Musical Theater

Director of Musical Theater Development: Steven Petrillo
Assistant Director of Musical Theatre Development: Natalie Mosco

Musical Theater Associates:
Susanna Frazer, Leslie Gwyn, Prudence Holmes, Shelley McPherson, Tracy Shar, and Robert Strozier.

Submissions Requested

We are accepting submissions at this time of new musicals for our Monthly Reading Series. It is an opportunity for The Writers to see/hear the musical ‘on its feet’, obtain valuable feedback and advice on moving it forward, as well as be considered for future workshops and/or productions of the musical at The WorkShop Theatre Company.

Our submission policies are below:

• We accept submissions of smaller sized musicals, casts of 10 or less.
• We accept book driven musicals. No revues, song cycles, no operas. In addition, we are not accepting children’s theatre pieces at this time
• We accept most any subject matter, drama or comedy/farce, but always prefer musicals that make us care about the subject matter and/or the main character or characters.

Writers/composers-lyricists, please submit:

• The first 25 pages of your script.
• A one-page synopsis of the libretto.
• A CD consisting of not more than 5 songs which best represents the piece.
• Any biographical and contact information on the creative team.
• A self-addressed manuscript-size stamped envelope for the return of your script/music in the event we choose not to go further with your piece. We recycle materials otherwise. We do not offer feedback on materials returned, except in rare occasions where we would request a resubmission after some rewrites.

If we choose to go further with your project, we will contact you.

Send to:

Via email:
musicals@workshoptheater.org

OR

Via regular ("snail") mail:
The WorkShop Theater Company - 312 West 36th Street - Fourth Floor East - New
York City 10018 - Attn. Musical Theater Development.

For more information, please use this website's contact form. Be sure to choose Steven Petrillo, Director of Musical Theater Development as the Category.

If size or other limitations prevent submitting online, you may send sripts and/or CD's to the theater address. If submitting your script online while sending your songs via CD, please indicate as such in your email.

Take a Musical Theater Class

The WorkShop offers the following classes in Musical Theater:

Musical Theater 'GYM'

For those with singing experience, the 'GYM' is a place to "work out" old or new songs or audition material with Director of Musical Theater Development, Steven Petrillo, and Guest Artist, Fran Minarek.

Click here for more information.

Writing the Musical Theatre Libretto

Writing the Musical Theatre Libretto occurs on an occasional basis, and is instructed by Guest Artist, composer-lyricist, lyricist-librettist, book author and renowned musical theatre teacher, David Spencer.

Click here for more information.