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🎶 East Coast high schoolers — ready to share your song?
East Coast Song Share is Jan 27!
Featuring mentors from Barrington Stage Company, Prospect Musicals, and Philadelphia Theatre Company.
#EastCoastSongShare #StudentSongwriters #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #ArtsEducation #MTsongwritingchallenge
East Coast Song Share is Jan 27!
Featuring mentors from Barrington Stage Company, Prospect Musicals, and Philadelphia Theatre Company.
#EastCoastSongShare #StudentSongwriters #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #ArtsEducation #MTsongwritingchallenge
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🎶 East Coast high schoolers — ready to share your song?
East Coast Song Share is Jan 27!
Featuring mentors from Barrington Stage Company, Prospect Musicals, and Philadelphia Theatre Company.
#EastCoastSongShare #StudentSongwriters #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #ArtsEducation #MTsongwritingchallenge
East Coast Song Share is Jan 27!
Featuring mentors from Barrington Stage Company, Prospect Musicals, and Philadelphia Theatre Company.
#EastCoastSongShare #StudentSongwriters #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #ArtsEducation #MTsongwritingchallenge
⏰ The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge deadline has been extended!
High school students now have until Feb 16, 2026 to submit a song and get feedback from real industry professionals!
🔗 namt.org/challenge
#MusicalTheater #NewMusicals #HighSchoolWriters #NAMT
High school students now have until Feb 16, 2026 to submit a song and get feedback from real industry professionals!
🔗 namt.org/challenge
#MusicalTheater #NewMusicals #HighSchoolWriters #NAMT
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
⏰ The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge deadline has been extended!
High school students now have until Feb 16, 2026 to submit a song and get feedback from real industry professionals!
🔗 namt.org/challenge
#MusicalTheater #NewMusicals #HighSchoolWriters #NAMT
High school students now have until Feb 16, 2026 to submit a song and get feedback from real industry professionals!
🔗 namt.org/challenge
#MusicalTheater #NewMusicals #HighSchoolWriters #NAMT
✨ Midwest high schoolers: got a song idea or finished track?
Join Midwest Song Share on Jan 22 — a free virtual event with pro musical theatre mentors
Info & sign-up: namt.org
#MidwestSongShare #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #StudentSongwriters #ArtsEd
Join Midwest Song Share on Jan 22 — a free virtual event with pro musical theatre mentors
Info & sign-up: namt.org
#MidwestSongShare #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #StudentSongwriters #ArtsEd
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
✨ Midwest high schoolers: got a song idea or finished track?
Join Midwest Song Share on Jan 22 — a free virtual event with pro musical theatre mentors
Info & sign-up: namt.org
#MidwestSongShare #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #StudentSongwriters #ArtsEd
Join Midwest Song Share on Jan 22 — a free virtual event with pro musical theatre mentors
Info & sign-up: namt.org
#MidwestSongShare #MusicalTheatre #NAMT #StudentSongwriters #ArtsEd
🎶 High school songwriters! Want feedback from real musical theatre pros?
Join Southern Song Share – Jan 20, online & free.
Bring a full song, a melody, or just an idea — leave with pro feedback!
Info + sign-up 👉 namt.org
#MusicalTheatre #StudentSongwriters #SouthernSongShare #ArtsEd
Join Southern Song Share – Jan 20, online & free.
Bring a full song, a melody, or just an idea — leave with pro feedback!
Info + sign-up 👉 namt.org
#MusicalTheatre #StudentSongwriters #SouthernSongShare #ArtsEd
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
🎶 High school songwriters! Want feedback from real musical theatre pros?
Join Southern Song Share – Jan 20, online & free.
Bring a full song, a melody, or just an idea — leave with pro feedback!
Info + sign-up 👉 namt.org
#MusicalTheatre #StudentSongwriters #SouthernSongShare #ArtsEd
Join Southern Song Share – Jan 20, online & free.
Bring a full song, a melody, or just an idea — leave with pro feedback!
Info + sign-up 👉 namt.org
#MusicalTheatre #StudentSongwriters #SouthernSongShare #ArtsEd
🎶 Join us Dec 16, 4PM ET for Conference Continued: Smarter, Cost-Effective Pathways for New Musical Development — a solutions-focused convo on how to support new musicals creatively & sustainably.
💬 Flexible models
🤝 Creative collabs
🎭 Resource-smart practices
🔗 NAMT members + invited guests only.
