada, CO) Cheryl Kemeny (Norwalk, CT) Sheridan College, Canadian Music Theatre Project (Oakville, ON) ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop (New York, NY) Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance (Kent, OH) Stewart Slater (San Jose, CA) Aurora Theatre (Lawrenceville, GA) Kierstead Productions, Inc. (New York, NY) Adelaide Sleeman (Troy, NY) Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music (Berea, OH) La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, CA) Somerled Charitable Foundation (Duxbury, MA) Leland Ball (New York, NY) Lake Dillon Theatre Company (Dillon, CO) Stacey Mindich Productions (New York, NY) Ball State University -- Department of Theatre and Dance (Muncie, IN) Susan Lambert (Pasadena, CA) Stage Aurora Theatrical Company (Jacksonville, FL) Lynne e Barkley (New York, NY) Rocco Landesman (New York, NY) Tony Stimac (Stamford, CT) Barrington Stage Company (Pi sfi eld, MA) Lark Play Development Center (New York, NY) SILVER SPONSORS Nicholas Stimler (New York, NY) SILVER SPONSORS Melissa Bencic (Mississauga, ON) Judy Lavin (Highland Park, IL) Lauren Taslitz (Winnetka, IL) Berkeley Playhouse (Berkeley, CA) Leicester Theatre Trust (Leicester, Leicestershire) Temple Theaters (Philadelphia, PA) Berlind Productions (New York, NY) Lied Center for Performing Arts (, NE) Theater La é Da (Minneapolis, MN) Blumenthal Performing Arts (Charlo e, NC) Light Opera Works (Wilme e, IL) Theatre Aspen (Aspen, CO) BMI Musical Theatre Workshop (New York, NY) Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK) Theatre By The Sea (Matunuck, RI) The Boston Conservatory (Boston, MA) Maine State Music Theatre (Brunswick, ME) Theatre C (New York, NY) Boston Music Theatre Project at Suff olk University (Boston, MA) Jennifer Manocherian (New York, NY) Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, TX) Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) Margot Astrachan Production (New York, NY) TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, CA) The Broadway Rose Theatre (Tigard, OR) Marrio Theatre (Lincolnshire, IL) Theatr na nÓg (Neath, Wales) Brooks & Distler, A orneys at Law (New York, NY) MARS Theatricals, Inc. (New York, NY) Third Coast Creative (Houston, TX) Cabrillo Music Theatre (Thousand Oaks, CA) McCoy Rigby Entertainment (Yorba Linda, CA) Transport Group Theatre Company (New York, NY) California Musical Theatre (Sacramento, CA) MCC Theater (Manha an Class Company) (New York, NY) Triptyk Studios (New York, NY) California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Mercury Musical Developments (London, England) Troika Entertainment LLC (Gaithersburg, MD) CAP21—Collaborative Arts Project 21 (New York, NY) The Mercury Theater Chicago (Chicago, IL) Troy University (Troy, AL) Capital City Theatre (WI) State University Department of Theatre (East Lansing, MI) University of Miami, Department of Theatre Arts/ Ring Casa Mañana Musicals (Fort Worth, TX) Millikin University, Department of Theatre and Dance (Decatur, IL) Theatre (Coral Gables, FL) GOLDGOLD EXHIBITORSEXHIBITORS Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles, CA) Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ) University of Northwestern St. Paul (St. Paul, MN) CGM Productions, LLC (St. Louis, MO) Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis (The MUNY) (St. Louis, MO) Kara Unterberg (New York, NY) Imani Champion (New York, NY) Alan Muraoka (Los Angeles, CA) Uptown Players (Dallas, TX) Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Chicago, IL) The Music and Theatre Company (Santee, CA) Utah Festival Opera Company (Logan, UT) EXHIBITOREXHIBITOR Dallas Summer Musicals (Dallas, TX) Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, KS) V.J. Colonna Productions, Inc. (Wilton Manors, FL) Dallas Theater Center (Dallas, TX) Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln, NE) Village Theatre (Issaquah, WA) Natasha Davison (Austin, TX) NETworks Presentations (Columbia, MD) Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) Bruce Dean (Toronto, ON) New Musicals Inc. (North Hollywood, CA) WaterTower Theatre (Addison, TX) Delaware Theatre Company (DE) New Barn (New York, NY) Weitzenhoff er School of Musical Theatre, Production Support Provided By Disney Creative Entertainment (Glendale, CA) North Carolina Theatre (Raleigh, NC) University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) Diversionary Theatre Productions (San Diego, CA) NYU, Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (New York, NY) Western Illinois University Department of Theatre and Dance (Macomb, IL) Theatre (Hammonton, NJ) NYU, Tisch New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre Weston Playhouse Theatre Company (Weston, VT) East of Doheny (Beverly Hills, CA) and Acting (New York, NY) Spencer Williams (San Jose, CA) Michael Einfeld (North Hollywood, CA) Octopus Theatricals (Princeton, NJ) The Winter Park Playhouse (Winter Park, FL) The Festival of New Musicals and Fall Conference are supported in part by a Kathy Evans (Staatsburg, NY) (Ogunquit, ME) Woodminster Summer Musicals (Oakland, CA) Lily Fan (New York, NY) The Old Globe (San Diego, CA) Wooran Foundation (Seoul, South Korea) generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and by public Fiddlehead Theatre Company (Dedham, MA) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (St. Paul, MN) Frank Young (Houston, TX) funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. Sean Patrick Flahaven (New York, NY) Stuart Ostrow (Houston, TX) ZACH Theatre (Austin, TX) 8 Namt coNtriButors 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals Namt coNtriButors 9 Namt coNtriButors $200 to $499 We thank the following individuals, government agencies, organizations and foundations for supporting the Randy Adams** Drama Queen Graphics^ Max Grossman Mark Madnick Dick Scanlan^^ National Alliance for Musical Theatre and our mission to nurture the development and production of new Lisa Adler Dan Ellison Jill Hawkins Bridget McDonough** Stewart Slater** musicals. This listing represents contributions from October 1, 2014 to October 1, 2015. Judith Allen** Charlie Fink Larry Hirschhorn Ann McNamee Tony Spinosa Michael Baron* Stephen Gabriel Mark S. Hoebee* Patrick Pearson Lauren Stevens Mark Clements Fred Gilbert John Holly** Dale Rieth Third Coast Creative $50,000+ Jack Dalgleish Brian Goldenberg and Richard Kagan Jill Romano Warner Bros. Paul Daigneault Alisse Lee-Goldenberg Si Kahn^^ Laurie Sansom Theatre Ventures National Endowment for the Arts Dodger Properties, LLC Goodman Theatre Dimitry Koltunov Phil Santora* Gerard vanHeerden $10,000 to $49,999 $50 to $199 Anonymous~ Kathryn and Raymond Harbert~ The Shubert Foundation Arthur Lafrentz Bacon^^ Dan Collins^^ Robb Hunt** Peter and Theresa Piliero Steve Stett ler** The Alhadeff Family Charitable The Hollywood Pantages ^~ Stacey Mindich Productions~ Pamela Billig Rhonda Coullet Kelly Kirkpatrick* Raymond Sage Nick Stimler Foundation~« Julie Boardman Christopher Dimond and Stacey Luft ig^^ Geoff William Scott ^^ Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals^ Michael Kooman^^

