Composer-Librettist Studio

Pairing five New Dramatists playwrights with five composers from a variety of musical and stylistic backgrounds, this nearly round-the-clock workshop sparks early-stage collaborations. During the two-week studio, facilitated by Ben Krywosz of Nautilus Music Theatre and music director Roger Ames, an ensemble of five singer/actors support the participants as they develop overnight responses to five songwriting assignments.

This year, the New Dramatists playwright participants are Eugenie Chan, Chiori Miyagawa, Ken Prestininzi, and alumni Sarah Ruhl and Lucy Thurber. They will be joined by five composers, Frederick Frahm, Katya Stanislavskaya, Joan Szymko, Ben Wexler, and Jay Zimmerman, and the following performers: Katie Geissinger, Bill Gross, Beth Kirkpatrick, Gavin Price, and Pearl Sun. There will be a final sing-through of all twenty-five pieces generated over the course of the studio on Monday, March 11. Reservations are required.

This event is closed to the public.