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The Academy for New Musical Theatre
and State of the Art Productions present an intensive summer conference on the business of the musical theatre
business. If you want to be prepared when a producer calls - this
conference is for you.
Sessions will include panel
discussions with people who are producing new musicals, and with writers who
have had their work produced. Break-out sessions led by industry
professionals will focus on the nuts and bolts of contracts, royalties,
collaboration agreements, self-producing, and more.
You can also get the chance to pitch
your new musical to producers; collect information directly from the theatres in
Los Angeles who are interested in new musicals, and spend lots of quality
schmooze time during meal breaks.
8:00-10:00 PM
Panel #1 Meet the Writers
Moderated by Stuart Ross
Meet the writers of
recently produced musicals in Los Angeles, and
learn about their journeys to production.
Panelists will include Steve Cuden
(additional lyrics for Jekyll & Hyde); Patricia Cotter (book & lyrics)
and Lori Scarlet (music) - The BreakUp
Notebook - the Lesbian Musical; Marie Cain
(Naked Boys Singing); and Phil
Olson (writer - Hug Me).
10:00-11:30 PM
Seminar #1 Should I Produce
Myself?
Moderated by Elise
Dewsberry
Producer/writers, including
Phil Olson (Don't
Hug Me); Matt Goldsby (If Only);
James Mellon (The Ghost
and Mrs. Muir); Ron Fink (Bad
Wolf Press); James Esposito (Chromolume
Theatre Company); and Elin Hampton (Mommy)
talk about the joys and nightmares of producing and promoting
your own show.
11:30-1:15 PM The Letter of the Law
Gordon Firemark and
Richard Schulenberg (author of
Legal Aspects of the Music Industry) answer your legal questions about contracts, negotiations,
collaboration agreements,
copyright, licensing, and underlying rights.
3:30-5:30 PM Panel #2 Should I Write a Big
or Small Musical? moderated by Scott
Guy
Panelists discuss the balance
between artistic and financial considerations.
Sheldon Epps (Pasadena
Playhouse); Kevin Traxler (Forever Plaid);
Kevin Bannerman (independent
producer), and
David Hamlin (East of Doheny, Broadway producer).
What are Los Angeles producers looking
for in new musicals? Jon Imparato and
Rose Marcario (The
Break-Up Notebook: the Lesbian Musical), Hilary Genga (independent producer,
Tight Quarters), and Steve Ullman (independent producer) will respond to three
live pitches of new musicals and answer questions about what makes a pitch
work - or not. (to be considered for one of the live pitches,
participants need to enroll in the ANMT Pitching to Producers Seminar.
See the Musical Theatre Boot Camp page for more details.)
Get a taste of ANMT's
feedback process. Selections from two musicals will be read, sung, and
critiqued on Sunday afternoon. Here's how yours could be one of them: Bring three copies of script and piano/vocal score of a 20-minute
selection (maximum 30 pages of script which includes 3-5 songs) to Sunday
afternoon's session. ANMT staff will present two of the submissions
and demonstrate ANMT's feedback process which includes analysis about
content and format of music, book, and lyrics. The staff members will
then engage in a discussion of the writers' intentions and provide guidance
about the future of the pieces. (The opportunity to submit is available to all conference participants
who are registered for Sunday's session.)
2:00-4:00 PM
Panel #4 Los Angeles Theatre
Companies
moderated by Susie
Chodakiewitz
5:00-7:00 PM
Panel # 5 What Now?
moderated by publicist Tim Choy
You've written a great
musical. What now? A panel discussion on how to approach
producers, with guests Pier Carlo Talenti (Center
Theatre Group); Tom McCoy (McCoy-Rigby
Entertainment), Susan Dietz (producer),
Stephen Citron (author of The Musical
from the Inside Out) and Mark Winkler
(lyricist, Play It Cool and Naked Boys Singing).
July 14, 15, 16 2006