* Member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Board of Directors (FY 15 and/or FY 16) $2,500 to $9,999 ** Member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Emeritus Board th The 5th Avenue Theatre^ Disney Theatrical Productions Music Theatre International^ Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.^ ^ Sponsor or Exhibitor at the Spring ’14 Conference, Festival & Fall Conference ’15 and/or 2014 & 2015 46 Minute Concerts † In-kind Sponsor Arts & Analytics^ Dramatists Guild Fund Music Theatre Wichita^ Theatre Under The Stars^ « Supporter of NAMT’s Strategic Plan development ASCAP Foundation Irving FK Partners† New York State Council Ticketmaster^ ~ Supporter of the National Fund for New Musicals Caesar Fund~ on the Arts ^^ Festival Alumni Writer The Foundation TRG Arts^ Blumenthal Performing Arts^ Goodspeed Musicals^ Noël Coward Foundation Universal Stage Productions^ CAP21† The Old Globe^ Patron Technology^ Barbara Whitman Productions^ Chicago Shakespeare Theater^† ^ Pitt sburgh CLO^ ZACH Theatre†† Dallas Summer Musicals^ Municipal Theatre Association of Samuel French, Inc.^ St. Louis (The MUNY)^ Walter Stearns Calling all $1,000 to $2,499 Composers, Lyricists ABE Charitable Foundation Mindy Ellmer Ann Loughridge Kerr Carolyn and Marc Seriff Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff * Kathy Evans* Rodgers & Hammerstein Deanna Serra Audience View^ Bud Franks** Foundation Tara Smith^^ McCoy-Rigby Entertainment^ & Book Writers! Louise Beard Friars Foundation Mark D. Sylvester* Rick Boynton* Nancy Gibbs** R. James Mercer** Kara Unterberg† Cinevative^ Bob and Marge Healing Kevin Moriarty* Lisa Webster Have a new, unproduced musical Elisbeth Challener* Jennifer and Doug Houser Sandy Morrell Rooney Lynne Wheeler comedy or revue for 5 actors or fewer? Easy~Ware^ Michael Jenkins** Production Pro^ Marty Wiviott ** Pittsburgh CLO is now accepting submissions for upcoming seasons. Alison and Jim Gorrie SD&A Teleservices^ Photo: World premiere musical Judge Jackie Justice - The Trials of $500 to $999 Love (2014), music by Michael Kooman, book and lyrics by Christopher Dimond, based on an original concept by Phillip Barnett Donna Lynn Hilton* Jeff and Cristen Loeb* Paige Price and Kathy Speer and Van Kaplan (Commissioned by Pittsburgh CLO). Wayne Bryan* InstantEncore^ Christopher Lueck Nevin Steinberg Terry Grossman Left to Right: Maggie Carr, Kara Mikula & Connor McCanlus Paper Mill Playhouse^ Theatrical Rights Worldwide Keith Cromwell* Van Kaplan** Betsy King Militello* Photo: Matt Polk Dramatic Publishing Mark Karafi lis Ann Miner, Talkin’ Broadway Peter Rothstein* TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Wendy Federman Richard Lewis** Marianne Mills Harriet Schlader** Turku City Theatre Ltd. Henry Fonte* Liza Lerner Michael Murphy* Glenn Slater and Please visit pittsburghCLO.org for complete details and submission guidelines. Wendy Wilf^^ 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals Festival committee aNd staFF 11 GOODSPEED MUSICALS 2015 Festival oF some receNt Festival successes Join us for this brand new musical! NeW musicals committee Mara Isaacs Amy Corcoran Jacob Padrón OCT 23 - NOV 16 (Co-Chair), Octopus Dallas Summer The Public Theater (NY) Theatricals (NJ) Musicals (TX) The Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, Conn. David Pepin Baldwin Wallace Paige Price Keith Cromwell University (OH) Book by Elizabeth A. Davis (Tony Nomination: Best (Co-Chair), Theatre Red Mountain Theatre Supporting Actress for Once) and Chris Henry Aspen (CO) Company (AL) Michael Rubinoff Music by Elizabeth A. Davis, Luke Holloway, and Canadian Music Theatre Kelley Kirkpatrick Dana Harrel Jason Michael Webb Project at Sheridan (Chair Emeritus), Disney Creative College (ON) Lyrics by Elizabeth A. Davis Center Theatre Group Entertainment (CA) Directed by Kim Weild (CA) Megan Larche Greg Schaff ert Dominick Greg Schaff ert Bob Alwine This brand new musical tells the unlikely story The MUNY (MO) Productions (NY) of a homeless Native American and a Texas Goodspeed Musicals (CT) beauty queen who ultimately discover that Robert Lee Stephanie Yankwitt NYU Tisch School of the Barrington Stage there’s more to family than what you see. It’s Carlos Armesto Arts - Graduate Musical Company (MA) a uniquely American story with a progressive Theatre C (NJ) Chip Zien, , Harriet Harris and Michael X. Martin in It Shoulda Been You Theatre Writing Program (Fest ’09) on Broadway. Photo by Joan Marcus. Americana beat. (NY) and NAMT Festival Alumnus Writer 860.873.8668 • goodspeed.org Michael Gennaro or Donna Lynn Hilton at 860.873.8664 Festival staFF Branden Huldeen Lisa Dozier Producing Director General Manager

Michael Cassara Natalie Gershtein Adam Hitt Casting Line Producer, Stage 2 Graphic Designer Casting Director Karin Nilo Sofi a Cabrales Chris “Waffl es” Line Producer, Volunteer Management Wathen Songwriters Showcase Assistant, BFA Theatre Management, Production Supervisor The Sandman (Fest ’13) and Bleeding Love (Fest ’12) in their World Premiere productions University of Miami Jesse Rothschild at NAMT Member Fredericia Theater in Denmark. Photo by Søren Malmose. David Fowler Line Producer, Sound Designer Songwriters Cabaret Beth Brennan General Management Joe Trentacosta and Ric Kallaher Assistant, BFA Theatre Karen Greco Festival Photographer Management, University of Miami David Earl and salutes all of Frankie Dailey Jeff Sherwood Line Producer, Stage 3 Sound Engineers

the 2015 festival Rehearsal for a staged reading of Stu for Silverton (Fest ’14) at NAMT Member Theater Latt é Da. Photo by Emilee Elofson. ParticiPants

Simone Webbe, Taofi que Folarin, Leanne Jones and tuts.com Daniel Buckley in Three Li le Pigs (Fest ’13) on the West End, London. Photo by Alastair Muir. 12 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals Festival selectioN Process 13

2015 Festival selectioN Process OUr eValUatION PrOceSS HaS For our 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals, NAMT received 223 submissions from around the world. The submitt ed shows were at all the diff erent stages of development, from shows that have never had tHree PHaSeS: more than a table reading to ones that have had multiple regional productions. Our process to fi lter from R&H Theatricals from the fi eld of 223 down to the eight you will see at the Festival started in early January and was completed in mid-. The evaluation process is carefully craft ed and executed to ensure that we are rOUNd 1 Musicals able to present an exciting and varied, top-notch Festival each year. (January-March) NAMT assembles a 15-person committ ee composed of NAMT Members from across the world to • A 20-page excerpt and demo is evaluated represent the membership and the industry. Each member sits on the committ ee for 2–3 years. The by three members of the Festival Screening Festival selection process is overseen by the Festival Producing Director, who moderates the two subcommitt ee (a group of additional NAMT committ ee meetings; neither he nor other NAMT staff members, however, express opinions or vote members brought on to help with the volume on which shows are selected for the Festival. All committ ee members are required to sign a Code in the initial round) of Integrity that outlines expected conduct as well as our need for confi dentiality and transparency • About one-third of the shows are selected to throughout the process. move on, based on the scores given to them by the evaluators Our evaluation process is blind, meaning the materials sent to the committ ee for review do not contain the writers’ names, agent names or development history of the project. The committ ee members do not know if a show is writt en by someone still in high school or by a winner of multiple Tony® awards; round 2 they know only the work that is on the page and on the demo cd. This blind process is key to the (March-May): integrity of the Festival selection process, and we rigorously maintain the blind nature of the evaluation • Each show sent on to this round is fully read process at every phase. and evaluated by four members of the Festival Committ ee • The Committ ee has a full-day meeting to select the shows that are the strongest contenders for the Festival, based not only www.rnh.com on the scores on their evaluations, but also on the excitement and for each piece expressed by committ ee members at this in- person meeting. Disney’s My Son Pinocchio • Around 20 shows are selected to become rentals semi-fi nalists for the Festival. round 3 (May-June): • All semi-fi nalist shows are read and evaluated by the entire committ ee. • The chair emeritus (the prior year’s senior FeStIVal chair) of the committ ee returns for this round 28 to add a fresh pair of eyes and ears. • Writers are permitt ed to submit revisions of the script or demo for this fi nal review. • The Committ ee has a full-day meeting to select the eight shows that will make the 44 years of Broadway-quality NEW FOR 2015: best Festival, including shows at all stages of performances have given Music development and of all shapes, sizes, styles Hello, Dolly! Theatre Wichita the marvelous and topics. ntals .org opportunity to sew & saw, Disney’s MUSIcalS My Son Pinocchio weld & wire, paint & package We continuously refi ne our selection process

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re (sets-props-backdrops-costumes- on selecting great musicals that showcase the variety of voices writing today. Through projections) packages for more COMING IN 2016: the Festival, we look forward to welcoming than 70 shows. We add more Mamma Mia! more wonderful new musicals into the greater packages each year and ship Newly refurbished musical theatre canon. We know that you nationwide. Complete details and Beauty and the Beast will be inspired and moved by this year’s descriptions, along with hundreds and Oklahoma! selections, and we are excited to share with of color images, can be found at you what is next in new musicals. our website, mtwrentals.org. Hello, Dolly! mtw 28 28 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals NaviGatiNG the Festival 15 NaviGatiNG the Festival schedule: We present each musical once on Thursday and once on Friday. You can fi nd a copy of the schedule on the back cover. Feel free to see whatever shows you choose, even if you didn’t register for that presentation, but if the presentation is full, those who registered for that presentation will get to enter fi rst. Your selected schedule is on the back of your badge. If you have a General Industry Pass (white badge), you are not guaranteed entry to any of the presentations and will be seated on a space-available basis. Passes: Your pass (also referred to as your badge) designates you as a member of the Theatre Industry. You must have it visible at all times! There are four levels of passes:

BLUE Premiere Pass (priority access to all events) YELLOW Select Pass (priority access to all events except the closing party) PINK Access Pass (secondary access to all presentations and Showcase, no access to Cabarets, Panel or Party) WHITE General Pass (tertiary access to all presentations, no access to Showcase, Cabarets, Panel or Party) If you want to upgrade your pass and your experience at the Festival, please speak to anyone at the check-in desk located on the mezzanine level by The Green Room Lounge. Premiere and Select Pass holders have complimentary access to wi-fi while at New World Stages, sponsored by Barbara Whitman Productions. A unique password will be emailed each morning or can be obtained from a NAMT staff member. the liNes: There are 3 lines for each theatre and they enter in this order:

1) BLUE & YELLOW Badges—on the Orchestra level against the light wall 2) PINK Badges—For Stage 2 will line up just outside the Stage 2 entrance of the Mezzanine level. For Stage 3 will line up on the Orchestra level just to the right of the Stage 3 entrance. 3) WHITE Badges—on the Mezzanine level in the main part of the lobby outside the entrance to the respective stages. Note: this line will queue on the Mezzanine level for Stage 3 but will then be asked to head downstairs when it is time to enter the theatre. If you have physical restrictions that make this diffi cult, please speak to a House Manager or Usher.

