Curtain Call Announces The Return Of The AMERICAN HARMONY PRIZE

Curtain Call is proud to announce the return of the American Harmony Prize, an annual award that acquaints Fairfield County, CT, audiences with diverse new works of musical theater.

The goal of the American Harmony Prize is to showcase new musicals that explore our country's many ethnic, religious and gender identifications. In 2007, the inaugural award was given to "Jip: His Story," by Danny Duncan (Book) and Emily Klion (Music & Lyrics), a family-friendly musical that focused on the history of Black Americans. This past year the award went to the pop-rock romantic comedy "Love, NY," by Robert Rokicki (Music & Lyrics) and Michael Ruby (Book & Lyrics) in celebration of the experience of Jewish Americans.

The third annual American Harmony Prize will showcase a new musical that dramatizes an aspect of the experience of Italian Americans. In addition to a cash award of $250.00, a sixty-minute version of the winning musical will be performed as the centerpiece of Musical Mondays @ Curtain Call, a series of new musicals presented in concert, on a Monday, February 22, 2010.

In order to qualify for consideration, a musical cannot have been professionally produced (Equity Dinner, LORT, Production, Special Production, SPT, Stock, etc...) or published. It may have been performed in readings, concerts, workshops and non-professional productions.

Submissions will be accepted via mail from Monday, September 7, 2008 until Saturday, October 10, 2009. Submissions postmarked after Saturday, October 10, 2009, will ineligible for consideration. We are not able to receive electronic submissions at this time. Your submission should include:

1. A plot synopsis of no more than 800 words (or roughly two pages).

2. The first 10 pages of the libretto (with all dialogue, lyrics and stage directions included).

3. A cd that demonstrates as much of the musical's score as has been recorded to date (it needn't be of studio quality).

4. One sample of the sheet music for a song from the show's piano / vocal score.

5. A self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to have your materials returned. (If not, they will be recycled after the judging.)

6. Note: there is no submission / reading fee.

Submissions should be mailed to:
Curtain Call, Inc.
1349 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT 06905
Attn. American Harmony Prize

Short-listed applicants will be asked to submit additional materials after Monday, October 26, 2009. Additional materials postmarked after Saturday, November 14, 2009, will ineligible for final consideration. The winner of the American Harmony Prize 2009 will be announced Monday, December 7, 2009, at www.CurtainCallinc.com.

PICTURED: MIKE RUBY AND ROB ROKICKI, WINNERS OF THE 2008 AHP

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