💬 Flexible models
🤝 Creative collabs
🎭 Resource-smart practices
🔗 NAMT members + invited guests only.
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🎶 Join us Dec 16, 4PM ET for Conference Continued: Smarter, Cost-Effective Pathways for New Musical Development — a solutions-focused convo on how to support new musicals creatively & sustainably.
💬 Flexible models
🤝 Creative collabs
🎭 Resource-smart practices
🔗 NAMT members + invited guests only.
💬 Flexible models
🤝 Creative collabs
🎭 Resource-smart practices
🔗 NAMT members + invited guests only.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎶 Announcing the NAMT Resiliency Fund 🎶
A bold initiative supporting the future of musical theatre.
We’re building momentum toward a $75,000 goal by April 30 to ensure that NAMT’s vital work continues to grow and evolve.
Join us in creating a stronger, more resilient field.
🔗 namt.org/support
A bold initiative supporting the future of musical theatre.
We’re building momentum toward a $75,000 goal by April 30 to ensure that NAMT’s vital work continues to grow and evolve.
Join us in creating a stronger, more resilient field.
🔗 namt.org/support
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🎶 Announcing the NAMT Resiliency Fund 🎶
A bold initiative supporting the future of musical theatre.
We’re building momentum toward a $75,000 goal by April 30 to ensure that NAMT’s vital work continues to grow and evolve.
Join us in creating a stronger, more resilient field.
🔗 namt.org/support
A bold initiative supporting the future of musical theatre.
We’re building momentum toward a $75,000 goal by April 30 to ensure that NAMT’s vital work continues to grow and evolve.
Join us in creating a stronger, more resilient field.
🔗 namt.org/support
🎭 Two free musical theatre events happening today!
🕓 4pm ET – 2026 Festival of New Musicals Info Session
🕖 7pm ET – Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure
🎟️ Register: namt.org/events
🕓 4pm ET – 2026 Festival of New Musicals Info Session
🕖 7pm ET – Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure
🎟️ Register: namt.org/events
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🎭 Two free musical theatre events happening today!
🕓 4pm ET – 2026 Festival of New Musicals Info Session
🕖 7pm ET – Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure
🎟️ Register: namt.org/events
🕓 4pm ET – 2026 Festival of New Musicals Info Session
🕖 7pm ET – Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure
🎟️ Register: namt.org/events
📝 NAMT invites high school students to explore character arcs, lyrical hooks, and rhyme with Shannon Burkett (The Female Pope, Fest ‘22) in Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure — part two of our Song Structure Series.
📅 Nov 17 | 7PM ET | Online
🎟️ Free at namt.org
📅 Nov 17 | 7PM ET | Online
🎟️ Free at namt.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📝 NAMT invites high school students to explore character arcs, lyrical hooks, and rhyme with Shannon Burkett (The Female Pope, Fest ‘22) in Recipe for Songwriting: Lyric Structure — part two of our Song Structure Series.
📅 Nov 17 | 7PM ET | Online
🎟️ Free at namt.org
📅 Nov 17 | 7PM ET | Online
🎟️ Free at namt.org
🎭 NAMT member theatres! Applications are open!
Apply now for:
– Writers Residency Grants (Due Dec 5)
– Dev/Production Grant LOIs (Due Dec 16)
Funding supports new musicals from development to full production.
More info + apply: namt.org/fyfnm/
Apply now for:
– Writers Residency Grants (Due Dec 5)
– Dev/Production Grant LOIs (Due Dec 16)
Funding supports new musicals from development to full production.
More info + apply: namt.org/fyfnm/
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🎭 NAMT member theatres! Applications are open!
Apply now for:
– Writers Residency Grants (Due Dec 5)
– Dev/Production Grant LOIs (Due Dec 16)
Funding supports new musicals from development to full production.
More info + apply: namt.org/fyfnm/
Apply now for:
– Writers Residency Grants (Due Dec 5)
– Dev/Production Grant LOIs (Due Dec 16)
Funding supports new musicals from development to full production.