Out of respect to your fellow patrons, we ask that no one saves seats in the theatre for anyone entering on a later line. meet the Writers: There will be 30 minutes between each reading, which is the perfect time to meet the writers at their table on the Orchestra level, drop off a business card and pick up a demo. But don’t go too far away, because the next reading will start sooner than you think! other thiNGs to KeeP iN miNd: • The Green Room Lounge is open all day except for an hour before lunch (so we can set-up for the Songwriter Cabarets) so come for a drink (cash bar), meet up with colleagues and take a break! Alcoholic beverages can be purchased starting at lunch. The Lounge is located on the Mezzanine level near the entrance. • Between shows, don’t forget to swing by the Orchestra level and meet our exhibitors who have products and services of interest to your organization. • Don’t forget your badge...without a badge, you cannot gain access to the events! • Please turn off your cell phone during all events. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

NAMT NAMTFEST FACEBOOKCOM/NAMTMUSICALS QuestioNs? The NAMT Board, Staff and Festival Committ ee have special ribbons on their badges, so please approach any of us with questions about NAMT Membership, the Festival or the shows. You can also always head to the main check-in table outside The Green Room Lounge for help. We are here to ensure that you have a great time at our 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals...enjoy!

The Festival of New Musicals is supported in part by a generous award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals costs oF liviNG 17

For more information: Book, Music & Lyrics: Marc Orsini, [email protected] Timothy Huang “Costs of Living off ers a stirring, close-up view of an immigrant Director: Marlo Hunter experience—two sides of the same coin—in a tale that is both hopeful Music Director: Rich Silverstein and tragic. Timothy Huang has cra ed a powerful story, with Genre: Urban drama with comedic melodies and characters that will haunt you for days. ” elements, for those 13 and older —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Cast Size: 8 Ideal Band Size: Piano, bass, drums & 5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw 1. Costs of Living was inspired by, though not based upon, a 2009 New York Times article by Corey Kilgannon called Night and Day about two immigrant THE BMI LEHMAN ENGEL Based on a true story, Costs of Living chronicles the lives of two cab drivers whose partnership began with promise and ended in tragedy. Mr. immigrant cab drivers who come to New York for the American dream Kilgannon liked it so much he wrote a follow-up article about the musical itself. but instead find a nightmare scenario. Set to a rock and pop theatre 2. Costs of Living is very much a musical that behaves like a play. In fact, score, featuring a predominantly Asian-American ensemble. Playwright recommended it to the American Playwriting Foundation’s Relentless Award (the Philip Seymour Hoff man one), despite a Costs of Living originated as a second-year project in the BMI Lehman very clear guideline barring musicals of any kind. Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in 2010. It was a selection of the 2011 3. You might not think it from the description, but parts of Costs of Living are ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop and the 2012 BMI Master Class kind of hilarious. moderated by . It received a full workshop in 2012 4. With the proliferation of Asian-American stories in the mainstream, Costs through the New York Theatre Barn. Nominations: 2014 Award, of Living represents the next step in that evolutionary chain: a “Third 2013 Weston New Musical Award, 2014 American Harmony Prize (Curtain Generation” story that isn’t about acclimation or immigration, but the impact CONGRATULATE Call). Finalist: 2012 Award and 2011 American Harmony Price. of those things on the American tapestry. Winner: 2015 New American Musical Award (B-Side Productions) and 2013 5. Costs of Living has been in development for a few years with many readings Jerry Harrington Award (BMI). and workshops. We are looking for a staged workshop and/or production ALL THE MUSICAL THEATRE of the show, and are also open to seeking involvement from commercial Timothy Huang: Composer. Lyricist. Asian dude. Recent producers. Our hope is to get the show out there to as wide an audience as possible wherever possible. WRITERS WHO ARE REPRESENTED works include: Peter and the Wall (DG Fellowship, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), A Relative Relationship TH (2013 Sound Bites Festival Winner: Best Musical), IN THE NAMT 27 ANNUAL Timothy Huang: Chinese or Crazy? (NYTB) and Crossing Over (NAAP). Other works include: LINES: A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS Song Cycle (NYMF), The View from Here (Talkinbroadway.com’s Top 10 Cast of 2006) and Death and Lucky (MacDowell Fellowship). Timothy is the recipient of a 2013 Jerry Harrington Award, a 2012 Fred Ebb Award finalist and a 2012–2013 Dramatist Guild Fellow. www.timothyhuang.net AND THANKS TO NAMT NAMT CONSULTANT: FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT Paige Price, Theatre Aspen (CO) IN DEVELOPING NEW WORKS FOR THE MUSICAL THEATRE “Triumphant … a work of surprising visceral force.” WE JOIN YOU IN Chicago Sun Times From Gilded Age children of privilege to Jazz Age power couple, young Eleanor THIS IMPORTANT WORK and Franklin Roosevelt forge a bittersweet alliance out of tenderness and betrayal. And a shy aristocrat finds her voice as a champion of the downtrodden. This NAMT hit now available in a smaller cast version for 9 actors Contact: www.rnh.com Website & Cast CD: www.EleanorTheMusical.com CHAM R FOR PION CEL S OF OF ITS 27YEAR G N ING Theatrical Productions EBRA EW M TES US ICALS

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Book: Harrison David Rivers For more information: Lyrics: Rebekah Greer Melocik Leah Hamos / The Gersh Agency Music: Jacob Yandura [email protected] / 212.634.8153

Director: Peter Rothstein “Part Americana, part magic realism, part coming-of-age, Harrison, Music Director: Matt Gallagher Rebekah and Jacob have wri en a show that is all heart. A familiar chapter of history rendered with imagination and haunting originality.” Genre: Drama —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Ideal Cast Size: 8 ASCAP CELEBRATES THE Ideal Band Size: 3–5+ for 5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw NATIONAL ALLIANCE 1. The Last Queen of Canaan contains elements of magical realism: the dead are raised, the land holds protective powers and a 92 year-old Set in 1937 rural Virginia, The Last Queen of Canaan follows Cora Skye, an woman works with the strength of someone half her age. MUSICAL THEATRE’S uncompromising landowner, and Ginny, her restless granddaughter. When Kay, a Northern do-gooder, descends on the property to collect Cora’s story 2. From 1936–38, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) sent a for the WPA, she unwi ingly instigates a confrontation that will leave all diverse group (male, female, white, black) of unemployed writers to three women forever changed. collect the stories of former slaves. The transcripts from the Federal Slave Narrative Project can be found in the Library of Congress—we The Last Queen of Canaan has been developed as part of ’s used these accounts as research, but our story is fi ctional. Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program (2011), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat 3. Jacob and Rebekah began the show in 2011 (originally titled FESTIVAL OF (2011), the Yale Institute for Musical Theatre (2013), Northern Stages’ New Works Dogwood Days), and the show has undergone many drafts and Now Series and Theater Latt é Da’s NEXT: New Musicals in the Making Series significant changes in the past four years. Harrison joined the team (2015) with support from a Writers Residency Grant, part of the NAMT National as bookwriter in 2014. Fund for New Musicals. NEW MUSICALS 4. Though our show is a period piece, the score is not pastiche. Just as the themes are relevant to ’s current civil rights struggles, the Harrison David Rivers is the winner of a GLAAD Media sonic world of The Last Queen of Canaan is contemporary, living in Award, a McKnight Fellowship for Playwrights, a Many Voices folk, R&B and gospel. Jerome Fellowship (Playwrights’ Center), a Van Lier Fellowship (New Dramatists), an Emerging Artist of Color 5. We are looking for a workshop or fi rst production. We are proud of our Fellowship (New York Theatre Workshop), the New York Stage & Film’s Founders Award and has been a fi nalist for the AASCAP Members participating! O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. He is a Usual Suspect at NYTW and an alumnus of the Emerging Writers’ Group at the Public Theater. He received his BA from Kenyon College and earned an MFA in playwriting from .

Rebekah Greer Melocik’s current projects with collaborator Andrea Daly Jacob Yandura include Feral (book by Victor Lesniewksi), based on John Bishop’s Borderline, and a commission from Children’s Theater Wringer, based on the Seth Magill novel by Jerry Spinelli. Recent recognitions include: Ars Nova’s two-year UNCHARTED residency, the 2014 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals, The York Theatre’s NEO 2014 residency, 2013 Yale Institute for Music Theatre, the 2012– Shawn Magill 2013 Dramatists Guild Fellowship, the 2012 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Cap21’s Writers Residency and ANT Fest 2013 (The Rebekah Greer Melocik Fearful Earful). BA: University of Southern California; MFA: NYU. Blumenthal Performing Arts Jacob Yandura’s current projects with collaborator Home to the Best of the Rebekah Greer Melocik include Feral (book by Victor Performing Arts in Charlotte Lesniewksi) based on John Bishop’s Borderline and a Jee Talbott commission from New York City Children’s Theater Proud member of NAMT and supporter Wringer, based on the novel by Jerry Spinelli. Recent of Festival of New Musicals. recognitions include: Ars Nova’s two-year UNCHARTED Will Van Dyke residency, the 2014 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Belk Theater (2,118 seats) Goodspeed Musicals, 2013 Yale Institute for Music Theatre, the 2012–2013 Knight Theater (1,193 seats) Dramatists Guild Fellowship, the 2012 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, McGlohon Theater (740 seats) JacobJ Yandura Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Cap21’s Writers Residency and ANT Fest 2013 (The Fearful Earful). BA: Kenyon College; MFA: NYU. Booth Playhouse (440 seats) Theater (235 seats)

