35th Annual Festival of New Musicals
2023

Welcome
October 26 - 27, 2023
New World Stages 340 W 50th Street, New York, NY
The 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals will be presented at New World Stages in New York City on October 26th & 27th, 2023. Register now!
This year’s Festival will take place at New World Stages in New York City on October 26th and 27th, and feature eight exciting new musicals in 45-minute staged reading presentations in front of a industry-only audience. This must-attend event brings together theatre producers, presenters and developers from around the world to celebrate the future of these promising new musicals! Selected from a submission pool of 575 submissions by our Festival Committee, these eight musicals celebrate what’s next in musical theatre and the incredible stories and artists that are leading the way.
Already registered? Check out this year’s Guide to Navigating the Festival so you know what to expect when you arrive!
The 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Musicals

Fallout
Director
Dev Bondarin
Music Director
Andrea Grody
Genre & Style:
A Ukrainian-American folk-rock-fusion family dramedy
Synopsis
A family of Ukrainian immigrants flees anti-Semitism of Soviet Russia in the aftermath of Chernobyl to settle in Brighton Beach, where the son grows up to pursue the burgeoning tech world of the early 2000s in this new American musical inspired by the life of its composer/lyricst Dmitry Koltunov; book by Motown’s David Goldsmith.

Fountain
Director
Leora Morris
Music Director
Patrick Sulken
Genre & Style:
Magic Realism
Synopsis
When her grandfather’s memory begins to fade, twelve-year-old Andi must brave a looming hurricane and embark on a perilous odyssey through the oddities of Florida in search of the one thing that might save him: the Fountain of Youth. A raucous folk-rock celebration of the healing power of family folklore, Fountain looks at love and loss through the eyes of a child—and encourages us all to find the wonder in the weird.

Fountain of You
Director
Catie Davis
Music Director
Jesse Kissel
Genre & Style:
Dark Comedy
Synopsis
When a thirty-something actress is suddenly aged out of the industry, she undergoes an unconventional spa procedure to get her old life back. But it sets her on a whole new path to achieve true power and equality… at a cost. Fountain of You is an irreverently funny take on our preoccupation with youth, beauty, and the patriarchal system underlying it all.

Mija
Director
Rebecca Aparicio
Music Director
Kurt Crowley
Latiné Biographical Family Drama
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
Inspired by a true story, Mija is a new bilingual musical about survival, identity and the complexity of family, following characters between continents, decades, and across generations. When Luisa leaves behind her sheltered life in the U.S. for Guatemala, she’s blindsided by a life-threatening pregnancy. In Oregon, Gabriela aches for grown-up life to start, but first she seeks to uncover secrets the adults around her deny.

Never Be King
Director
Abbey O'Brien
Music Director
Alyssa Kay Thompson
Genre & Style:
Pop-Punk Conspiracy meets 16th Century Catholic Mass
Synopsis
Henry of Navarre never dreamed of being the King of France–until everything around him started mysteriously falling into place. Never Be King is a baroque meets pop-punk musical that asks how far we would go to be a footnote in someone else’s story. After all, history’s just a he-said she-said.

The Oscar Micheaux Project
Director
Kimille Howard
Genre & Style:
HIstorical, Jazz
Synopsis
From silent pictures to the talkies, groundbreaking cinematic pioneer Oscar Micheaux battles the racism of Hollywood to bring Black stories to the silver screen… facing down censorship boards, financial ruin, and family betrayal. Micheaux’s legacy as America’s first major Black filmmaker comes to syncopated and soulful life in this jazz musical.

Wonder Boy
Director
Bo Frazier
Music Director
Anessa Marie
Genre & Style:
Dramedy, LGTBQ+
Synopsis
Jackson is recovering from a break up, growing apart from his twin sister, and attempting to find a new normal in his identity as a transgender man. When he ingests an experimental drug and transforms into a superhero, he learns that protecting others is more complicated than he thought.

Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria
Director
Jess McLeod
Music Director
Lily Ling
Genre & Style:
Yes.
Synopsis
Did Yoko Ono really break up The Beatles? Was Gloria Abe Chapman somehow responsible for John Lennon’s murder? Why do all these egotistical white guys marry Asian women? That’s weird, right? These questions keep Ruby Okamoto up at night. She‘s getting answers—even if she has to summon all of Asian America into her insomniatic fever dream.
Festival Schedule
Thursday, October 26, 2023 (All times ET)
New World Stages Lobby
(don’t forget to check out the Midday Cabaret in the Green Room lounge during lunch both days!)
Green Room Lounge
(Premiere or Select Pass required for entry)
Friday, October 27, 2023 (All times ET)
New World Stages Lobby
Green Room Lounge
(Premiere or Select Pass required for entry)
Stage 1
Stage 3
Green Room Lounge
Open for coffee and networking
For registered Premiere Pass holders only.
Open bar and the ultimate networking opportunity with this year’s writers and VIPs!
Saturday, October 28, 2023 (All times ET)
At this meeting, NAMT organizational members interested in working on Festival shows will have a chance to talk about future collaborations and development. Exact time and location TBD. Watch your email for details, and please select the meeting on your schedule if you’re interested in attending so we have a head-count.
Schedule as of 7/14/23. Subject to change.
Writers & Artists

