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Book & Lyrics by Bill Nelson A new musical with a lively, soulful score that follows Heath, a farmer in rural Harmony, Kansas and his city-born partner who talks him into joining the newly formed gay men's chorus. Heath discovers a love for making music and unexpected kinship. But when the group decides to perform in public, his world is turned upside down and all that matters to him is threatened. • New York Theatre Barn at the D-Lounge: July 29, 2013 • Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA: June

New Music & Arrangements by Georgia Stitt From debutante balls to Delancey Street, Hello! My Baby puts a new-fashioned spin on the great American songbook musical, weaving the updated hits of Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, and a score of others into a timely and hilarious tale of first love, class-struggles, street-gangs, gender-swapping, and a whole lot of ukuleles. • Available for licensing through MTI • Rubicon Theatre Company, Ventura, CA: Mar 21 - April 15, 2012 • Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre:

Book by Brian Hill Based on the novel by Timothy Findley A housewife, her husband, their three sons, and a talking cat - just an ordinary family living ordinary lives in the turbulent days before the Great Flood. Their ordinary lives are turned upside-down when they learn that they alone will survive the comnig deluge. Filled with magic, mythology and, above all else, hope, Not Wanted on the Voyage is a provocative new musical about the first time the world ended. The Dogs Of Pripyat

Book & Lyrics by Itamar Moses Nobody Loves You is a romantic comedy about the search for meaningful relationships in a culture dominated by the quest for popularity. When Jeff, a philosophy grad student, goes on a reality TV dating show to win back his ex, he instead finds a girl who might be the love of his life. But will she fall for him once he is seduced by the adulation of his fans? • Second Stage Theatre, New York NY: June 20-August 11, 2013 • NAMT Festival of New Musicals: Fall 2012 • The

Music by Frank Terry It’s the summer of 1995, a dozen years before the current financial crisis and the scandal of Bernie Madoff.  Three Internet-savvy teens are able to earn tens of thousands of dollars in the stock market using an ingenious method that may or may not be illegal. When an immigrant taxi driver loses his life savings because of the teenagers’ game, he alerts the SEC. What was initially a high-flying summer of getting rich turns upside down as the S.E.C. chases the teens across th

All package holders will be able to pick up their tickets before Friday's staged reading. Seminar tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis so arrive early to get your top choices! Miss Hysteria 7:30pm | The Goodspeed Book & Lyrics by Laura Schein & Ben Zeadman Music by Ben Zeadman Inspired by true events, Miss Hysteria follows Louise Gleizes, a young actress in 19th-century Paris who is unjustly confined to a notorious mental institution. To secure her freedom, she strikes

This triple feature of wild musicals connects in surprising and dangerous ways. “Nelson Rocks!” is a pop/rock show about a young dude who needs to fix his life before the class bell rings. “Miss Marzipan” is a dizzy musical about a high-stakes dinner party. A little bit of blood is spilt, but it’s nothing that some kitchen towels can't clean up. “The Process” deals with a writer on deadline to finish his musical at the Dunkin’ Donuts. As his characters begin to populate the coffee shop, our frie

Music by Denver Casado Young Samuel Clemens leaves home to learn steamboat piloting on a Mississippi riverboat in 1858 and unexpectedly finds himself learning about life. And death. And love. And writing. All while navigating his way from boy to man and from Samuel Clemens to Mark Twain. Based on Twain’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale. • Freed-Hardman University: April 22-26, 2015 • WorkShop Theater Company: November 2013 • American Folklore Theatre, Door County, WI: June 2010 • Coterie The

1:00pm - 4:30pm | Gelston House Exclusive Friend and Gold Package Events 1:00 | Seminar Session I (choose 1) The Circle of Life...for Costumes (Gelston House Dining Room) What happens to the costumes after a Broadway show closes? Many of them end up at Goodspeed in the Cynthia Kellogg Barrington Costume Center! Our collection boasts more than 250,000 pieces worn by Broadway royalty like Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler and Kristin Chenoweth. Goodspeed’s Costume Rentals Coordinator Stephanie Turne

Music by David Friedman It’s a crucial moment in young Abe Lincoln’s life - the fledgling lawyer has served his first term in the Illinois state legislature and he’s mourning the death of his fiancée, Ann Rutledge. Enter socialite Mary Todd, arrived in Springfield to visit her sister and find a husband suitable to her cultivated taste and ambition. While at first she finds Lincoln coarse and uncivilized, Mary sees his great potential after his first major trial. Their on-again, off-again relatio