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Music: Andrea Daly For more information: Book & Lyrics: Jeff Bienstock [email protected] Story: Bienstock & Daly “It is rare to fi nd such a fun, current and lively show that has never Director: John Simpkins had a reading. We were blown away by this show that is about Music Director: Vadim Feichtner MMORPG but is truly about living in today’s (real) world and can’t wait to share it with you.” Genre: Contemporary Comedy —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Ideal Cast Size: 8 Ideal Band Size: 5–9 5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw 1. Legendale is about Fantasy, and the complex but integral role it Legendale is an original, contemporary comedy about the power of plays in our everyday lives. Whether embodied by video games, pro football, old-time movies, comic books, rock ’n’ roll, or theatre, fantasy. Andy’s favorite way to escape his humdrum life is the online game Fantasy is universal. “Legendale.” He dreams of victory in the game’s tournament, but is stuck competing as a lowly milkmaid. When the fantasy becomes real, Andy and 2. Legendale is for one and all, created with both novice audiences his avatar must both discover their inner warrior. Legendale blends romance, and Broadway aficionados in mind. Its heartfelt story speaks as adventure and virtual reality, over a pop-infused score. strongly to Luddites as to lifelong gamers. 3. Legendale has flexible production requirements, and its virtual Aft er extensive meetings throughout 2012, the writing of Legendale began world can be realized with anything from lighting and simple in earnest in 2013. In December of the same year, Jeff and Andrea were projections to the latest technological bells and whistles. invited up to a two-week residency at Goodspeed Musicals’ Writers Colony. 4. Legendale is thoroughly original, and free of parodies of current An informal reading of the fi rst act took place at Goodspeed in February events or real-life games. It will be as timeless and enjoyable years 2014. Legendale’s fi rst full-length reading was presented at Ripley Grier from now as it is today. studios in New York City in November 2014. 5. Legendale is a very young show. Prior to its appearance in the NAMT festival, Legendale has had one closed-door reading. We are Andrea Daly is a composer, songwriter and singer based open to any and all developmental opportunities. in . Her multi-genre output spans pop, theatre and classical, with influences ranging from Regina Spektor to Stephen Schwartz to Aaron Copland. A Michigan native, Daly received her PhD in Composition from Stony Brook University in NY, where she was honored with the prestigious fi ve-year Graduate Council Fellowship, the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and The FRoM THE CREAToR oF & GoDSPELL Ackerman Award for Excellence in Music. Andrea is an alumna of both the Goodspeed Musicals Writers Colony in and the Mercer Songwriters Project in Chicago. She has a publishing contract with Warner/ Chappell Music. THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Jeff Bienstock was born in Santa Monica, California and has a Masters in Composition from NYU. His fi rst musical, The Morning A er/The Night Before, was produced in CONGRATULATES the 2010 Fringe Festival and won an award for Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Outstanding Music and Lyrics. In 2012, Jeff received a Sloan Foundation Grant to co-create The Bone Wars for Book by DAVID STERN the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Jeff participated in the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, where he met future collaborator Andrea Daly. He is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre workshop and his work has been performed at the Laurie Beechman, Ars Nova and elsewhere. “Both hysterically “Romantic, warm, ON 27 YEARS OF funny and & funny... A little NAMT CONSULTANT: heart-achingly slice of heavenly Kelley Kirkpatrick, Center Theatre Group (CA) poignant” goodness!” Talkin’ Broadway ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE — —The Issaquah Press

Sept 10 – Nov 15, 2015 Nov 28 – JaN 17, 2016 For booking inquiries, please contact VillageTheatre.org /Snapshots.php ArizonaTheatre.org [email protected] 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals liFt 25

For more information: Book & Lyrics: Daryl Lisa Fazio [email protected] or lift themusical.com Music: Aaron McAllister “The commi ee is always looking for the smaller, quieter shows that Director: Schele Williams invite the audience to lean in and take in a new kind of story. Lift Music Director: Madeline Smith drew us in from the fi rst page with its soulful and authentic voice and Genre: Magical Drama carried us through the deeply resonant resolution.” Ideal Cast Size: 11 —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Ideal Band Size: 1–6 5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw 1. li features three generations of principal female characters. Strong, gutsy, complex women. In a blue collar Ohio town, 8-year old Ethan falls through the ice and is miraculously saved with no known hero. When the boy, who not long ago 2. We wrote li ’s fi rst draft several years ago, as the fi rst giddy lost his dad, insists it was a “birdman,” his family grapples with faith and collaboration between new friends. Since then, the musical has had hope as the community watches the mystery unfold. two NYC readings, a week-long university workshop, and several big rewrites in which themes, approach, and characters have come into 吀䠀 lift was born on the page in 2007 as the first collaboration between their own. li is looking for collaborators who can help it grow further ㈀㔀㐀 圀 㔀㐀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ playwright Daryl Lisa Fazio and composer Aaron McAllister. It took part through readings and workshops, moving toward a full production. in the York Theatre Company’s Developmental Reading Series in 2008 3. li is entirely original material, envisioned from the beginning as a 䌀攀氀氀愀爀 and had an industry reading in NYC in 2010. It was also a semifinalist musical. Over a plate of vegetable fajitas, Daryl said she had an idea for the 2010 NYMF’s Next Link Project and a fi nalist for the 2011 Fulton about a small town that’s experienced strange sightings. A musical about 㔀㐀戀攀氀漀眀⸀挀漀洀 Theatre Discovery Project. In 2013, Coastal Carolina University presented UFOs? Aaron chortled. Maybe not, we agreed. But how about we start a dramatically new draft in a week-long workshop that culminated in a fully with a community divided by an unexplained event? That conversation ⠀㘀㐀㘀⤀ 㐀㜀㘀ⴀ㌀㔀㔀㄀ lasted six hours, and that nugget became li . staged public reading. 4. li can be intimate or sweeping in set, scope and cast. Either way the Daryl Lisa Fazio is a playwright and theatre graphic playing space should be fl uid, with locations that melt together in time designer hatched in Mississippi. Her plays include Split in and place, just as the characters’ lives—and memories and imaginations Three (world premiere, Florida Rep), Greyhounds ( O ff (there is considerable magic) and songs—intersect and overlap. The Broadway) and Georgia Out of My Mind (Minnesota creativity lies in how you fi nd the extraordinary in the ordinary. Fringe Festival), as well as the musical POPart (NYMF) 5. When we did at Coastal Carolina University, Ethan’s with composer Aaron McAllister. Her latest project, Free dad—a ghostly memory—was played by a student who had lost his own Spirits, is a commission for Horizon Theatre in Atlanta. father, a young UPS driver just like James. That student’s mother wrote Daryl studied Acting at Northwestern University, got her MFA in Graphic us a moving email aft er the performance, telling us her story and how li Design from the University of , is a proud member of the had allowed her to start processing an unfathomable loss with hope. Dramatists Guild and lives in Atlanta, GA. darylsplays.com • darylfazio.com

Aaron McAllister is the resident musical director and conductor at The Fulton Theatre. He has musically directed and conducted more than 70 musicals around the country and is a highly sought after vocal coach/ 110 in the Shade • • • • performance clinician. As a composer, Aaron has writt en • Bells Are Ringing • • NCE GAIN E RE ROUD the scores to two additional original musicals (POPart Cabaret •O Calamity A Jane • Camelot W A • Can-Can P • Carnival! • and Blackout), which have been developed around the City of AngelsTO • SCrazyPONSOR for You® THE • Dear NAMT’ World • DestryS Rides Again • • Finian’s Rainbow • Forty-Second Street • country including Off Broadway and has contributed songs, arrangements and orchestrations to several other original theatrical works. He is a Funny GirlF ESTIVAL• Gentlemen OF Prefer N EWBlondes M •USICALS George M! • • • • • Hello, Dolly! • High Spirits • High graduate of SUNY Geneseo (BA in vocal performance and conducting) and Society • Irene • Kiss Me, Kate • Li’l Abner • • • the University of Maryland (MM in conducting). Man of La ManchaCONGRATULATIONS Meet Me in St. Louis • My T OneO and Only • • No, No, Nanette • Nuncrackers • Nunsense II • NAMT CONSULTANTS: Nunsense JamboreeA LL• Oliver! INVOLVED • On a Clear! Day You Can See Amy Corcoran, Dallas Summer Musicals (TX) Forever • • Promises, Promises Snoopy!!! • Stop Dan Murphy, The Broadway Rose Theatre (OR) NAMT would like to thank the World-I Want to Get off • Sugar • • The Life • The Student Prince • The Will Rogers AJ BART & SONS for printing FolliesTAM • TheS-W WizardITM ofA OzRK • TheMU RoarSIC of LtheI BGrease-Paint,RARY, IN SmellC. of Crowd • The Mystery of Edwin Drood • - The Musical • our beautiful program Two Gentlemen of560 Verona LEXINGTON Victor/Victoria AVENUE • • You’re a Good Man,NEW Charlie YORK Brown, NEW • Y 110ORK in the10022 Shade • A Chorus Line •P AnythingHONE 212.688.2525 Goes • Applause •• Barnum FAX 212.688.3232 • Bells Are Ringing • Brigadoon • ByeWWW Bye.TAMSWITMARK Birdie • Cabaret.COM Calamity Jane • Camelot • Can-Can • Carnival! • • ® 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals Noir 27

Music & Lyrics: For more information: Book & Lyrics: Kyle Jarrow Olivier Sultan, [email protected]

Director: Chloe Treat “Noir was appealing to the commi ee on several levels: at the heart with there is a great story and compelling music, but the writers don’t go Music Director: Jason Hart about it in the usual way. With the creative use of a foley artist, this show is truly mixing radio plays, fi lm noir, presentational cabaret and Genre: Drama suspense into a uniquely theatrical event.” Ideal Cast Size: 7, plus Foley Artist —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Ideal Band Size: 3