Christopher Anselmo
Book & Lyrics & Music, Fountain
Christopher Anselmo (Book, Music & Lyrics) is an award-winning songwriter and playwright. His musicals include Fable (NYMF), Atlantic (Edinburgh) and the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA. His latest musical, Fountain, has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. In addition to his work as a writer, Anselmo serves as associate to composer Jeanine Tesori on her projects, most recently the Tony Award-winning Kimberly Akimbo and Soft Power. Member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum. christopheranselmo.com

Clare Fuyuko Bierman
Lyrics, Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria
Clare Fuyuko Bierman (Lyrics) is a playwright and lyricist raised in a Japanese-Jewish home with some rabbits, a snake and a bunch of finches. Recent: Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife, Gloria (5th Avenue Commission, Civilians R&D, Orchard Project, O’Neill Conference), The People vs. American Cheese (American Opera Project), Theseus and the Minotaur and the Other Six (Youth Theatre Northwest Commission) and VISARE (New Voices Winner, Vivace Award Nomination). She has participated in the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival and Broadway’s Future Songbook Series. MFA New York University, Musical Theatre Writing. clarebierman.com

Faye Chiao
Music, Fountain of You
Faye Chiao (Music) is a composer of musical theater, opera and concert music. Chiao has received awards from The Presser Foundation and OPERA America. Chiao’s works have been commissioned, produced and developed by Houston Grand Opera, Syracuse Stage, The Duffy Institute for New Opera, Boston Chamber Symphony, Manhattan School of Music, Prospect Theater, The Playwrights Realm, Pittsburgh Festival Opera and The New Victory Theater Labworks program. Chiao is a member of Theatre Now New York’s Musical Writers Lab and the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Workshop. Chiao holds degrees from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. FayeChiao.com

Brandy Hoang Collier
Book, Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria
Brandy Hoang Collier (Book) is a poet, playwright and paradox from deep in the heart of Texas. She unravels conventions and incites chaos through paradigm-shifting storytelling, radically compassionate work practices and general vibes. Selected works include Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife, Gloria (5th Avenue Theatre Commission, Civilians R&D Group, Orchard Project, O’Neill NMTC) and The Blazing World (Polyphone Festival). In 2020, she co-founded Root Beer Occasion Theatre Company with business partner Jessie Field and orchestrated several online productions at the height of the pandemic. Collier proudly identifies as Asian-American, disabled, queer and utterly charming. brandyhoangcollier.com

Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
Book, Mija
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (Book) is a Seattle-based playwright, dramaturg and director. As a teaching artist, she’s worked with Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Alliance Theatre, NYFA, Seattle University and SMU; she also spent several years working with prisoners at the Washington Correctional Center for Women as part of the Engaged Theatre Residency. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Parley, a robust new work developmental program in the Pacific Northwest providing unprecedented support to its associate artists. Through Parley, Tourino Collinsworth has developed, directed and produced more than 80 world premieres by underrepresented writers in the last decade.

Sam Columbus
Music, Never Be King
Sam Columbus (Music) is a New York City-based composer, orchestrator and music director. WRITER: Freedom Summer (Baldwin Wallace University, New York Musical Festival, BW/Playhouse Square), Never Be King (the Never Be King E.P., developmental). ORCHESTRATOR/ARRANGER: Brilliant: The Musical (Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Theatre Row), Boundless: The Musical. MUSIC DIRECTOR: Playhouse Square, Timber Lake Playhouse, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. BWMT 2019. www.samcolumbus.com for more.

Jared Corak
Book & Lyrics & Music, Fountain
Jared Corak (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a Brooklyn-based writer and lyricist, originally from sunny South Florida. His musicals include the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA, and Fountain, which has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. He is the recipient of the Ellen Schwartz Award for Lyric Writing and the Jean Banks Award. When he is not writing musicals, he works on the CBS TV show FBI. Member of the BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum.

Anna Gilbert
Lyrics & Music, Mija
Anna Gilbert (Music & Lyrics), a singer-songwriter living in Portland, Oregon, composes songs about life, love and loss. She has made music with Grammy Award-winning producer Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars, The Lone Bellow), Jeremy Larson (Sucré, Violents), Peter Hollens (Legendary Vocals), Troy Welstad (Pink!, Selena Gomez, A Fine Frenzy) and Grammy and Golden Globe- nominee Sam Ashworth (H.E.R., Leslie Odom). Gilbert’s current projects include working on her pop project, Shy Honey — an up-and-coming synth pop band in Portland — and writing the music for Mija. Gilbert also releases music monthly on Patreon as a creator (Patreon.com/annagilbert).

David S Goldsmith
Book, Fallout
David’s plays American Guernica, Hotel Buzz and I Ragazzi are available for production through Broadway Licensing and Dramatists Play Service (www.dramatists.com). BROADWAY: Motown The Musical. WEST END: Motown The Musical, Imagine This (lyrics). NATIONAL THEATRE OF ISRAEL: Masada 1942 (book, lyrics). OFF-BROADWAY: Invisible Thread (Story Consultant), 2nd Stage Theatre, Diane Paulus, dir. LOS ANGELES: Having It All (book, lyrics), Ovation nominee, Best Musical, Best Book. DISNEY TV: “My Once Upon A Time” (lyrics) from Descendants 3. CARNEGIE HALL: Tribute To Stephen Flaherty (writer, curator, parody lyrics). David lives in Manhattan with his wife, Broadway’s Bryonha Marie. www.davidisawriter.com.

