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Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop – Auditions for 2017-18
New Musicals Inc. is now accepting applications from musical theatre bookwriters, lyricists, and composers to take part in an open audition for the Core Curriculum - NMI’s Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop based in Los Angeles. Bookwriters, lyricists, and composers interested in joining the Core Curriculum for the 2017/18 season are invited to audition by taking part in the September and October sessions. There is no requirement to be an LA local as NMI is able to use video-conferencing technology to involve particpants from all across the globe. “We’ll put all applicants on collaborative teams in September, and give them assignments that are due in October,” says Elise Dewsberry, Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc., “After the October session, we will evaluate whether or not the Core Curriculum is the right place for each writer.” Successful applicants will then take part in monthly workshops through fall and winter, working with new collaborators each month. In the late spring, writers are paired one final time for a 15 minute musical, produced by NMI in a Los Angeles theatre with professional actors. Bookwriters, lyricists and composers can apply online to reserve a space for the September auditions, or can simply show up at Writers can also take part from long-distance via live video-conference on September 16 (10am to 2pm PST) and 17 (2:30pm-6:30pm PST). (For information on how to join us via video-conference, please email “We’ve had an overwhelming response this season, with our largest ever group of potential participants already registered to take part in our September auditions,” says NMI Executive Director Scott Guy. “We can still accept more registrations during this next week, but the competition for participation is going to be pretty strong for the 2017-18 season, and we are looking forward to a very exciting year.” The heart of the writers’ workshop at NMI is the Core Curriculum, in which composers, bookwriters and lyricists are matched together in different teams each month, and each month write a song or a scene based on an assigned text. The curriculum studies both contemporary and historical musicals, giving writers and composers the chance to create traditional and cutting-edge musicals, while studying contemporary variations of timeless ballads, charm songs, comedy songs and musical scenes. Throughout the decades, the writers workshop has trained over 400 writers, who have gone on to created hundreds of successful musicals all across the country and the world. For more information, visit ## New Musicals Inc., |
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