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A heartbroken man never leaves his apartment, consoled only by the 1. The piece is an original story inspired by classic fi lm noir (Double We have the perfect show Indemnity, Rear Window), modern fi lm noir (Mulholland Drive, The Lives music on the radio. Through the thin walls, he hears almost every word of Others) as well as by radio plays. of the couple next door—and before long, his eavesdropping becomes an obsession. Soon he fi nds himself drawn into a web of lust, lies, deceit and 2. It’s a mystery — we couldn’t remember the last time we saw a stage for every audience. danger. Noir is a lush and mysterious new musical inspired by radio plays mystery, so wanted to remedy that! — with a sexy and twisted love story and classic fi lm noir. woven throughout. 3. There is an onstage foley artist, creating live sound eff ects to learn more @ mtishows.com Noir was developed in part at Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and at the Joop accompany the . van den Ende Academy in Hamburg, Germany. It received a reading at 4. The music is an exploration of hybridizing and integrating organic Playwrights Horizons and a workshop presentation as part of New York instrumentation and electronic instrumentation in a score that is Stage & Film’s Powerhouse Theatre season in Summer 2015. modern but has strong references and connections to musical styles of the original fi lm noir era. Kyle Jarrow is a Brooklyn-based writer who creates work 5. In keeping with classic noir, there are a number of twists in the second for the stage, fi lm and TV. His work includes A Very Merry act — sadly you won’t get to see those in the NAMT Act 1 presentation Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant (OBIE format — but we promise they’re very fun and very twisty. Award), Hostage Song (NAMT 2010), Love Kills, (also with Duncan Sheik), as well as the upcoming Fallout (with Nick Blaemire) and Ana and the American Dream (with Josh Schmidt). Kyle wrote the fi lm Armless which was an offi cial selection of Sundance Film Festival. Kyle plays in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater rock band Sky-Pony alongside his wife, actress Lauren Worsham. They’ll be congratulates NAMT on its releasing their Beautiful Monster (Knitting Factory Records) in 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals. November. www.landoft rust.com. Continuing its own commitment to Duncan Sheik Selected theatre credits; Spring developing and producing new works, Awakening (eight 2007 and Grammy CST also celebrates the artists behind its Award), (2016 Broadway debut), hip-hop take of Shakespeare’s tragic tale. Because of Winn Dixie (Delaware Theatre Company, 2015), Whisper House (The Old Globe, 2011), Alice by OTHELLO: Heart (National Theatre London, 2012). Other works THE REMIX currently in development include Nero and The . Recorded works: Legerdemain (Fall 2015), Covers 80s (2011), written and composed by GQ and JQ Whisper House (2009), (2006), Daylight (2002), Phantom developed with Moon (2001), Humming (1998), Duncan Sheik (Grammy Nomination, 1996). RICK BOYNTON

NAMT CONSULTANTS: Kent Nicholson, Playwrights Horizons (NY) Carlos Armesto, Theatre C (NY)

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Story: Michael Federico, For more information: Shawn Magill & Seth Magill Shawn Magill, [email protected] Music & Lyrics: Shawn Magill “The commi ee is so excited to share with you this ambitious, & Seth Magill amazing, quirky, time-bending show, that we truly feel needs to be Book: Michael Federico experienced.” Director: Sam Buntrock —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Musical Director: Emily Marshall

Genre: Sci-fi action adventure drama Ideal Cast Size: 10 5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw Ideal Band Size: 3 1. With a development process that included a critically acclaimed workshop and full production, we look forward to continuing to develop On the Eve with theaters that champion new plays and “non-traditional” musicals. As bombs explode outside, a theatre company staves off impending apocalyptic doom by performing a sci-fi musical about Marie Antoine e’s fi rst time-traveling 2. On the Eve follows the story of Marie Antoinett e, the Montgolfi er Brothers, hot air balloon. As the dictatorial Talking Man turns the story into a celebration and the fi rst time-traveling hot air balloon. While Antoinett e actually did of stereotypes, the company fights back. Soon the play bleeds into reality, play a signifi cant role in the history of ballooning, her involvement in the reviving hope for survival. development of time travel remains debatable. 3. The entire show takes place in an old, bombed-out theater as the end of the On the Eve was fi rst produced in a staged-reading workshop in 2011, advancing to world approaches. Tonight might just be the last stand against the Orwellian a 10-show production at Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas in 2012, earning year-end nightmare that controls what’s left of society. best mentions by D Magazine, Theatre Jones, Dallas Voice and Dallas Observer. 4. While there is no proof, it’s prett y clear that On the Eve was conceived The 2013 DFW Theatre Critics Forum awarded it “Best New Play or Musical” and aft erThe Threepenny Opera and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure spent a CONGRATULATES THE “Best Creative Contribution for Score.” In 2014, a 23-show professional premiere questionable night together. The result is a classically infl uenced indie-folk- production was held at Theatre Three Dallas, reaching 2014 year-end best lists rock musical in which band members play for their lives right alongside the NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE for D Magazine and Dallas Culture Map and receiving The Column Awards’ actors, with percussive step-dancing as the sound of revolution. TH “2014 Steve Lovett Award for Outstanding New Work by a Local Playwright.” ON ITS 27 ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS 5. Because it takes place in a run-down theater, costumes, props and set Shawn Magill has recently worked as composer and pieces are cobbled together with whatever materials the old place has executive music producer for feature fi lm Sunny In The Dark, had in stock for decades. The result is a highly theatrical cacophony of as music director for A Christmas Carol at Dallas Theater eras and styles. Center, as composer/sound designer for Nocturne at Second Thought Dallas and as composer/producer for her solo- piano album, The Imaginations of Man. Shawn is a co- founder of indie-rock band Home By Hovercraft, whose nationally acclaimed LP Are We Chameleons? features music from On The Eve. The DFW Theatre Critics Forum awarded her honors as playwright and composer/performer for On The Eve. Shawn serves as Director of Product at Chideo, The Charity Network. PROUD SPONSOR OF Michael Federico has worked as a playwright and actor in THE NAMT FALL FESTIVAL Dallas, Chicago and Austin. His produced plays include AND CONFERENCE Talent Show 1989, Ben Franklin: A Metal Opera (co-writt en with Cameron Cobb & Spencer Driggers) and Propaganda!. His cosplay/dance-club version of Faust (co-written with Jeff rey Schmidt) premieres in Dallas this October. He has served as an Artistic Company Member of Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater since 2007 and is a recipient of multiple Dallas/Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum Awards both as a playwright and actor.

Seth Magill is a co-founder of indie-rock band Home KUDOS By Hovercraft, whose nationally acclaimed LP Are We Chameleons? features music from On The Eve. Seth received DFW Theatre Critics awards as a playwright to The National Alliance for Musical Theatre and actor for his work in On The Eve. A member of the for their lasting contribution to the Actors’ Equity Association, Seth was last seen as advancement of musical theatre “Fred” in Dallas Theater Center’s production of A Christmas Carol, as “Chase Spacegrove” in On The Eve at Theatre Three in North America Dallas and in many memorable roles with Dallas Children’s Theater, Kitchen Dog Theater and Shakespeare Dallas. He has his BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University.

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For more information: By: The Q Brothers (GQ and JQ) Max Grossman, Abrams Artists Agency [email protected]

Director: Brian Hill “Othello: The Remix is forging its own path in musical theatre, led by its creators The Q Brothers. With only four actors, Othello Genre: Classical Adaptation/Comedy/ is updated and brought to life with a hip-hop beat in a way that Tragedy respects the source material but isn’t afraid to take some parts Cast Size: 4 and remix them.” Band Size: 1 DJ —FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

5 tHINgS YOU SHOUld KNOw This fresh take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is spun out and lyrically rewritten 1. Othello: The Remix was writt en by some hip hop freaks/ over original beats by The Q Brothers—America’s leading re-interpreters of We rhyme our conversations while we fl ip hot beats/ From the best of Broadway Shakespeare through hip-hop. Whether you’re looking for a rockin’ night of rhythm and rhyme or a new way to think about Shakespeare, Othello: The Remix Diff erent from the norm, it’s a whole new form/ to cult classics, SAMUEL FRENCH delivers an intense, high energy spin like no other. When the Bomb-itt y hit in ’99 it was born/ And now it’s catchin on and there’s no stoppin it/ is home to some of the most Othello: The Remix was commissioned for the Globe to Globe Festival by Shakespeare and Hip Hop? You thought they was opposites/ Shakespeare’s Globe, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Richard Jordan If lyrics get you geeked, we got some verbal treats/ captivating musicals. Productions. Since its world premiere on May 5, 2013 as part of the London 2012 Stealin from Shakespeare like he stole from the Greeks/ Cultural Olympiad, it has toured widely, captivating audiences at the Edinburgh Good storytellers borrow, but great ones steal/ Fringe Festival, Australia, Germany, South Korea, Poland, New Zealand and So believe me, the thievery is how we keep it real/ United Arab Emirates. Over the years, it has garnered tremendous acclaim and DISCOVER YOUR NEXT MUSICAL honors, including Edinburgh’s Musical Theatre Matt ers Awards for Best New 2. Othello: The Remix is performed entirely to track and is under Musical Theatre Show and Best Lyrics, as well as a Joseph Jeff erson Award for 90 minutes at full length. It is a musical and an opera of sorts, AT SAMUELFRENCH.COM Best Ensemble and a Writers Residency Grant, part of the NAMT National Fund because all scenes are over music and in verse. It requires a for New Musicals, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. cast of four raptors (rapping actors) plus a DJ. However the cast could be made larger by “undoubling” roles. We are excited for GQ co-created, co-directed, and starred in the original alternative casting opportunities. productions of A Q Brothers Christmas Carol and Funk It Up About Nothin’. G also co-wrote and starred in the Off 3. Audiences in 11 countries have experienced the joy of The Broadway hit The Bomb-i y of Errors. Along with his Remix, but folks in the US have yet to discover it, except for brother and the other Bomb-i y guys, G wrote and starred those who caught our highly-acclaimed 6-month run at Chicago Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director Michael G. Murphy, Managing Director in a hip-hop/sketch comedy TV show, “Scratch and Burn” Shakespeare Theater. (MTV). G’s screen credits include the movies Drumline, Taxi, Join us in San Diego for this I Think and Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn. He wrote, directed 4. A water molecule is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one sumptuous world premiere musical and starred in the fi lm Just Another Story (Showtime), has had prominent roles in atom of oxygen, and the four actors in Othello: The Remix drink tons “Chicago PD” (NBC), “Boston Public” (Fox), “Numbers” (CBS) and co-starred in of them, as they rap, dance and play over 25 characters combined! the one-hour drama “Johnny Zero” (Fox) and John Herzfeld’s , “S.I.S” (Sony). 5. We are open to and excited for a New York run, touring possibilities, Together with his brother JQ, he recorded The Feel Good Album of the Year. regional productions, licensing opportunities and the show Originally from Chicago, he received his BFA from the Experimental Theatre Wing of Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. eventually making its way to the big screen.