Tasha Gordon-Solmon
Book & Lyrics, Fountain of You
Tasha Gordon-Solmon (Book & Lyrics): Tasha’s writing has been developed and produced at the Humana Festival, Clubbed Thumb, Northern Stage, New Georges, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, The Playwrights Realm, Ars Nova, Theatre Now New York and The Flea. She is a recipient of the Dramatists Guild Fellowship, the Playwrights Realm Fellowship, a Puffin Foundation Grant, and an AFO Solo Collective Residency. Residencies include The Millay Colony, Bethany Arts Community, Barrington Stage Company and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is a member of the TNNY Musical Writers Lab and the BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, and an alumna of the Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group, Project Y Playwrights Group, New Georges Jam and Ars Nova Playgroup.

Evynne Gail Hollens
Book, Mija
Evynne Hollens (Book) is a writer, singer and Artistic Director of One Voice Productions, a digital media company. She co-created Voices, a virtual and live a cappella show running on the largest theatrical venue at sea. Hollens co-founded Divisi, University of Oregon’s female-identifying a cappella group (inspiration for Pitch Perfect). She won a Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award for “Best Arrangement” of Divisi’s cover of Usher’s “YEAH!,” featured on Glee. Hollens made her Broadway debut at The August Wilson Theatre and performs at the Hult Center with the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Contemporary Theatre and the Shedd Institute.

Alphonso Horne
Music, The Oscar Micheaux Project
Alphonso Horne (Music) is a composer, performer and educator. He is a two-time Grammy nominated trumpeter, named by Wynton Marsalis as a rising star of the next generation. Broadway: Orchestra for After Midnight and Shuffle Along. Music Director: Ziegfield’s Midnight Frolic, For The Last Time. Theater Composing: Paradise Blue by Dominique Morisseau (Long Wharf Theatre); the original musical Dee (New Dramatists); Antonio Award nomination for music in The Wedding Band (Theatre for a New Audience). He wrote and produced Mother Kofi: The Tale Of An African Princess, inspired by his family history. Florida State University (BM), The Juilliard School (MM). www.alphonsohorne.com

Jaime Jarrett
Book & Lyrics & Music, Wonder Boy
Jaime Jarrett (Book, Music & Lyrics) [he/they] is a Philadelphia and New York City-based composer, lyricist and librettist. Writing credits include: Wonder Boy (5th Avenue Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory), (You Can’t) Outrun the Monster (developed with The Ucross Foundation, Fresh Ground Pepper), Queer Baby Jesus (Dixon Place, co-written with Nina Roy), Normativity (Polyphone Festival, NYMF). They have participated in several writers groups including Musical Theatre Factory’s inaugural Makers Cohort, BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, and Theatre Now New York’s Musical Writers Lab. Jaime is currently pursuing his MFA in Musical Theatre Collaboration at Temple University. Rep: Lucy Powis, A3 Artists Agency.

Erika Ji
Music, Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria
Erika Ji (Music) is a cross-genre composer-storyteller who loves soaring melodies, dream worlds and stories that challenge our preconceptions about what is true, good or worth wanting. Her work has premiered at Lincoln Center and the Public. Recent projects, in addition to Gloria: VISARE (New Voices Winner, Vivace Award Nomination), Starsong (Rattlestick, Sound Bites). As conductor-pianist-vocalist, Erika performs on Broadway (Kimberly Akimbo) and national TV (CBS Sunday Morning). Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriter, NYU Tisch MFA Fellow. The proud daughter of Chinese immigrants, Erika studied computer science & philosophy at Stanford and built products at Dropbox before deciding to follow the music. erikaji.com

Jesse L. Kearney, Jr.
Book & Lyrics, The Oscar Micheaux Project
Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. (Lyrics & Book) is an award-winning playwright and lyricist. Honors: ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop; Jonathan Larson Musical Theatre Fellowship through the Dramatists Guild; Lazarus Family Musical Theater Award; 2022 Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals. Works: The Little Playhouse (LCT Directors Lab); The Lion In Love (music: Brian Feinstein); book for The Blind Man (lyrics: Peter Mills / music: Deborah Abramson). Kearney was a co-founder and the General Counsel of The STAGE Network, a streaming media platform devoted to the performing arts. J.D.: New York Law School. MFA: NYU Musical Theater Writing Program. BA: Dartmouth. Member: Dramatists Guild.

Dmitry Koltunov
Lyrics & Music, Fallout
Dmitry Koltunov (Music & Lyrics) is a Ukrainian born singer-songwriter living in New York. His band played some of the best independent music stages of NYC before Dmitry focused on writing for theatre. When not writing, Dmitry runs a tech startup called Arbor helping families capture and share their history. In 2017 he became a resident writer with MTF/Playwrights Horizons, and New York Theatre Barn’s Emerging Voices program. In 2019 Dmitry received the ASCAP Scholarship for the NYMF Musical Songwriting Workshop. He was the runner-up for Taylor Louderman’s Write Out Loud contest in 2019 and 2020. Dmitry’s work has been performed at Joe’s Pub and 54 Below. Dmitry is a graduate of UPenn, where he majored in Economics and Computer Science while studying poetry and music composition.