Music & Lyrics by Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, and Tommy Newman Band Geeks! is a high-stepping tribute to high school marching bands and misfits everywhere.  With just nine members and dwindling funds, the Cuyahoga High Marching Beavers are close to extinction. When a troubled athlete is relegated to their ranks, Elliott, the tuba-playing band captain and Laura, his best friend, must find a way to unite the band, overcome their pride and embrace their inner geek. • Available for licensing through MTI

A haunting re-imagination of The Scarlet Letter, in which Hester Prynne's 12-year-old daughter, Pearl, seeks the truth about her family's mysterious past and ultimately, her own true self. Tinyard Hill

1:00pm | The Goodspeed Book by Megan Loughran & Sonya Hayden Lyrics by Megan Loughran Music by Sonya Hayden Foolproof is a brassy, toe-tapping musical comedy that reimagines the Three Stooges as sisters: Jo, Mary, and Curly. This close-knit trio works at a movie theater, surviving the Great Depression on little more than popcorn and hope. Upon learning the beloved theater is about to close, they hatch a screwball scheme to buy it. Through mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identities, their sisterhoo

Book and Lyrics by Tommy Newman South Georgia, 1964. A rural blacksmith and his son work to find mutual understanding and acceptance in a world that is simultaneously shrinking and getting too large to ignore. • Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville, TN: April 16 - July 11, 2010 • Theatreworks, Palo Alto, CA: July 15 - July 16, 2009 • Red Mountain Theatre Company, Birmingham, AL: Aug 8-9, 2008 • The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton, OH: July 11 - 12, 2008 • NAMT Festival of New Musicals, NYC

Book & Lyrics by Dan Elish Based on the novel, “Nine Wives” by Dan Elish Nine Wives tells the story of Henry Mann, a 32-year-old bachelor who discovers that the love of his life has met someone new and is about to get married. What’s worse, he’s been invited to her wedding! What follows are Henry’s frantic attempts to find a woman he can take as his date – a potential future wife – to prove to his ex-fiancée (and the world) that he too is ready to move on. TriARts Sharon Playhouse, July 24-27, 2

At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution the Lowell Mill Girls’ must fight to maintain their country values and their humanity as they become America’s first independent working women. Armed with her pen and her voice, and fueled by a revolutionary spirit, one girl secretly rallies her co-workers against the burgeoning “soul-less corporation.” Her choice affects not only the girls and their community but also the fate of the American worker. • 54 Below: February 25, 2015 • NAMT Festival of New M

Book and Music by Will Aronson Inspired by Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” 28 year old Doug finds himself turning into a slug. His family and fiancée face this utterly absurd reality and change along with him in this serio/comic slice of life. • Arts Garage, Delray Beach, FL: April 18-May11, 2014 • TheatreWorks, New Works Festival, Silicon Valley, CA: Aug 4 - 19, 2012 • Royal & Derngate Theatre Co., UK: 2011 • NAMT Festival of New Musicals, NYC: Fall 2010 • CAP21 Theare Co., NYC: June 2009 • Fredericia

Come From Away is a rocking musical about when 38 planes from around the world were diverted to a small, Canadian community on September 11th, 2001 - doubling its population in an instant. While the world witnessed the worst acts of humankind, the stranded passengers had their faith in humanity restored by the spirited people who comforted those who had come from away. • La Jolla Playhouse, May 29-July 12, 2015 • NAMT Festival of New Musicals: Fall 2013 • Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway, pre

A musical revue that accurately and lovingly puts the relationships of young adults center stage as they attempt to cope with the follies, fantasies and frustrations they encounter in 21st century America. • The Viewpoints Collective: Jan 28-Feb 1, 2015 • School of Fine Arts Theatre, University of Minnesota: Feb 14 - 23, 2013 • Paramount Theatre, Rutland, VT: Aug 2008 • Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC: 2008 • Penn State New Musical Theatre Festival: March 2008 • Track the show's progress Genesius,

The life of legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt told against the backdrop of the Daytona 500 - a stirring story of fall and redemption. 2006 Once Upon A Time In Narcissia

Music and Lyrics by Michael O’Flaherty Based on a true story, this musical celebrates the founding, struggles, successes and heart of a theatre company specifically established to feature the joyous talents of a group of young theatre artists. • TADA! Theatre, NYC: Aug-Sept 2009 • Track the show's progress 2007 Pearl

Music, and Lyrics by Emma Lively and Tyler Beattie Four outrageous princesses escape the confines of their castle walls and shock the fairy tale world with their unconventional ways. Princesses is inspired by the Brothers Grimm's "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and features a contemporary rock score. 2012 Harmony, Kansas

Book & Lyrics by Susannah Pearse A modern take on a Cinderella who doesn't get the Prince. Romancing The Throne

A musical of secret identities, palace intrigue and a struggling actor who is cast in the role of a lifetime. I See London, I See France

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