Theater Building Chicago's Musical Development Program Schedule: 2009-2010

2009	2010
May 16-17	January 23 – 24
June 13-14	February 20 – 21
August 21-23 STAGES 2009	March 20 – 21
Sept 26 – 27	April 24 – 25
Oct 24 – 25	May 22 – 23
Nov 21 – 22	June 12 - 13
Dec 12 – 13	August - STAGES 2010

 

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Musical Theatre Writers Workshop Brochure, Fees & Schedule (2009-2010) -
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“Young writers don’t get a chance to try out their stuff in public. That’s the only way to learn. By getting it on and writing another and getting it on and writing another and getting it on." - Stephen Sondheim

Upcoming Musical Presentions From the Musical Theatre Writers Workshop

Musical Development Program Presentation History

Stages 2007; The Magic Paintbrush (2007); Monday Night Musicals (2007-2008);

Stages 2006; Fairystories (2006); The Adventures of Anansi the Spider (2006); Monday Night Musicals (2006-2007); Black, White and Gray (2007); Tantrum on the Tracks (2007); Crossroads at Thirty (Mini-Musicals, 2007)

Stages 2005; Monday Night Musicals 2005-2006; If Trane Wuz Here (2006); Josephine Tonight! (2006); Down But Not Out (Mini-Musicals, 2006); Tantrum on the Tracks (2006); The Adventures of Anansi The Spider (2006)

Saint Peter’s Umbrella (2005), Monday Night Musicals 2004-2005, Stages 2004, Africa & Plumbridge, Saints and Sinners (Mini Musicals, 2005)

The Prairie (2004), The Big Voice: God or Merman? (2004), Monday Night Musicals 2003-2004, Tantrum on the Tracks & Prince Huey and the Gooey Dragon (One-Acts Project 2003)

Stages 2003, Late Night Cabaret (2002/2003), Old Baggage (Mini Musicals 2003), The Luck of the Irish (One Act Musicals 2003), Musical Mondays: A Concert Reading Series (2002-03)

Stages 2002: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Instant Heroes: Just Add Water (mini-musicals 2002), Me & Al (2002), Hans Brinker (2001), June 4, 2001 (One-Act Musicals Project 2002) (co-production), Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (2001-02)

Stages 2001: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Ambitious Dreams and Ordinary People (10-Minute Tuners 2001), Crazy Mary (2001), Winter Tales: Past, Present, Future (One-Act Musicals Project 2001), Te Amo (2000), Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (2000-01)

Happy Prince (2000 workshop), Stages 2000: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (1999-2000), Past Time (2000), Caution: People at Play (10-Minute Tuners 2000), Millennial Leap Year (One-Act Musicals Project 2000)

Mim (1999) (co-production), Stages ‘99: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, It’s All Been Done Before (10-Minute Tuners 1999), Emma & Company (1999), Overland (1999)

Hans Brinker (1998), Stages ‘98: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Simple Fun/Complex Times (10-Minute Tuners 1998), Night in Sarajevo (1998) 4 a. m. Boogie Blues (1998)

Hans Brinker (1997), Sweet & Hot: the Songs of Harold Arlen (1997) (co-production), Stages ‘97: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, The Signs of the Times (10-Minute Tuners 1997)

Hans Brinker (1996), New Faces of ’96, Festival of Readings of New Musicals (1996), Polling for Dollars (10-Minute Tuners 1996), Fat Tuesday (1996), Santa Flaws (1995), Hans Brinker (1995), Festival of New Musical Readings (1995), Smoke Screen (10-Minute Tuners 1995), Tabloid Tuners (1995)

Hans Brinker (1994), Festival of New Musical Readings (1994), Dividing Lines (10-Minute Tuners 1994)

School Board Shuffle (10-Minute Tuners 1993), Stocking Stuffers (10-Minute Tuners 1992), Trask & Fenn (1992), Chicago Stories (10-Minute Tuners 1992), High Fidelity (1991), 10-Minute Tuners Project (1991)

Charlie-Bar (Russia, 1990-92)
Babylon Sisters (1990), Charlie’s Oasis Museum & Bar (1990), A Change in the Heir (1988)
The Future of the American Musical Theatre (1987)
Doonesbury (1987), Nightingale (1987)
Babes in Barns (1984), Two (1984)