June Musical Theatre announcements

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MUSIC LAW CLASS

California Lawyers for the Arts presents “Music Law Basics for the Social Media and Digital Age.”  This workshop will provide a complete overview of music law basics -- with a special emphasis on the unique challenges arising from digital technologies and uses in social media.
With Ned Hearn, Esq.
 
June  26, 2013, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Bldg. C Room 265, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 (enter at Buchanan St. and Marina Blvd). Cost is $5-20.  Details at http://www.calawyersforthearts.org/calendar.
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CHANCE- A NEW MUSICAL AT THE ALCOVE

Spend a night with Chance, a Musical Play About Love, Risk and Getting It Right, by Richard Isen.  In this musiscal, a psychologist is pushed out of his solitary reality by an unlikely, mysterious muse, and down the rabbit hole of mid-life crisis where he enters into a turbulent - and dangerous - relationship with a young hustler named "Chance." 

CHANCE is directed by Tony Award-winning director Robert Kaflin and stars Richard Hefner (Youtube hit Boys and Girls), Ken Lear (Naked Boys Singing, NYC) and internationally acclaimed femal impersonator Randy Roberts.

July 5th - 28th at the Alcove Theatre in SF.  Details at thealcovetheater.com.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF ORIGINAL SONGS- deadline June 23

A showcase of original songs by new musical theatre and cabaret composers and lyricists is being planned to coincide with the activities of the Dramatist's Guild 2nd National Playwright’s Conference the weekend of August 22 -25, 2013 in Chicago. The showcase will be a cabaret-style evening in a nightclub (tbd) and is sure to be a fun, exciting, creative way to socialize with other theatre artists, meet local talent and producers, and enhance your Chicago experience if you are attending the conference! While this event is being created and produced by two DG members (who will themselves be attending the conference), please understand that it is entirely independent of the Dramatist’s Guild and the official conference activities. The guild is in no way sponsoring, underwriting, or adjudicating participation. However, they are making every effort to cooperate and coordinate to avoid scheduling conflicts and be encouraging and supportive of this member-driven project. To submit please send an mp3 and lyric sheet (and brief explanation of dramatic context if relevant) to both Hillary Rollins at hillaryroll...@gmail.com and Larry Todd Johnson at l...@larrytoddjohnson.com by June 23, 2013. Electronic submissions only. Recordings do NOT have to be professional demo quality. Include your name, all contact info, and what days you’ll be attending the conference. Up to three (3) songs may be submitted for consideration but there will only be one (1) song per writer or writing team performed at the event. Please let us know if you will require a pianist and/or singer(s) or will be playing/performing your own material. (Either is an option but the only instrumentation provided will be acoustic piano.) While we hope to accommodate as much material as possible, please understand that the final decision for inclusion in the showcase is at the sole discretion of the producers. You will receive email notification of receipt of submission and decisions will be made by July 15th. No pay. No fee to apply.

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ANMT SEARCH FOR NEW MUSICALS- deadline July 1

The Academy for New Musical Theatre is committed to an ongoing search to find and nurture promising new musical theatre.   If you've written a musical, and you would like some honest, constructive, detailed feedback on how to make your musical better, you can submit your musical to ANMT for dramaturgical feedback at levels from evaluation to analysis to table reading to workshop to concert reading.

All musicals submitted (at any level) to ANMT by JULY 1 of any year will be automatically entered in the Search for New Musicals for the next season.

Winners will be announced by November 1 following the annual deadline. The winner of the Search receives a workshop with the Academy Repertory Company, detailed feedback from the ANMT staff, and will be given a concert reading as part of the next STAGES FESTIVAL in Los Angeles. 

Note:  There are fees attached to all of the levels of development available through ANMT.  The entry level is $100 for a 20-30 minute audio Script Overview; the next level is an in-depth 2-3 hour video Analysis for $400.  We know that some writers do not feel that there should be fees attached to script submissions, but our feeling is that the fee is for the Script Overview, and the entry into the Search is a side benefit.  If you are submitting your musical ONLY because you want to win a contest, then the Search probably isn't right for you.

Details at anmt.org/search_submit1.asp