JQ made his Off Broadway debut when he laid down the beats as DJ/Composer for the smash Shakespearean “ad-RAP-tation,” The Bomb-itty of Errors. Along with his brother, GQ, he co-created, co-directed, composed and starred in the original productions of A Q Brothers Christmas Carol and Funk It Up About Nothin’. J co-wrote and starred in the hip-hop/sketch comedy TV show, “Scratch and Burn” for MTV. For his brother’s fi lm, Just Another Story (Showtime), he created the score and original soundtrack. J produced the solo hip-hop album Foul Mouth DRAMA.CMU.EDU Poet under his moniker J.A.Q., and other albums including Smashing (The Book by Sybille Pearson Grommits) The Good Thief (Postell), Go Strong And Call It Awesome! (Stop, Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa Revolt) and The Feel Good Album Of The Year (The Q Brothers). He was the lead singer of Them vs. Them, a Chicago rock band, and is currently co-host (with Based on the short story by W. Somerset Maugham oldest brother TQ) of “Smallfl ower TV,” a video blog about natural health and Directed by Barry Edelstein body care based on Merz Apothecary, the other family business.

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THE GREEN ROOM LOUNGE, THURSDAYOCTOBERATPM STAGE Neil Donohoe MEZZANINELEVEL HOSTED BY VICTORIA CLARK Director of the Theater Division There are many great songwriters out there, and we want to give you a new way to experience them in the Peyton Pugmire This Songwriters Showcase will focus on four new low-key setting of The Green Room Lounge. During musicals at various stages of development. Associate Director of the lunch there will be two 20-minute Songwriters Cabarets The songwriters will present two songs from their Theater Division (formerly Songwriters Sessions) each featuring a different new show and talk about the project. songwriting team. Grab lunch and come back to the Lounge for some great new music from these talented songwriters, performed by some of their favorite singers. the huNter aNd the Bear B.F.A. in Musical Theater by PigPen Theatre Co. M.F.A. in Musical Theater thursdaY, octoBer 15 12:40PM Brian Lowdermilk & Kait Kerrigan mortalitY PlaY B.F.A. in Contemporary Theater by Scott y Arnold and Alana Jacoby 1:20PM Kim Sherman & Darrah Cloud B.F.A. in Multidisciplinary (Heartland—Fest ’97) Stage Management the theorY oF relativitY by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill FridaY, octoBer 16 (both, The Story of My Life—Fest ’07) 12:10PM Douglas J. Cohen (Barnstormer—Fest ’08, Glimmerglass—Fest ’00, The Gig—Fest ’94) ZomBies oN BroadWaY by Marshall Pailet (The Chocolate Tree—Fest ’07) 12:50PM Tidtaya Sinutoke & Ty Defoe and Jason Michael Snow

SONGWRITERS CABARET is open to registered The SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE is open to att endees with a Premiere (Blue) or Select (Yellow) Pass. registered att endees with a Premiere (Blue), Select (Yellow) There will be a standby line for Access (Pink) Pass holders. or Access (Pink) Pass. There is a standby line for General Due to space limitations, there is no standby line for the (White) Pass Holders and the general public. general public or General (White) Pass holders.

Feel free to grab lunch and enjoy it in the Green Room Lounge during the Songwriters Cabaret! .