Peter C. Mills
Lyrics & Music, The Oscar Micheaux Project
Peter Mills (Lyrics & Additional Music) wrote music, lyrics and co-book for Off-Broadway’s The Hello Girls, nominated for three Drama Desk Awards and four Outer Critics Circle Awards. Other shows include Illyria, Golden Boy Of The Blue Ridge and The Honeymooners. He has won the Kleban Prize, the Fred Ebb Award, the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Cole Porter Award, a Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation grant, the Donna Perret Rosen Award, and received two Drama Desk Award nominations for The Pursuit Of Persephone. ASCAP member, NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program alum and faculty, and a founding member of Prospect Theater Company. www.PeteMillsMusic.com

Gaby Moreno
Lyrics & Music, Mija
Gaby Moreno (Music & Lyrics): Born in Guatemala, singer-songwriter-producer Gaby Moreno has released seven albums, earning two Grammy nominations (Alegoría, 2023 and Illusion, 2017), an Emmy nomination (co-writer, “Parks & Recreation” theme song), and won a Latin Grammy (Best New Artist, 2013). She won Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the first contestant in the Latin category to win Song of the Year. She sings the theme song and voices “Marlena” in the Disney series Elena of Avalor. Moreno has shared the international stage with Bono, Andrea Boccelli, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Punch Brothers, Hugh Laurie, Calexico, David Gray, Oscar Isaac and many more. She was recently named the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from Guatemala and works closely with various organizations that support those on the margins.

Charlie H. Ray
Book & Lyrics & Music, Never Be King
Charlie H. Ray (Music, Book & Lyrics) is a writer, composer and performer splitting time between NYC and Miami. WRITER: Freedom Summer (Baldwin Wallace University, New York Musical Festival, BW/Playhouse Square), Never Be King (the Never Be King E.P., developmental). ACTOR/MUSIC DIRECTOR: Casa Mañana, Playhouse Square, Beck Center for the Arts, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, among others. In addition to creating theatre, he is an avid marketer and Partner at Innoruptiv. Proud BWMT 2020. @charliehray

Cara Reichel
Book, The Oscar Micheaux Project
Cara Reichel (Book) has co-authored shows with Peter Mills including The Hello Girls (2019 Drama Desk Award nominations), The Flood, The Underclassman, Death for Five Voices and others. For Theatrical Rights Worldwide, she wrote The Olympians: A New Muse-ical, a female-forward jukebox show drawing on hits from the BMG music catalog. She is the bookwriter for Marion Adler and Peter Foley’s I Capture the Castle, and has developed work at the Goodspeed Johnny Mercer Writers’ Grove, Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat, and the Bogliasaco Fellows program in Italy, among others. She is the Producing Artistic Director of NYC’s Prospect Theater Company. www.CaraReichel.com
Hotels & Accommodations
Klerk
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Registration
Please read below for details about who may attend the Festival of New Musicals and how to register. Then click the button at the bottom the page when you’re ready to proceed! The registration form will also walk you through the process by asking you questions.
Rates and Deadlines
- Advance registration for the Festival will be open through October 18, 2023.
- An administrative processing fee of $25 will be added to all registrations on October 11.
- After October 18, you can still attend the Festival! Walk-up registration will be available starting at 10 am on October 26 at New World Stages.
- Advance registration is highly recommended
- Please allow extra time for walk-up registration
- Additional administrative fees will apply for walk-ups
We require a registration for each individual person attending the Festival of New Musicals. Registrations are not transferrable. Click the button below to get started. You may register up to 10 people** from your organization on a single form for either the Festival of New Musicals or Fall Conference (for those eligible to attend) or both! Every attendee will receive a badge, which acts as your ticket, as well as a login to our events app. Important pre-event information will be sent via email, so please be sure to enter each attendees’ correct email address.
Upon completion of the form, you will see a confirmation screen and receive an email. Please do not close your browser tab until the form is fully submitted.
Non-Member Attendance Eligibility
We define an industry member as anyone currently working professionally in the theatre who can aid in the development of the shows or careers of the writers we present. If you are not a NAMT member, you will be asked to state your affiliation with another professional organization/group/network, such as TCG, The Broadway League, LORT, ART/NY, etc.. General passes to the Festival are free to industry members as defined above. You may receive upgraded access as our thanks for a donation to support the Festival (see below).
If you are not industry, you may make a donation of $250 or more and receive a special pass to attend the Festival with VIP benefits as our gift (see details below). Please click the Register button below to make this donation and register for the Festival all on one single form.
Festival Passes

