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How Far We've Come!

As we prepare to head to San Francisco for our Spring Conference, my head is immersed in our five-year strategic plan. The Board and staff have been working together over the past eight months to create a valuable framework to help the National Alliance for Musical Theatre grow. The Board will be discussing the final version at our board meeting next week, and our President Marilynn Sheldon will share some of the highlights with conference attendees.
I have been struck, during this process, by how far NAMT has come. In the past five years, our membership has grown from 130 to 150 organizations; we launched a new website with many more features; and our conferences, Festival of New Musicals, and New Works Summits have helped spawn myriad new musicals across the country. I am particularly proud of the National Fund for New Musicals, which has awarded 31 grants totaling nearly $150,000 to support producers and writers in new work development. There is much more we plan to do for our membership with new granting programs. We’ll have to use some of the fundraising ideas we learn at the conference to help NAMT grow! Details to come…stay tuned!

Kathy Evans
Executive Director

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Seize the moment at the New Works Summits

As theatre people, we tend to not venture far from home and see each other’s work. We pour so much time into our jobs and craft that it can seem daunting to go see someone else’s show when all you can think about is your own. But there is something vital about seeing other work.
This is why NAMT holds New Works Summits all around the country; to get us out and seeing new works at member theatres and sharing the experience with our colleagues.

The Summits are truly special events. Small and intimate, you actually find time to say “hi” and to have conversations with everyone. Together we get to enjoy a weekend filled with shows and other events as peers. There is something invigorating about seeing a musical with fellow producers and writers who you can turn to afterwards and spark up a discussion then and there, not over the internet.

I hope that many of you will join us January 14-16 at Goodspeed Musicals in CT for the next New Works Summit. Let’s experience these new musicals together!

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Theatreworks Hosts THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATER SUMMIT

These industry insiders gathered at TheatreWorks’ rehearsal halls on Friday to discuss the process of producing a musical on the West Coast and to learn the TheatreWorks model for developing and nurturing new works from infancy to main stage premieres. Additionally, they explored the role creative producers play in bringing a new musical to the stage in a discussion lead by Greg Schaffert of 321 Theatrical Management and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang about their efforts on Great Wall, one of the musicals in development at TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival. Additionally, artists, producers, and theater representatives had the opportunity to mix, mingle, and network at a wine reception Friday evening.

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