More info + apply: namt.org/fyfnm/
🎶 High schoolers! Submissions are open for the 2025–26 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge. Write a song, get feedback from pros & maybe join us in NYC! Draft 1 due 2/2/26
🎭 Workshops now open! → namt.org/challenge
🎭 Workshops now open! → namt.org/challenge
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎶 High schoolers! Submissions are open for the 2025–26 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge. Write a song, get feedback from pros & maybe join us in NYC! Draft 1 due 2/2/26
🎭 Workshops now open! → namt.org/challenge
🎭 Workshops now open! → namt.org/challenge
📢 Calling all musical theatre creators! Submissions are OPEN for the 38th Annual NAMT Festival of New Musicals. 🎼
Apply FREE by 12/16/25
Late deadline: 1/6/26 (late fees apply)
More info + submission link: namt.org/festapp
Apply FREE by 12/16/25
Late deadline: 1/6/26 (late fees apply)
More info + submission link: namt.org/festapp
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📢 Calling all musical theatre creators! Submissions are OPEN for the 38th Annual NAMT Festival of New Musicals. 🎼
Apply FREE by 12/16/25
Late deadline: 1/6/26 (late fees apply)
More info + submission link: namt.org/festapp
Apply FREE by 12/16/25
Late deadline: 1/6/26 (late fees apply)
More info + submission link: namt.org/festapp
🎶 Ever wonder what makes a musical theatre song work?
Join NAMT + composer Joey Contreras for Recipe for Songwriting: Musical Structure, a free virtual workshop breaking down the ingredients of a song.
🗓️ Nov 10 | 7–8:30pm ET
🌟 Open to all students interested in the MT Songwriting Challenge!
Join NAMT + composer Joey Contreras for Recipe for Songwriting: Musical Structure, a free virtual workshop breaking down the ingredients of a song.
🗓️ Nov 10 | 7–8:30pm ET
🌟 Open to all students interested in the MT Songwriting Challenge!
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🎶 Ever wonder what makes a musical theatre song work?
Join NAMT + composer Joey Contreras for Recipe for Songwriting: Musical Structure, a free virtual workshop breaking down the ingredients of a song.
🗓️ Nov 10 | 7–8:30pm ET
🌟 Open to all students interested in the MT Songwriting Challenge!
Join NAMT + composer Joey Contreras for Recipe for Songwriting: Musical Structure, a free virtual workshop breaking down the ingredients of a song.
🗓️ Nov 10 | 7–8:30pm ET
🌟 Open to all students interested in the MT Songwriting Challenge!
🎵 Calling all high school songwriters!
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is back — and we’re kicking off with a series of free online workshops to help you sharpen your skills before submissions open Nov 10!
Register now at NAMT.org/challenge 🎶
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is back — and we’re kicking off with a series of free online workshops to help you sharpen your skills before submissions open Nov 10!
Register now at NAMT.org/challenge 🎶
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🎵 Calling all high school songwriters!
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is back — and we’re kicking off with a series of free online workshops to help you sharpen your skills before submissions open Nov 10!
Register now at NAMT.org/challenge 🎶
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is back — and we’re kicking off with a series of free online workshops to help you sharpen your skills before submissions open Nov 10!
Register now at NAMT.org/challenge 🎶
Big love to the sponsors who helped NAMT pull off another fantastic Fall Conference & Festival of New Musicals.
Last week was packed with bold new work, big ideas, and community, and none of it would be possible without support from arts leaders who get why new musicals matter.
Last week was packed with bold new work, big ideas, and community, and none of it would be possible without support from arts leaders who get why new musicals matter.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Big love to the sponsors who helped NAMT pull off another fantastic Fall Conference & Festival of New Musicals.
Last week was packed with bold new work, big ideas, and community, and none of it would be possible without support from arts leaders who get why new musicals matter.
Last week was packed with bold new work, big ideas, and community, and none of it would be possible without support from arts leaders who get why new musicals matter.
The cast of FINN is bringing joyful energy and heart to this adventurous, family-friendly story. With a colorful world and a message about finding where you belong, this ensemble is building something truly special.
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The cast of FINN is bringing joyful energy and heart to this adventurous, family-friendly story. With a colorful world and a message about finding where you belong, this ensemble is building something truly special.
Exploring connection in both real and virtual spaces, the cast of PARTICLE is bringing layered emotion and urgency to this dynamic, multi-dimensional musical. Their work is shaping a deeply resonant story about family and identity.
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Exploring connection in both real and virtual spaces, the cast of PARTICLE is bringing layered emotion and urgency to this dynamic, multi-dimensional musical. Their work is shaping a deeply resonant story about family and identity.
