RUSH LIMBAUGH SAVES THE WORLD Opens New Line's 20th Season In Fall 2010, Now Seeking Submissions of Original Scenes & Songs

New Line Theatre, "the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre," announces another new project, this time a collaborative musical theatre piece about American politics and culture at this amazing, transformational moment in our history. "Rush Limbaugh Saves the World" will open New Line's 20th season in the fall of 2010, as part of the 2010 St. Louis Political Theatre Festival. Full details are at www.newlinetheatre.com/rushpage.html -- the deadline for submissions is August 31, 2009.

New Line Theatre seeks submissions of smart, original, dynamic scenes and songs for a new musical theatre piece focusing on Rush Limbaugh as a snapshot or crystalization of this moment in American culture. The chosen pieces will be assembled into the full-length musical, "Rush Limbaugh Saves the World," to be produced in fall 2010 for a four-week run.

Submitted scenes and songs can be about Rush himself, about political discourse in America, about the cultural impact of conservative talk radio, or any other related themes. They can be in any style, from any perspective, though we prefer pieces that are active, that contain action or change, that take the audience on a journey of some kind. They can be serious or comic, straightforward or satiric. They can be entirely about Rush or they can use Rush as a point of entry into politics, pop culture, talk radio, etc. New Line is interested in provocative, insightful, thoughtful submissions, not simplistic attacks, and nothing that could be considered blatantly untrue or slanderous will be chosen. No submission should be longer than 10-15 minutes at most. No previously published material will be accepted. Adult language and content are not a problem. The show will be modeled in part on concept musicals like Company, Assassins, Jacques Brel, The Cradle Will Rock, and Songs for a New World.

The show will be assembled and shaped by New Line artistic director Scott Miller and writer-director Todd Schaefer. Each piece selected for the show will receive an equal share of the royalty and will retain rights to their work outside the context of the New Line show, but New Line will retain non-exclusive rights to the material chosen, allowing for a later production by New Line, or for licensed productions by other companies if there is interest (with all the authors still getting royalties). Authors may submit more than one piece, and we may select more than one piece from a single author. In some cases, the pieces may be changed or edited somewhat in the process of shaping the final show, and the order and context of the pieces will be the decisions of Miller and Schaefer. Submission of material will be considered an author's permission to use and/or alter that material.

Submitted songs should include a recording and fully notated piano/vocal music. The show will use a small band but instrumental arrangements are not necessary. For more info on the project, visit www.newlinethaetre.com/rushpage.html

Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2009. We prefer that materials be submitted electronically to NewChaz64@aol.com or they can be mailed to:
Scott Miller
New Line Theatre
3802-A Keokuk Street
St. Louis, MO 63116

New Line Theatre is a professional company dedicated to involving the people of the St. Louis region in the exploration and creation of daring, provocative, socially and politically relevant works of musical theatre. New Line receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. The rest of New Line's season includes the hilariously weird rock musical "Return to the Forbidden Planet" April 30-May 23, 2009; and Broadway hit, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" July 16-August 8, 2009. For other information, visit New Line Theatre's full-service website at www.newlinetheatre.com. All programs are subject to change.

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