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Musical Theatre West Seeks Submissions for The 2024 MTW New Works Reading Festival
The exact dates of the festival will be announced at a later date.
By: Stephi Wild Apr. 03, 2024
Musical Theatre West is seeking submissions for its fourth annual New Works Reading Festival. The festival is looking for writers who are interested in working on a staged reading of their musical in order to further its development and receive feedback. The chosen submissions will have the opportunity to present a staged reading of their works using Equity and Non-Equity actors in front of an audience of MTW patrons and industry professionals during a two-day invite-only festival in November 2024. The exact dates of the festival will be announced at a later date.
“We are excited to open submissions for the fourth year of our New Works Reading Festival,” shared Paul Garman, Executive Director and Producer of Musical Theatre West. “Our festival held this past January was our most successful yet. Our three selected pieces, MĀYĀ, The Dark Lady, and Broken Ground, had extremely well-received readings at the Assistance League on Long Beach, and have already furthered their musical journey since then. The Dark Lady and Broken Ground have workshopped at the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Opera House, and MĀYĀ journeyed to London to continue working on the show across the pond! We can’t wait to see the exciting submissions from this year’s applicants."
MTW is committed to reflecting the rich diversity of the Long Beach community it serves across all facets of its operations. As part of this commitment, MTW actively encourages writers from a wide range of racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender identity, age, physical ability, LGBTQIA+, and diverse backgrounds to submit their work.
Submissions can be emailed to newworks@musical.org. Those submitting should include a script, cast size, song demo(s), contact information, and other pertinent information about your new musical. Please submit your package by June 14th. The selections will be announced in September. Selections will be presented under the AEA 29-hour staged reading guidelines.
For full details on submissions and requirements, please visit musical.org/new-works.
If you are interested in getting involved with Musical Theatre West’s New Works program or attending the staged readings, you can sign up HERE.
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