There are four different passes available for the Festival, each with its own level of access and benefits outlined in the chart at right. Capacity at Festival presentations is limited, and a VIP pass guarantees your admission. In addition, while a General Pass to the Festival is free to industry professionals, your tax-deductible contribution allows the Festival of New Musicals to create a nurturing environment for the discovery, development and advancement of new works, at no cost to the writers participating.
NAMT members receive complimentary Premiere Passes and Select Passes as part of their member benefits:
- Producing/Presenting/Touring organizations receive 4 Premiere Passes and 2 Select Passes
- Independent Commercial Producers receive 2 Premiere Passes and 2 Select Passes
- International and Academic members receive 2 Premiere Passes and 1 Select Pass
- Associate members receive 1 Select Pass
- Student members receive 1 General Pass
(Not sure what kind of member you are? Check the directory!)
Public Standby
Public standby lines for those ineligible to register start forming 20 minutes prior to each reading. Standby seating is limited and is not guaranteed.
Fall Conference
The Fall Conference is a separate event open to NAMT members and invited guests only. Those attendees may register for both events at once using this registration form. Or visit the Fall Conference section of the website for more details.
Please note that this year’s Festival of New Musicals is taking place in-person only.
Guidelines
Participation Guidelines
NAMT is committed to recognizing and celebrating the diversity of experiences, talents, skills, cultures and opinions that our members bring to our community, and specifically to our events. We invite you to participate in all of our Conferences, Roundtables, Festivals and other events, both online and in-person, in a spirit of open-mindedness, curiosity and respect.
We want every NAMT event to be a safe, inclusive and productive environment for all participants. In that spirit, we ask you to…
- Be inclusive, actively seeking and inviting diverse perspectives
- Recognize that some people are comfortable responding quickly and verbally and others are not, and create space for those who may need more time to be heard
- Listen to understand
- Participate in an active and direct way, with professionalism and respect for others
- Be considerate, kind, constructive and helpful in your language and actions
- Use “I” statements and avoid generalizations
- Assume good intentions but acknowledge impact
- Ask questions if something isn’t clear, and receive both questions and answers with openness and generosity
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behavior and language
- Respect confidentiality requests by speakers and other participants
We may take action (up to and including expulsion with no refund and exclusion from future events) to redress disruptive, disrespectful or offensive behavior or any other actions perceived by NAMT staff and/or Board to be in conflict with the above guidelines.
We know that learning and working together can produce both joy and conflict. We recognize that to learn is to stumble, and we are striving to provide a space for risk, creativity, respect, appreciation, growth and collaboration. When addressing conflicts of any type, we commit to these Participation Guidelines.
Thank you to every NAMT community member for helping to make all of our events informative, inclusive and respectful.
Attendees
Nancy Gibbs
Producer
amy francis schott
co-producer/writer outreach
Lucy Powis
Theatrical Literary Agent
Jack Lavey
Theatrical Literary Division
Molly Winstead
Theatrical Literary Division
Amy Wagner
Agent - A3 Artists Agency
Max Grossman
Theatrical Literary Agent
Ben Izzo
Theatrical Literary Agent
Gretchen Hannah Burke
Theatrical Literary Division
Lauren Wiener
Theatrical Literary Division
John Albert Harris
Theatrical Literary Division
Alan Edmunds
Owner/Writer
Bradley Michalakis
Literary Manager
Paul Marchegiani
Sr. Business Affairs Executive
Brannon Bowers
Producing Director
Keith Martin
Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre
Pamela Kashani
Artistic Director, Co-founder
Tim Kashani
Co-founder
Christopher Sepulveda
Producer
Rick Feldman
TRUSTEE
Peter Rothstein
Producing Artistic Director
Kirk Curtis
Finance Director
Barbara Toy
Director of Development
Braley Degenhardt
Director of Marketing
Camron Parker
Associate General Manager
Pamela Adams
General Manager
Annie MacRae
Associate Artistic Director
Anthony Rodriguez
Co-Founder/Chairman of the Board
Ann-Carol Pence
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director
Katie Pelkey
Managing Director
Hank Temple
Student at Baldwin Wallace University
