Thinking about Becoming A Producer?

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The Commercial Theater Institute 3 Day Weekend Producing Intensive is a must for anyone interested in producing, co-producing, or investing in the commercial theatre – Broadway, Off-Broadway, Touring Broadway, and elsewhere. This program has been held each Spring for over 30 years.

Dates: April 19-21
Location: Snapple Theater Center, NYC

We are offering a special student rate of $200 ( regular price: $455) for all full time students with a valid ID. Please call 212-586-1109 to register!

Over the weekend, you will take part in the cornerstone sessions and panel discussions with experienced producers, general managers, entertainment attorneys, press representatives, advertising and marketing directors, designers and more, all of whom will share specific case histories that illustrate the various methods of developing theatrical productions.

This year, for the first time, the weekend will concentrate on the creative development process and include presentations by four new musicals that will be followed by discussion and analysis of their commercial creative potential. For a list of the participating musicals, please see below.

An excellent networking opportunity, this course is a terrific introduction to the entire CTI curriculum.

Topics covered during the weekend include:

Presentations and critiques of new musicals
Creative Development
Production Budget Analysis
Legal Aspects of Producing
Marketing, Promotions, and Press

Musicals presenting during the weekend:

THE LEGEND OF STAGECOACH MARY
By: Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore

Ex-slave Mary Fields turns the idea of the real Wild West hero on its head when she travels to 1880’s Montana to find freedom, adventure and her long-lost best friend. Along the way, she discovers a gaggle of square-dancing nuns and a town full of cowboys in need of a little lesson in the American Dream. Presented at NAMT’s 20th Annual Festival of New Musicals.

HOW CAN YOU RUN WITH A SHELL ON YOUR BACK?
By: Michael Mahler & Alan Schmuckler

After-school detention becomes an adventure when a stranger shows six students the power of a good story. The Tortoise and the Hare, The Ant and the Grasshopper, Androcles and the Lion… Aesop’s timeless fables take an entertaining turn in this new musical that reveals universal truths through simple, appealing, age-old allegories. Presented at NAMT’s 21st Annual Festival of New Musicals.

THE TROUBLE WITH DOUG
Book & Music: Will Aronson
Book & Lyrics: Daniel Mate

A contemporary comedic reimagining of Kafka’s Metamorphosis in which a happy, healthy young man transforms inexplicably into a giant talking slug. Thrust together awkwardly under the same roof, Doug, his family, and his fiancée all struggle to understand and respond to this strangest of crises. Presented at NAMT’s 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals.

THE CIRCUS IN WINTER
Music & Lyrics: Ben Clark
Book: Beth Turcotte

Meeting an elephant can change a man’s life. The Circus in Winter is based on the novel by Cathy Day, where legend and lore collide under the big-top filled with disheveled hustlers, death-defying acrobats and a dreamer named Wallace Porter searching for redemption and grace. Presented at NAMT’s 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals.
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