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Dan Knechtges To Direct Staged Reading Of CHEER WARS 7/22

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Tony Nominated Choreographer & Director Dan Knechtges to direct The Directors Company Staged Reading of Cheer Wars. The play has a book & lyrics by Gordon Leary, music by Karlan Judd

Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Staged Readings administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

As the former captain and current coach of the New London Lady Leopard Varsity Cheer Squad, Doretha Bolingbroke will do anything to keep the cheer bloodline intact. Her daughter Halle is poised to become captain, but when Doretha's old rival Nuella Percy returns from exile with her own cheerleading-machine daughter Charmain, the women must wage an epic battle for control of the squad and cheerdom itself. Inspired by Henry IV, Part 1 and the true story of Wanda Holloway.

Thursday, July 22nd: 1:00 and 4:00 PM
Thursday, July 29: 1:00 and 4:00 PM at The Peter Norton Space 555 West 42nd Street New York, NY

For reservations e-mail tickets@directorscompany.org or call 212-246-5877
Reservations are required.

About The Directors Company
The Directors Company, whose most recent production Irena's Vow, transferred to Broadway last spring, is a not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals initiated and generated by outstanding directorial talent, for the American theatre public. The Directors Company mentors and supports emerging artists in the development of original theatre works from inception to production, providing artistic and dramaturgical guidance to promising, new theatre artists and their projects.

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Direction of a Musical - Top 3
1. Michael Arden - The Lost Boys
24.4% of votes
2. Michael Mayer - Chess
14.8% of votes
3. Lear deBessonet - Ragtime
11.5% of votes

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