With music inspired by Mexican folk traditions and a folkloric story at its heart, ROJA is being developed by a cast that brings warmth, heart, and cultural specificity to every moment.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
With music inspired by Mexican folk traditions and a folkloric story at its heart, ROJA is being developed by a cast that brings warmth, heart, and cultural specificity to every moment.
The ensemble behind Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) is crafting a vibrant and heartfelt world. With rich musicality and striking visual imagination, the cast is navigating themes of queerness, culture, and family with great care.
October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The ensemble behind Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) is crafting a vibrant and heartfelt world. With rich musicality and striking visual imagination, the cast is navigating themes of queerness, culture, and family with great care.
At NAMT, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the foundation. Leaders like Bill Berry from Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre join NAMT to connect with peers, exchange strategies, and stay ahead of the curve as musical theatre evolves 🎶
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
At NAMT, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the foundation. Leaders like Bill Berry from Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre join NAMT to connect with peers, exchange strategies, and stay ahead of the curve as musical theatre evolves 🎶
🎧 New on New@NAMT: Love Is Dead - a sharp & spooky musical comedy about heartbreak, horniness, and one very persistent ghost.
Writers Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Brett Ryback blend rom-com vibes, ‘90s nostalgia, and musical theatre tropes with just enough existential dread.
Now streaming.
Writers Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Brett Ryback blend rom-com vibes, ‘90s nostalgia, and musical theatre tropes with just enough existential dread.
Now streaming.
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🎧 New on New@NAMT: Love Is Dead - a sharp & spooky musical comedy about heartbreak, horniness, and one very persistent ghost.
Writers Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Brett Ryback blend rom-com vibes, ‘90s nostalgia, and musical theatre tropes with just enough existential dread.
Now streaming.
Writers Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Brett Ryback blend rom-com vibes, ‘90s nostalgia, and musical theatre tropes with just enough existential dread.
Now streaming.
🎧 On this week’s New@NAMT, we explore Particle, a new musical set at the intersection of elite eSports, sibling bonds, and quantum entanglement.
Created by Autumn Reeser, Selda Sahin & Derek Gregor.
Now streaming on all podcast platforms.
Created by Autumn Reeser, Selda Sahin & Derek Gregor.
Now streaming on all podcast platforms.
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎧 On this week’s New@NAMT, we explore Particle, a new musical set at the intersection of elite eSports, sibling bonds, and quantum entanglement.
Created by Autumn Reeser, Selda Sahin & Derek Gregor.
Now streaming on all podcast platforms.
Created by Autumn Reeser, Selda Sahin & Derek Gregor.
Now streaming on all podcast platforms.
The future of musical theatre takes the stage at the Songwriter’s Showcase 🎶
Featuring:
→ Timothy Huang (Festival Writer, 2015)
→ Tabitha Moore (2024 Songwriting Challenge Winner)
→ Thomas Morrissey with Andrew Strano & Yuriko Shibata (Kusama)
Featuring:
→ Timothy Huang (Festival Writer, 2015)
→ Tabitha Moore (2024 Songwriting Challenge Winner)
→ Thomas Morrissey with Andrew Strano & Yuriko Shibata (Kusama)
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The future of musical theatre takes the stage at the Songwriter’s Showcase 🎶
Featuring:
→ Timothy Huang (Festival Writer, 2015)
→ Tabitha Moore (2024 Songwriting Challenge Winner)
→ Thomas Morrissey with Andrew Strano & Yuriko Shibata (Kusama)
Featuring:
→ Timothy Huang (Festival Writer, 2015)
→ Tabitha Moore (2024 Songwriting Challenge Winner)
→ Thomas Morrissey with Andrew Strano & Yuriko Shibata (Kusama)
What does it take to build the future of musical theatre?
On Day 2 of the NAMT Fall Conference, we’re talking:
- How to support writers & directors
- How to create demand (with or without a star)
- How to honor legacy while embracing change
Check out namt.org/conference for more
On Day 2 of the NAMT Fall Conference, we’re talking:
- How to support writers & directors
- How to create demand (with or without a star)
- How to honor legacy while embracing change
Check out namt.org/conference for more
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What does it take to build the future of musical theatre?
On Day 2 of the NAMT Fall Conference, we’re talking:
- How to support writers & directors
- How to create demand (with or without a star)
- How to honor legacy while embracing change
Check out namt.org/conference for more
On Day 2 of the NAMT Fall Conference, we’re talking:
- How to support writers & directors
- How to create demand (with or without a star)
- How to honor legacy while embracing change
Check out namt.org/conference for more