Victoria Bussert
Director of Music Theatre
Susan VanVorst
Dean of Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music
Gideon Temple
Student @ Baldwin Wallace University
Barbara Whitman
Producer
Branden Huldeen
Artistic Producer/Director of New Works
Moira O'Sullivan
Literary & Artistic Co-Ordinator
Alan Paul
Artistic Director
Jacquelyn Bell
Producer
Lynne Harrison
Guest
Olga Cherkasskaya
Creative Executive
Jason Ma
Board, Prospect Theater Company
Ronnie Plasters
Kate Bussert
Theatrical Literary Agent
Bonnie Davis
Bret Adams Limited
Mark Orsini
Theatrical Literary Agent
Bruce Ostler
Theatrical Literary Agent
NATALIE LEONARD
DIRECTOR
SCOTT LEONARD
PRODUCER
Geoffrey Reynolds
Visiting Professor of Theatre
Amy Kaissar
Producing Director
Ken Kaissar
Producing Director
Victoria Lang
Founder, Co-President of Content
Ryan Bogner
Founder, Co-President of Content
Mary Alex Daniels
Producing Assistant
Gauri Mangala
Associate Producer
Joseph Longthorne
Associate General Manager
Osh Ashruf
Ruchir Khazanchi
Jennifer Isaacson
SVP, Licensing
Jeff Keilholtz
SVP, Marketing
Steph Cowan
Director of Musical Licensing
Kent Nicholson
SVP, Acquisitions & Artistic Services
Yoni Weiss
Manager of Acquisitions & New Work
Sean Cercone
Founder/CEO
Zach Kaufer
Director of Play Licensing
Sara Skolnick
Director of Acquisitions & New Work
KJ Lampar
Play Licensing Associate
Bradley Schlagheck
Professional Musical Licensing Associate
Chris Miller
Musical Licensing Associate
Zach Dulli
Director of Education & Community Initiatives
Beatriz Westby
General Manager
Dan Murphy
Managing Director
Sharon Maroney
Producing Artistic Director
Valerie Britten
Marshall Hagins
Writer
Marsha S Brooks
Partner
Ania Upstill
Artistic Director
Jess Ducey
Producer
SOOMYOUNG CHOI
Theatrical Producer
Fern Kershon
Producer
Tim Bloom
Associate
Matt Morrow
Artistic Director
Markus Potter
Artistic Producer
Christopher Silveri
Manager
Juli LeDoux
Bruce Bronstein
Executive Director, Ferguson Center for the Arts
Colin Ruffer
Director of Musical Theater
Jennifer Friedland
Founder
Ji Youn Lee
Theatre Producer
Danny Marin
Executive Director
Amy Marik
Managing Director
Daniella Wheelock
Associate Artistic Director
Kate Galvin
Casting Director/Creative Producer
Carolyn Copeland
Producer
Matthew Schneider
Producer, Creative Endeavor Office
Derrick Chua
Producer
Mark Karafilis
Vice President, Music Production Disney Television Animation
Kian Kline-Chilton
Artistic Producer
Jenny Case
Executive Director
Carmen Quiñones
Founder & Producer
Jane Dubin
President
Drew Desky
Producer
Dane Levens
Producer
Betsy Banchik
Investor
Mitchell Banchik
Investor
Erica Rotstein
Producer
Rebecca Rovezzi
Artistic Associate
Helena Pennington
Literary Manager
Jorge Lopez Rivera
Line Producer
Neil Laidlaw
Producer
Andrea Grody
Abigail Holland
Dev Bondarin
Associate Artistic Director
Lori Fineman
Producer/Owner
Elisbeth Challener
Producer/Owner
Jennifer Hanawald
Associate
Nicole Samsel
Managing Director
Michael Lluberes
Producing Artistic Director
Alisa Hauser
Assistant Professor of Music Theatre, Florida State University
Cooper Ellis
Leora Morris
Patrick Sulken
Tyra Wilson
Catie Davis
Jesse Kissel
Fred Gilbert
Soren Moller
Artistic Director
Gabrielle Palitz
Producer
Anita Gonzalez
Artistic Director, Woodshed Collective
Woo Jeong Shin
Theatre Producer
Charlie Barnett
Playwright
Mary Miko
Special Events and Corporate Relations
Eddie Muentes
Supporter
Denise Bernardo
Supporter
Leo Fotos
Musical Theatre Creator
Emily Sierra
Opera Singer
Becca Glantz
Creative Associate
David Gosz
Musical Theatre Creator
David Shapiro
Producer
Greg Schaffert
Producer
Jennifer Lorae Schaffert
Associate Producer
Audrey Zielenbach
Literary Manager
Laura Sky Herman
Harvard
Nathan Sheffield
Production Counsel
SallyCade Holmes
Producer
Jason Brady
Partner
Seth Goldstein
Producer
Isaac Hurwitz
Producer
In Suk Jung
Theatre Producer
Larry Rogowsky
Producer
Sue Gilad
Producer
James Fleming
Theatre Director
Maia Glasman
Associate Producer
Patrick Jones
Producer
Morgan Steward
Associate Producer
Bree Turner
Production Coordinator
Scottie Schwefel
Programming Manager
Kurt Rodeghiero
Senior VP of Strategy
Gyulin Lee
CEO/PD
Judith Manocherian
Producer
Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf
Executive Producer
Michelle Lee
Team Lead, Performing Arts Promotion Team
Lucy Seoyoung Yoon
Project Manager, K-Musical Projects
J.B. Oh
Project Manager, K-Musical Projects
Kristin Zee
Musical Theatre Writer
Karen Quiñones
Board of Trustees
Eric Keen-Louie
Executive Producer
Ryan Morales Green
Founder and Producing Artistic Director
Diana Davidson
Producer
Julia Dunetz
Producer
Kurtis Bradley Brown
Producer
Casey Wenger-Schulman
Producer
Elle Zambarano
Producer
Alana Canty-Samuel
