New Musicals Inc. Announces Submissions for 2017 New Voices Project

By: Jan. 02, 2017
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If you're under the age of 26, and you're writing for musical theatre, Walt Disney Imagineering and New Musicals Inc. would love to hear from you.

New Musicals Inc. in Los Angeles is sponsoring its fifth annual New Voices Project, in which young playwrights, composers and lyricists receive workshops and concerts of their work, with feedback sessions from executives from Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment and New Musicals Inc.

Selected finalists will have their work presented at NMI's annual got musical concert in Los Angeles in the early spring. Following the concert, finalists will receive critical feedback from industry professionals and be given the opportunity to revise their work. The revised pieces will be presented as part of NMI's STAGES Festival of New Musicals in the summer of 2017.

Writers are encouraged to submit up to three selections, either from a single work, or separate works, for a total of 20 minutes of material. The staff of New Musicals Inc. will select up to six teams of writers for presentation and critique.

The finalists work will be presented in concert at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, as part of NMI's annual showcase, "got musical," which features highlights of musicals in development at NMI; will receive feedback from the NMI staff and representatives from Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment; and the writers will then be given an opportunity to rewrite and resubmit in time to be presented as part of the STAGES Festival of New Musicals in the summer of 2017.

"We're looking for writers in whom we see potential," says NMI's Executive Director Scott Guy. "We're not pigeon-holing that potential: that is, we're not looking for 'Broadway musical' writers per se, or 'ground-breaking' or 'commercial' or 'avant-garde'. We're looking for writers who are exploring their voices through the blend of music and voice. The stronger your voice and vision are, the more likely we're going to respond to your work."

Previous New Voices Project were: Rebekah Allen, Ben Boecker, Benedict Braxton-Smith, Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour, Blake Dylan Pilger, Alex Ratner and Laurel Durning-Hammond, Marina Toft and Benji Goldsmith, Zach Spound, Jacob Combs & Madeline Myers, Bill Nelson and Joseph Trefler, Michael Finke, Mark Sonnenblick, Andre Catrini, Sam Chanse and Bob Kelly, Ben Boecker, Amar Benkhoukha, Ion Constantine, Nick Jester, Christopher Byron Pratt, and Noah Reece.

"We have been continually impressed with the level of talent of the young writers who have submitted to the New Voices Project in the past," says Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry. "As only one example, Ben Boecker was originally a Merit Finalist in 2015; then went on to be a finalist in 2016; and recently submitted to and won first prize in our annual Search for New Musicals. This means that Ben's musical Spellbound will be presented in its entirety as part of the STAGES Festival this summer."

Writers may apply online at http://nmi.org/develop/new-voices-project/

Timeline:
Open for Submissions: January 1, 2017
Deadline for Submissions: February 15, 2017
Winners Announced: March 1, 2017

There is no application fee. NMI is hopeful that funds will be available to fly the winning participants to Los Angeles for the got musical presentation in April, but such funding is not yet secured.


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