Write An Internet Musical – And Get It Produced!

New Musicals Inc. announces an online workshop for musical theatre bookwriters, lyricists, and composers, culminating in the creation of a series of short musicals for the internet. Which we'll shoot in our new greenscreen soundstage!

In 2017, we hosted a fantastic two-week online musical theatre writers workshop - in which writers got the chance to write/collaborate, receive critique, rewrite, attend lectures about the craft of writing for musical theatre, and finally see their works presented in concert in front of an audience. In 2018, we'll be focusing on musicals written for the internet. We'll then hire actors, music directors, directors, production crew, and editors, and shoot each of the musicals which are written during this year's workshop...and pitch them to SuperDope TV for you!

You write it, we'll produce it!

We'll put a few technical parameters on your final script in order to make sure we can afford to shoot it: small cast, single-location, human characters in everyday dress (rather than animals or monsters or period costumes). We'll cast it, rehearse it, and edit it. If you want more than just piano accompaniment, that will be up to you to create.

When: March 5-22, 2018
What: Week One - Online; lectures, collaborative outlining, preparing for your first draft
Week Two - Online; feedback; lectures; revisions (second draft)
Week Three - Online; we'll bring in actors so you can hear the whole piece; feedback; final drafts
After the workshop - we'll shoot your scripts in our greenscreen studio and pitch then to SuperDope TV
Where: ONLINE via video-conferencing software
Who: You. And New Musicals Inc., Simka Entertainment, SuperDope TV

NMI's Executive Director, Scott Guy, spent 15 years as a writer and producer in television, garnering six Emmy nominations in his work for Disney, NBC, Warner Bros., PBS, etc. This workshop combines his television expertise with his passion for musical theatre.

We're colleagues with Mychal Simka, the President and CEO of Simka Entertainment and SuperDope TV. He shares our interest in musical theatre, and is thrilled to see whatever comes out of the workshop. Mychal has produced three to four feature-length animated films annually, taking movies produced abroad in non-English languages and adapting them for American audiences primarily through editing and rewriting dialogue. SuperDope TV focuses on cutting-edge contemporary entertainment, aimed primarily at kids and teens.

You don't have to gear your musical to appeal to SuperDope TV. So long as your musical meets our technical parameters, we'll shoot it - it can be about any topic, and we won't censor the content. However, this is a fantastic opportunity to get your work in front of a contemporary producer/distributor of kids/teens entertainment, so all other ideas being equal, you might look for an idea in that demographic as any other.

To take part, you must RESERVE YOUR SPOT no later than Wednesday February 14th, 6pm PST.

Get more info on the project and RESERVE YOUR SPOT by visiting http://nmi.org/internet-musical-workshop/