General Manager
Maura Le Viness
General Manager Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation/Lucille Lortel Foundation
Michael Heitzman
Artistic Director for Musical Development
Sarah Wigley
Clinical Associate Professor/Resident Director
Michael Baron
Producing Artistic Director
Monica Wittrock
Lyric Board President
Jim Radford
Ashley Wells
Executive Producer
Jim Reynolds
Managing Director
Linda Garrett
Emeritus Board Member
Kevin Wittrock
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Advocate/Donor
Boram Kim
Creative Director
Jimmy Wilson
Associate Producer
Penzi Hill
Artistic Assistant
Elissa Huang
Manager of Artistic Development
Julie Felise Dubiner
Director of Artistic Initiatives
Natalia Scorer
Executive Director
Adam Yankowy
New Musical Laboratory, Michigan State
Brad Willcuts
New Musical Laboratory Program Director
Kurt Crowley
Music Director
Tah-Janay Shayoñe
Rebecca Aparicio
Adjunct Faculty, Pace University
Lori Bales
Director New Musicals Workshop, Professor
Kevin Long
Music Director New Musicals Workshop, Artist in Residence
Tony Castrigno
Partner
Mark Rubinsky
Partner/ Producer
Joseph Greco
Member -Board of Directors
Electra Kontalonis
President- Board of Directors
Brian J. Marcum
Artistic Director
Paul Garman
Executive Director/Producer
Bren Thor
Associate Producer
Theresa Quinn
Music Director
Randy Kramer
Artistic/Executive Director
Charlie Gilbert
Executive Director
samantha estrella
Mayah Lourdes Burke
Barry Weissler
President, Broaway Producer
Sierra Miliziano
Producing Associate
AJ Hernandez
Assistant to Vice President
Brett England
Associate Producer
Jessica Sandler
Assistant Company Manager
Skye Cone Ivey
Program Assistant
Emily Vortherms
Operations and Communications Associate
Adam Grosswirth
Member Services Director
Betsy Militello
Executive Director
Frankie Dailey
New Works Director
Alana Roberts
Development Manager
Greg Reiner
Theater & Musical Theater Director | Performing Arts
John Thew
President
Jenna Hoffman
Guest
Richard Biever
Program Director of Musical Theatre
Rosemary Willman
Managing Director
Neil Gooding
Producer
Aidan Pauer
Abbey O'Brien
Alyssa Thompson
Tim O'Donnell
Director of Theatrical Production
Barbara Zinn Krieger
Artistic Director
Sammy Lopez
Resident Director
Aurie Ceylon
Artistic Coordinator
Nicole Hogsett
Director of Marketing
Natalie Gershtein
Executive Artistic Producer
Gabby Clark
General Manager
Grace Rowan
Marketing Associate
Tim Lord
Line Producer
Liz Carlson
Interim Artistic Director
Eric Kuhn
Executive Producer
Pauls Macs
Artistic Associate
Jr., Héctor Flores
President | Theatre Barn Records
Joe Barros
Artistic Director
Sheilah Rae
Board President Emeritus
Matthew Woolf
Board Member
Gregory Sim
Guest
Merrie L. Davis
Merrie L. Davis Next Act 2 Follow Creative Producer
Dylan Pager
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCING AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Robert Jerome
Brent Bejsovec
Ariana Sarfarazi
Executive Director
Charlie Hitchcock
Writer/Producer
Sierra Hitchcock
Wordsmith
Deborah Warren
Managing Director
Brad Kenney
Executive Artistic Director
Jason Loewith
Artistic Director
Kacey Gritters
Office Administrator
Fiona Rudin
Founder / Producer
Katie Gamelli
Head of Theatrical Literary
Jen Bender
Associate Artistic Director
Elise Griffin
Coordinator, Theatre Lit
Jonathan Mills
Theatre Lit Agent
Mei Ann Teo
Artistic Leader
Min Jung Kim
Theatre Producer
Glenn Gunderson
Kristin Bair
Board Member
Kia Beth Kofron
Co-Founder
Cooper Kofron
Co-Founder
Mark Fleischer
Executive Producer
Billy Mason
Associate Producer
Jack DePalma
Producer
Hersh Ellis
Director
Kate Semmens
Producing Artistic Assistant
Melissa Huber
Managing Director
Julie Miller
Board of Directors
Tira Harpaz
Board Vice President
Rachel Sussman
Producer
Lucy Golub
Assistant to Richard Winkler
Bri Soekoe
Associate Producer
Richard Winkler
Producer
Steve Callaway
Board Member
Keith Cromwell
Executive Director
Roy Lightner
SINGH Artistic Director
Jennifer Jaquess
Managing Director
Kevin Broadie
Maggie McDonald
Keith Pennington
RMTC Donor
Robin Gorman Newman
Robin Gorman Newman, Producer
Kathy Evans
Founding Executive Director
Clayton Howe
Producer
Isabelle Ly
Producer
Mitch Marois
Managing Producer
Maxwell Beer
Associate Producer
Abigail Buell
VP, Strategy & Business Development
Jason Um
Theatre Producer
Joanna Lodin
producer
Jana Shea
Producer
Sharon Fallon
Producer
Andrew Patino
Assistant Producer
Anika Chapin
Director of Artistic Development
Mac Ingram
Director of Development
Liz Ulmer
Director, Stage Rights
West Hyler
Executive Director
Janie Dickerson
Account Executive
Holden Wertheimer-Meier
Account Executive
Gayle Seay
Artistic Director
Andrew Kuhlman
Executive Producer
Wendy Gillespie
President & CEO