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Heartbeats (’92) That Pig Of A Molette (’89) Paper Moon (’95) I Sent A Letter To My Love(’01) Casey At The Bat (’07) Sunfish(’06) notes to MariAnne Festival Of New Musicals Michele Brourman, Amanda McBroom & Gerald & Thomas Z. Shepard Martin Cosella, Ellen Fitzhugh & Larry Grossman Melissa Manchester & Jeffrey Sweet Tom Child & Gordon Goodwin Michael L. Cooper & Hyeyoung Kim Dan Lipton & David Rossmer Past Festival Shows Sternbach They Shoot Horses, Don’t They (’92) Paramour (’95) In That Valley (’99) The Confessions of Po Tinyard Hill (’07) Pregnancy Pact Hurry! Hurry! Hollywood! (’91) Nagle Jackson & Robert Sprayberry Howard Marren & Joe Masteroff Steven Minning & Richard Oberacker (F.K.A. Julian Po: A New Musical) (’06) Mark Allen & Tommy Newman Goron Leary & Julia Meinwald Sam Harris & Bruce Newberg Ira Antelis & Andrew Barrett 228 shows, The Three Musketeers (’93) The Perfect 36 (’96) Joe! (’00) Vanities (’06) Watt?!? Johnny Pye And The Footkiller (’93) Warner Crocker & Gregg Opelka Laura Harrington, Mel Marvin & Mac Pirkle Dan Lipton & David Rossmer The Cuban And The (’08) Jack Heifner & David Kirshenbaum David Javerbaum & Brendan Milburn Randy Bourts & Mark St. Germain) Robert Bartley & Donny Whitman Tiananmen: Freedom In The Square (’92) Songs For A New World (’97) Liberty Smith (’00) Winesburg, Ohio (’04) 432 writers, Josephine (’92) Fred Burch & Willie Fong Young Adam Abraham, Eric R. Cohen Marc Madnick & Dangerous Beauty (’06) Andre Pluess, Eric Rosen, Ben Sussman & Jessica 2012 Ernest Kinoy & Walter Marks Michael Weiner Michele Brourman, Jeanine Dominy & Amanda Thebus Thoroughly Modern Millie (’96) McBroom Bleeding Love Twist: An American Musical (’93) Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, Harris Doran & Jason and counting... (’90) Richard Morris & Dick Scanlan Writing Arthur (’07) Juba Tena Clark, Eugene Lee & Gary Prim Lil Budda (’02) Schafer Wendy Lamb & Russell Walden Stephanie Jones & Janice Lower The Drowsy Chaperone (’04) David Austin Twist (F.K.A. Twist Of Fate) (’97) , , Don Mckellar Ron Abel & Lissa Levin & Lisa Lambert The Yellow Wood (’08) Bonfire Night 1989–1993 Jungle Queen Debutante (’93) 1994–1998 Lizzie Borden (’00) Justine Levine Sean S. O’Donnell & Thomas Tierney Christopher McGovern & Amy Powers Michelle Elliott & Donny Larson The Adventures of Friar Tuck (’91) Tycoon (’94) Flight Of The Lawnchair Man (’04) 4 A.M. Boogie Blues (’97) Michel Berger, Luc Plamondon & Tim Rice Robert Lindsey Nassif & Peter Ullian The Circus In Winter Allan Leicht & Glenn Paxton Junkyard (’91) Marsha Myers & Jim Owen Making Tracks (’01) Ben Clark & Beth Turcotte Manuel Mandel & Michael Sahl Woody Pak, Welly Yang & Brian R. Yorkey 2009 The Funkentine Rapture (’05) Angelina (’89) Urban Myths (’98) About Face (’97) John Bucchino & James D. Waedekin Ben Blake & Lea Summers Band Geeks! Funked Up Fairy Tales Barry Kleinbort Kiss Me Quick Before The Lava Reaches David Arthur & Jeffrey Lodin Mandela (’00) Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Gordon Greenberg & Kirsten Childs the Village (’89) Steven Fisher Tommy Newman Peter Ekstrom & Steve Hayes Western Star (’94) The Girl In The Frame (’04) Another Kind of Hero (’92) Abyssinia (’94) Scott DeTurk, Bill Francoeur & Dale Wasserman Jeremy Desmon Nobody Loves You E.A. Alexander & Lezley Steele Ted Kociolek & James Racheff The Mystery Of The Dancing (’01) Factory Girls Gaby Atler & I Love You, Jimmy Valentine (F.K.A. Alias Michael Weiner & Alan Zachary Creighton Irons & Sean Mahoney Jimmy Valentine) (’89) Wicked City (F.K.A. Oedipus, Private Eye) (’94) Gold-Rodin And Camille (F.K.A. Camille Blanco! (’89) After The Fair (’94) Claudel) (’04) Sleeping Beauty Wakes Bob Haber, Hal Hackady & Jack Wrangler Chad Beguelin & Matthew Sklar (F.K.A. Letters From Nam) (’01) Will Holtzman, Skip Kennon & Michael Korie Stephen Cole & Matthew Ward One Red Flower Nan Knighton & Frank Wildhorn Hostage Song Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin & Valerie Vigoda Paris Barclay Clay McLeod Chapman & Kyle Jarrow The Last Musical Comedy (’89) Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (’97) Book of James (’91) Barrio Babies (’98) (’04) Southern Comfort Tony Land & Arthur Siegel David Kirshenbaum & Myles McDonnell Palm Beach (’01) The Good Man B.J. Douglas Scott Warrender Fernando Rivas & Luis Santeiro Philip S. Goodman & Ray Leslee How Can You Run With A Shell On Your Dan Collins & Julianne Wick Davis Robert Cary, Benjamin Feldman & David Gursky Back? The Library (’92) Boxes (’91) Blackbirds of Broadway (’98) 1999–2003 The Gypsy King (’07) Michael Mahler & Alan Schmuckler Triangle Steven M. Alper & Sarah Knapp Marion J. Caffey & David Coffman The Price Of Everything (F.K.A. Thorstein Curtis Moore, Thomas Mizer & Joshua Scher Michael Sahl & Eric Saltzman Veblen’s Theory Of The Leisure Class) (’02) Randy Rogel & Kirby Ward Actor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (’01) The Memory Show (F.K.A. Little Richard B. Evans & Charles Leipart Little Ham: A Jazzical The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her David H. Bell & Craig Carnelia Home (F.K.A. Piece) (’06) (F.K.A. Memory Is The Mothery Of All Wisdom) Brimstone (’93) Ham) (’89) Sam Cooper & Zach Redler 2013 Mary Bracken Phillips & Paddy Megan Chameleon Skin (’98) Scott Alan & Tara Smith Richard Enquist, Dan Owens & Judd Woldin The Ambition Bird (’03) The Princess And The Black-Eyed Pea (’99) Kirsten Childs Andrew Chukerman & Karole Foreman Matthew Sheridan Iron Curtain Analog & Vinyl Capitol Cakewalk (F.K.A. Backstage With I Love You Because (’05) Paul Gordon Love is Spoken Here (’90) Ryan Cunningham & Joshua Salzman Susan DiLallo, Peter Mills & Stephen Weiner Warren G.) (’89) Jacquelyn Reinach & Stanley Ralph Ross Children Of Eden (’96) Princesses (’03) Lou Carter, Elmer Lee Kline & Terry Waldo & Stephen Schwartz The Ark (’00) Bill & Cheri Steinkellner, Matthew Wilder & David The Astonishing Return Of… Kevin Kelly & Michael Mclean Zippel Jane Austen’s Emma (F.K.A. Emma) (’06) It Shoulda Been You Lunch (’92) Paul Gordon Barbara Anselmi & Brian Hargrove The Protagonists! Captains Courageous (’90) John Bettis, Steve Dorff & Rick Hawkins Dodsworth (’96) Kevin Del Aguila & Michael Shaieb Patrick Cook & Frederick Freyer Stephen Cole & Jeffrey Save Ballad Of Little Pinks(’03) (’02) Marion Adler, Connie Grappo & Matthew Bennett, Jerome Korman & Terrence Jerry Christmas (’06) Ripper Mating Habits Of The Urban Mammal (’93) Duane Nelson The Boy Who Danced On Air (’98) Mann Daniel Goldfarb & Andrew Lippa Catch Me If I Fall (F.K.A. Never or Now) (’89) Peggy Gordon, Brian Lasser & Michael Leeds Dorian Tim Rosser & Charlie Sohne Richard Gleaves The Big Bang (’99) Barbara Schottenfeld Jed Feuer & Boyd Graham Kingdom (’07) Mikado, Inc. (’92) Running Man (’02) Come From Away Cornelius Eady & Deidre Murray Aaron Jafferis & Ian Willliams 2010 Albert Evans, Robert Johanson, Glen Kelly & Jane Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (’96) & Columbus (’91) Leslie Eberhard, Phil Hall & David Levy Birth Of The Boom (’99) Yvonne Steely & J. Ben Tarver Waterhouse Big Red Sun Thomas W. Jones II & Keyth Lee Sarah, Plain & Tall (’03) Langston In Harlem (’04) John Jiler & Georgia Stitt Eastland , Julia Jordan & Laurence O’Keefe Kent Gash, Langston Hughes & Walter Marks Murder On Broadway (F.K.A. Denning) (’90) Enter The Guardsman (’95) Andre Pluess, Ben Sussman & Andrew White Conrack (’91) Marion Adler, Craig Bohmler & Scott Wentworth Convenience (’00) The Bowery Boys Granville Burgess, Anne Croswell & Lee Pockriss James Campodonico & Bryan Leys Gregg Coffin The Screams of Kitty Genovese (’01) The Legend Of Stagecoach Mary (’08) David H. Bell, Jeremy Cohen & Aaron Thielen My Heart Is The Drum David Simpatico & Will Todd Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore New Things To Feel Bad About (’92) Fragrant Harbour (’96) Stacey Luftig, Philip Palmer & Jennie Redling (’93) (’00) Do-Wop Love Paul James & Ben Mason Dean Barrett & Ed Linderman Cupid & Psyche The Giver Herbert Rawlings Jr. & Ronald Wyche Sean Hartley & Jihwan Kim Summer of ’42 (’99) A Little Princess(’05) Nathan Christensen & Scott Murphy The Sandman: A Little Nightmare Musical Hunter Foster & David Kirshenbaum Brian Crawley & Andrew Lippa (’89) The Gig (’94) Richard Oberacker & Robert Taylor The Odyssey Of Anna In Red Pumps Ducks And Lovers (’02) Eleanor (’92) Douglas J. Cohen Heartbreakers Jonathan Bolt, John Forster & Thomas Tierney Marci Goltsman & Peter Gootkind Swing Shift Meet John Doe (’05) Robert Cary, Benjamin Feldman & David Gursky Andrew Gerle & Eddie Sugarman The Single Girls Guide Heartland (’97) David Armstrong, Michael Rafter & Mark Waldrop Gordon Greenberg & Tommy Newman Quality Street (’90) The Enchanted Cottage(’02) Elmer Gantry (’92) Roger Anderson & Lee Goldsmith Darrah Cloud & Kim Sherman Lizzie (F.K.A. Lizzie Borden) John Bishop, Mel Marvin & Robert Satuloff Alison Hubbard, Kim Oler & Thomas Edward West The Three Musketeers (’99) On A Glorious Day (F.K.A. The Chocolate Tree) Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt & The Three Little Pigs (’07) Paul Leigh, Peter Raby & George Siles Tim Maner Anthony Drewe & George Stiles The Real Life Story of Johnny Defacto (’89) Joseph And Mary (’95) Marshall Pailet & A.D. Penedo Randy Courts & Mark St. Germain Everybody Loves My Baby (F.K.A. The Boswell Finale! (’90) Douglas Post Sisters Project) (’99) Bob Ost Two Queens, One Castle (’03) Play It Cool Mark Hampton & Stuart Ross William Hubbard, Thomas W. Jones II, J.D. Steele & One Step Forward (’06) (’98) Martin Casella, Larry Dean Harris, 2014 Rhythm Ranch (’91) King Island Christmas Jevetta Steele Leslie Arden, Timothy French & Berni Stapelton Deborah Baley Brevoort & David Friedman Phillip Swann & Mark Winkler First Comes Love (’90) Hal Hackady & Fred Stark Eliot Ness… In Cleveland (’99) Beautiful Poison Alison Brewster, Amanda George & Diane Seymour Robert Lindsey Nassif & Peter Ullian Ug (’01) Ordinary Days (’08) Red Clay Brendan Milburn, Duane Poole & Valerie Vigoda Robin Hood (’93) Kudzu: A Southern Musical (F.K.A. Kidzu) (’96) Jim Geoghan, Rick Rhodes & Vivian Rhodes Adam Gwon Jack Herrick, Doug Marlette & Bland Simpson Scott Ethier & Jeff Hughes Geech: The Moosical (’89) Milton Granger Far From The Madding Crowd (’00) Cubamor Angelo Badalamenti & Jerry Bittle Barbara Campbell & Gary Schocker Was (’03) Pamela’s First Musical (’08) The Trouble With Doug Charles Vincent Burwell & James D. Sasser Ruthless! (’92) Love Comics (’95) Barry Kleinbort & Joseph Thalken , & David Zippel David Evans & Sarah Schlesinger Will Aronson & Daniel Maté Ghost Dance (’91) Melvin Laird & Joey Paley Glimmerglass (’00) Great Wall Jeff Sheppard & Michael Wright Jonathan Bolt, Douglas Cohen & Ted Drachman When The Rains Come (’01) Party Come Here (’05) Kevin Merritt & Kevin So Sayonara (’93) Lust (’94) Edward Henderson, David Feinstein & Ann Daniel Goldfarb & David Kishenbaum The Heather Brothers 2011 The Gig (’94) George Fishoff, Hy Gilbe & William Luce Great Expectations (’01) Mortifee How to Break Douglas J. Cohen John Jakes & Mel Marvin Princess Caraboo (F.K.A. Caraboo Princess of Bernice Bobs Her Hair Rebecca Hart, Aaron Jafferis & Yako 440 The Scarlet Pimpernel (’92) Mirette (’96) Javasu) (’05) Adam Gwon & Julia Jordan David Shapiro & Dave Wollert Elizabeth Diggs, Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt The Girl, The Grouch And The Goat (F.K.A. Harold And Maude (’03) 2004–2008 Beth Blatt, Jenny Giering & Mary Marie Complaining Well) (’91) Tom Jones & Joseph Thalken Bloodsong of Love Clark Johnson & Chana Wise (’97) Ace (’05) Jack Helbig & Mark Ray Hollmann Smiling Through (’92) The Molly Maguires River’s End (’05) Joe Iconis Ivan Menchell Sid Cherry & William Strempek Heading East (’99) Richard Oberacker & Robert Taylor Cheryl Coons & Chuck Larkin The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes Leon Ko & Robert Lee Good Sports (’93) Dani Girl Christopher Dimond & Michael Kooman Smoky Mountain Suite (’92) O. Henry’s Lovers (’98) (’08) & Susan Rice Barnstormer (’08) See Rock City And Other Destinations Christopher Dimond & Michael Kooman George S. Clinton & Sherry Landrum Joe DiPietro & Michael Valenti Honk! (’99) Douglas J. Cohen & Cheryl L. Davis Brad Alexander & Adam Mathias String Anthony Drewe & George Stiles The Dogs Of Pripyat Adam Gwon & Sarah Hammond Goose! Beyond The Nursery (’90) Some Sweet Day (’91) On Borrowed Time (’98) Beatsville (’08) The Story Of My Life (’07) Jill Abramovitz, Aron Accurso & Leah Napolin Scott Evans, Mark Frawley & Austin Tichenor Don Jones, Si Kahn, John O’Neal & Mac Pirkle William F. Brown, John Clifton & Bruce Peyton Hot And Sweet (’00) Glenn Slater & Wendy Leigh Wilf Neil Bartram & Brian Hill Stu for Silverton Barbara Schottenfeld Golden Boy Of The Blue Ridge Breedlove & Peter Duchan Gunmetal Blues (’91) Swamp Gas And Swallow Feelings (’92) Ophelia’s Cotillion (’97) The Break Up Notebook (’07) Striking 12 (’04) Peter Mills & Cara Reichel Marion Adler, Craig Bohmler & Scott Wentworth Randall Buck, Shirley Strother & Jack Eric Williams Elmo Terry-Morgan & Clarice LaVerne Thompson Patricia Cotter & Lori Scarlett Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin & Valerie Vagoda 38 Festival leadershiP Bios 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals 27th aNNual Festival oF NeW musicals staFF For NeW World staGes 39 Festival leadershiP Bios staFF For NeW World staGes MARA ISAACS (Festival Committee Co-Chair) is a creative producer BRANDEN HULDEEN (Producing Director) Branden joined NAMT in dedicated to fostering an expansive range of theatrical works for local, 2008 as the New Works Director and Festival Producing Director at Managing Director ...... Michael Coco Theater Manager ...... Michelle Fraioli national and international audiences. Broadway: Vanya and Sonia NAMT and has had the privilege to have worked with 120 writers on 57 Director of Finance ...... Rainard Rachele Theater Manager ...... Tommy Buckner and Masha and Spike, Translations, Anna in the Tropics, Electra; Off shows in that time. Prior to NAMT, Branden was Education Associate at Broadway: , The Brother/Sister Plays, Crowns, The TDF; House Manager at the ; produced new works for Senior Bookkeeper...... Joan Mitchell Event Manager ...... Andrew J. White Laramie Project; Regional: McCarter Theatre (over 100 productions), SPF, FringeNYC, NYMF and New Plays for Young Audiences at NYU; Facilities Manager...... Kieran McGee Assistant Event Manager ...... Matthew Bosley Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley and was Associate Production Manager at NYU-Steinhardt. He is a Rep and others. She served as Producing Director at McCarter graduate of CTI’s 3-day program, and a member of Old Vic New Voices Technical Manager ...... Fletcher McCune Programming Sales Coordinator ...... Devin McDonald Theater in Princeton, NJ from 1995–2013 and she produced new play Network and the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. development programs and productions for the in He received his B.S. in Educational Theatre and M.A. in Performing Assistant Facilities Manager ...... Shannon Ancrum Director of Ticket Services ...... Kenneth L. Burrows Los Angeles from 1990–1995. Current projects: by Anais Arts Administration from New York University. He is also a freelance Facility Technician ...... David Camacho Assistant Box Office Treasurers ...... Rob Fortier Mitchell; Into The Woods (Fiasco Theater); Sleeping Beauty Wakes dramaturg and on the faculty at CAP21. (Fest ’13) by Rachel Sheinkin, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda; Stage Door Coordinator ...... Ernest Paylor ...... G. Michael Rohrer Memory Rings by Phantom Limb Company; and Songs of Lear by Song LISA DOZIER KING (General Manager) 2015 marks Lisa’s eighth Head Porters...... Oscar & Elia Perez Ticket Seller ...... Joe Vredenburg of the Goat Theatre. www.octopustheatricals.com year serving as the general manager for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals. Recent/Upcoming Off Director of Sales and Service ...... Erin DePalma Director of Human Resources and Hospitality ...... Colleen Harris PAIGE PRICE (Festival Committee Co-Chair) is the Executive Artistic Broadway credits include Promising (Theatre Row- Fall 2015), Vincent Director of Theatre Aspen. After years spent as a Broadway performer, (Theatre at St Clement’s- Spring 2016), Stars of David (tour/Daryl Roth NEW WORLD STAGES is the renowned performing arts complex in the heart of the theatre district which has served she began producing events, television shows and theatre. Since 2006, Management), Bedbugs the Musical (NYT Critics’ Pick), Breakfast as the home of Tony Award-winning, Guinness World Record-sett ing and Pulitzer Prize-earning shows. Providing world- Price has been the 1st Vice President of Actors’ Equity Association and with Mugabe (NYT Critics’ Pick), F#%king Up Everything (NYT Critics’ class entertainment in an intimate environment on the site of lively Worldwide Plaza, it is made up of fi ve theatres, a is also a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women. She Pick), Sistas the Musical, A Loss of Roses, Final Analysis, Bronte, Ten public lounge, and events spaces dedicated to audience and artist services. New World Stages is owned and operated sits on the board of the Theatre Subdistrict Council, a cultural arts Chimneys. She has been on staff at Symphony Space, granting board that includes Lin-Manuel Miranda, George C. Wolfe Theatre Club and The New , and was also the founding by , Inc., America’s oldest professional theatre company. www.NewWorldStages.com and Daryl Roth. In 2013 she was elected to the board of the National general manager for the entertainment tour company THE RIDE. In www.newworldstages.com Alliance for Musical Theatre, where she co-chairs the Festival Selection addition to her Off Broadway general management firm, Lisa is the Committee. As a performer, she starred in Broadway’s Saturday Night director of the BFA theatre management program at the University of Fever, the original cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Smokey Miami. www.lisadozierking.com Joe’s Café. Her professional career encompasses performances Off Broadway, regional theatre and national and international tours. JOE TRENTACOSTA AND KAREN GRECO (Publicity) are the wonder twins of entertainment publicity, representing a diverse roster of KELLEY KIRKPATRICK (Festival Committee Chair Emeritus) is the theater, film, television and celebrities/personalities in NYC, as well as Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, nationally and internationally. The collective number of years that they CA. Since arriving at CTG in 2005, Kelley has produced over 60 have represented projects qualifies them for AARP membership. full productions at the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Theatre, many of which have gone on to future lives on Broadway, Off Broadway and beyond.

MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA (Festival Casting Director) and his team have cast over 400 theatre and film projects since the founding of Michael Cassara Casting in 2003, and they are thrilled to be returning to NAMT for a third year. Recent credits: Forbidden Broadway (most recent two editions/cast albums), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre, dir. Scott Schwartz), The  (Denver Center/world premiere), I Love Lucy® Live On Stage (2014–15 national tour), Kingdom (The Old Globe) and many more. Since 2007 Michael has served as the resident casting director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), where he has cast over 70 new musicals since the festival’s inception in 2004. Native Clevelander, BFA graduate of Otterbein University. Member, Casting Society of America and two-time Artios Award nominee. www.michaelcassara.net, @michaelcassara

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Growing the Arts Preston Sadleir & Sarah Stiles in Paul Gordon’s Analog & Vinyl (NAMT/Weston 2013) at Walker Farm

With plans to build a new studio theatre on the Walker Farm in Weston, Vermont, we’ll grow our ability to develop new work, becoming a year-round resource for theatres, producers, ensembles, Choreographed by and artists from across the nation. DANA SOLIMANDO Directed and Choreographed by Directed and Choreographed by Choreographed by Choreographed by MARCIA MILGROM DODGE BOBBY LONGBOTTOM DANA SOLIMANDO Come play with us! Directed by JOHN MACINNIS RICHARD ISRAEL Directed by westonplayhouse.org/tomorrow BRIAN KITE Directed by GLENN CASALE

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COME FROM AWAY Book, music & lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein Repertory Theatre November 13th – December 13th 2015

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drurylanetheatre.com 630.530.0111 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 GREEN ROOM LOUNGE 9:30–10AM CHECK–IN/REGISTRATION Sponsored by Universal Stage Productions

10–10:50AM OPEN FOR COFFEE AND NETWORKING 11:20AM–12:10PM

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HAPPY HOUR @ THE GREEN ROOM LOUNGE Sponsored by Universal Stage Productions 6:00–7:30PM Join us at the Green Room lounge in New World Stages for a post-Festival Happy Hour. NAMT Members, Festival Alumni Writers and Premiere Pass Holders will receive special discounts.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 GREEN ROOM LOUNGE 9:00–9:30AM CHECK–IN/REGISTRATION Sponsored by Universal Stage Productions

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MEET THE WRITERS PANEL 4:10–5:20PM Open only to Premiere and Select Pass holders! CLOSING COCKTAIL PARTY Sponsored by R&H Theatricals and Goodspeed Musicals 5:30–7:30PM at Southern Hospitality, 645 9th Avenue at 45th Street (For registered Premiere Pass holders only!) Open bar and the ultimate networking opportunity with this year’s writers and VIPs! save the date! Namt’s 28th annual Festival of New musicals: october 27 & 28, 2016 at New World stages