Encore Theater Co. Announces Summer Season

Encore Theater Company has announced it's upcoming New Musicals Summer Season, including the launch of it's New Musicals-In-Development initiative. Utilizing all three arms of the organization, ETC will assist a creative team in the development of a new musical over the course of one theatrical year. Next Thing You Know, by Drama Desk Nominees Joshua Salzman & Ryan Cunningham, will kick off this new developmental program.  ETC will be helping the team develop their new show in association with 321 Management, Inc. and original director John Simpkins, both based out of New York City. A cold reading will take place in February as a part of ETC's Litehouse Series. Some time this spring there will be a MusicalWorld interview/feature on the show and it's creators, and the show will be fully developed in August.

Next Thing You Know will be the third production during Encore Theater Company's upcoming series of musicals. ETC will begin the summer months with a production of Jonathon Larson's groundbreaking musical, Rent. This will serve as a unique fundraising collaboration between ETC, Downtown Dayton Partnership, C}Space, AIDS Resource Center of Ohio, BLC Entertainment and Project Runway's Althea Harper. The production is slated for June 3-5, 2010 at C}space, downtown Dayton.

Rent will be followed in July by the regional premiere of the 2009 Tony Nominated hit [title of show]. This musical-within-a-musical tells the story of Jeff and Hunter - two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical, originally starring Dayton native Susan Blackwell. ETC is excited to premiere this work July 13th-15th, 2010.

Information regarding upcoming auditions and opportunities to participate in ETC's developmental programs and productions, as well as news about the exciting things happening in the world of new musical theater can be found by visiting http:// www.encoretheatercompany.com or emailing at newmusicalsetc@gmail.com.  

Encore Theater Company was launched in 1999 with the purpose of participating in the development of new American musicals by working with creative teams from all over the country and with local actors, designers, technicians, musicians, and directors. ETC's mission is the presentation of new, unpublished works for the musical stages at various levels of development by providing a safe venue for authors to hone their work. ETC's mission is carried out on three primary areas:

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