Jacob Harvey
Managing Artistic Director
Kathleen Wrinn
Artistic Director, NEW WORKS, NEW VOICES
Tina Cocumelli
Associate Producer
Tegan Summer
Lead Producer | Bookwriter | Lyricist
Becci Snape
Producer
Brandi Underwood
Book Writer - Abbott MFA MT Collaboration Program
Jennifer Stafford
Head - MFA Playwriting Program
DC Passman
Director - Abbott MFA MT Collaboration Program
Megan O'Brien Perri
Director - Abbott MFA MT Collaboration Program
Steven Gross
Head - Abbott MFA MT Collaboration Program
Julissa Norment
Book Writer - Abbott MFA MT CollaborationProgram
Jesse Hampsch
Composer - Abbott MFA MT Collaboration Program
Erin Coomer
Wendy Grande
Jeanne Sheldon
Chris Distefano
Paula Tharp
Director of Philanthropy
Staci Spacek
Alan Finkelstein
Katie Maltais
Managing Director
Kate Speck
Senior Philanthropy Manager
Bill Berry
Producing Artistic Director
Neen Williams-Teramachi
Director of New Works
Jay Woods
Associate Artistic Director
Bernie Griffin
Managing Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Ariel Bradler
Director of Education and Engagement
Beth Porter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Debby Carter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Buzz Porter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Jean Sheridan
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Bonnie Towne
Board Member
Matt Perri
Resident Music Supervisor
Christine Johnson
Associate Director of Philanthropy
Kelley Girod
Director of New Works
Eric Rosen
Artistic Director
Emma Citron
Assistant Manager
Michael Baxter
Artistic Associate
Kwofe Coleman
President & CEO
Paul Beauchamp
Co-Executive Director
Megan Deeks
Board Co-Chair
Patrick David
Board Co-Chair
Kate Supleve
Co-Executive Director
Louis Danowsky
Wanye' Yoakum
Kimille Howard
Alexis Williams
Associate Artistic Director
Natalie Rine
Business Affairs, Executive Assistant
Trevor Moppin
Creative Projects Associate
Michael Coco
GM of Theatre Operations
Mark Stein
Founder
Katherine Winter
Development Coordinator
Justin Lucero
Artistic Director
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan
Managing Director
Elissa Adams
Associate Artistic Director & Director of New Work
Ginny Kim
Managing Director | Producer
Colleen Harris
Board Member
Camele-Ann White
Board President
Sebastian Trevino
Writers Lab Coordinator
Erik Schark
Casting Director/Development
Payton Dell
Admin Associate
Tom Morrissey
Producing Artistic Director
Hillary Hart
Executive Director
Dan Knechtges
Artistic Director
Cynthia Tong
Senior Associate Producer
Heather Shields
Producer/General Manager
Peter McKown
Board Member
Scott Anderson
Artistic Director
Shari Jordan
Associate Artistic Producer
Zoe Baird
Company Manager
Justin Waldman
Artistic Director
Dennis Chambers
Associate Producer
Jeff Rane
Artistic Producer
Britton Melton
Production Associate
Matt Holmes
Actor
Farrah Cukor
Agent
Michael Ballam
Founding General Director
Jared Rounds
Costumes
Vanessa Ballam
Associate Artistic Director
Stefan Espinosa
Education Direction
vincent colonna
Producer
Adam Immerwahr
Artistic Director
Laura Lee
Managing Director
Brandon Ivie
Associate Artistic Director
Alison Suttles
Shawn Magraw
Monique Magraw
Doug Suttles
Jason Aguirre
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC PRODUCER
Miriam Weiner
Literary Manager
Andy Charles
Director/Agent
mathew milsom
managing director
graeme farrow
artistic director
Alyssa Rudner
Customer Success Manager
Lizzy Weingold
Agent
Michael Finkle
Agent
Susan Rabin
Artistic Director
James Creer
Associate Producer
Brett Williams
Producer, Playwright, Music Composer
Selena Goodwin-Hay
Senior V.P.
Lissa Griffith
Anne Watanabe
Associate
Joyah Spangler
Bo Frazier
Anessa Marie
Lauren Stevens
Producer/Managing Partner
Nikki Mirza
Lily Ling
Music Director
Jess McLeod
Joan Sorkin
Board President
Seth Christenfeld
Literary Manager
Independent Investor
CEO
Owner/Founder
Producer
Producer
librettist
Producer/Writer
Managing Director, Miller Outdoor Theatre
Writer/Composer/Lyricist
Producer
Composer/Lyricist/Producer
Independent Investor
Writer
Producer
Literary Agent, Marquis Literary
Director/Choreographer
Agent
Producer, Sand Point Productions
Multi-hyphenate
Producer / Researcher
Founder & CEO, Tulsa Clarks Productions
Re:build Manufacturing
Founder, Lori Ossip Consulting Inc.
Talent Agent
Directing Observer Alum
Writer, Producer
Writer
Festival Alumni Writer
Composer - Lyricist - Book Writer
Writer/Producer/Director
Composer
Creative/producer
President
Writer/Director
Composer
Director, Theater@Kaufman
Writer, Producer, Actor, RN - IBCLC
Commercial Producer
Composer/Lyricist; Professor - Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Owner/ Talent Agent
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