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Rebecca Lowrey

Rebecca Lowrey

Owner & CEO

Rebecca Lowrey is passionate about creating new works and has spent the past 20 years as a premier music director, vocal coach, and accompanist in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, New York City and everywhere in between. The impressive ability to play anything put in front of her has gained her entry to elite casting rooms, production meetings, rehearsals, and beyond, resulting in a unique skillset that spans more than just music — simply put, she knows what works for a musical. A director and producer as well, Rebecca is adept at getting new shows up on their feet in record time, all while efficiently coordinating the long list of to-dos required to prepare a show for an audience

Rebecca is a champion of diverse casting and production teams (#WomenDirect) and has the pull and connections to assemble unforgettable, live, onstage bands. In 2017, Rebecca began producing a series of intimate productions known as the Living Room Concerts. Starting with simple piano-only performances in her living room with friends, the series expanded to poolside parties and festive holiday gatherings. Her pre-Covid credits include the critically acclaimed production of the rock musical Lizzie at Imprint Theatreworks in Dallas, a lauded run of Gutenberg! The Musical! at Amphibian Stage in Fort Worth, and a Rocky Horror Show and 9 to 5 that celebrated the uniqueness of its performers.

You may recognize Rebecca from TikTok, where her popular #DuetWithMe videos encourage thousands of performers to #KeepSinging. Rebecca earned her bachelor of arts degree in music (with a minor in business administration) from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

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Amanda Dills

Amanda Dills

Resource & Content Specialist

Amanda Dills is an instructional designer and online teaching specialist as well as a musical writer/composer. Her show Fat Girlfriend: the Musical (book, music, and lyrics) was awarded a Nebraska Arts Council grant, premiered at the Shelterbelt Theatre, and won an Omaha TAG Award for best original script. Other produced scripts include The Singing Shepherd (book, music, and lyrics, adapted from the book by Angela Hunt), and Taking the Plunge (book, music, and lyrics, co-written with Greg Edwards), which was created as part of the NYMF 8-minute Musicals festival and went on to be a finalist in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival. Her play No Saint was selected for the Great Plains Theatre Festival in 2010. She was a founding member of The Candy Project theatre company in Omaha, Nebraska, and has experience in nearly every aspect of musical theatre, from performance to musical direction, choreography, and stage managing. Amanda has a BA in Music Education from Augustana College and an MM in Music Composition from Oklahoma City University.

Trent Clifford

Trent Clifford

Writers Group Manager / Dramaturg

Trent Clifford is a playwright, dramaturg, and director currently based in Waco, Texas. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Wild Imaginings, the first professional theatre company in Central Texas, and the only theatre company in the area dedicated to new work. There, he runs the Epiphanies New Works Festival, where he works as a dramaturg with playwrights and musical writers across the country.

His own plays have been widely produced, and he currently serves as the playwright-in-residence for the Heart of Texas Children’s Theatre. For more about him and his work, visit trentclifford.com.

Ally Varitek

Ally Varitek

Community Manager / Dramaturg

Ally Varitek is a dramaturg, arts administrator, and new works advocate who has worked in the Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and New York City areas. With a background in acting, acapella, choir, and musical theatre, she knits both the left and right sides of her performance past and current literary affinity in the development of new works.

Recent work includes Amphibian Stage, Baylor University, Concord Theatricals, the Digital Development Project, MusicalWriters.com, the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Working Title Playwrights, and Young Festival Stage. She has also been a Script Reader for numerous new works opportunities from Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival to NAMT to SHE ARTS to the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival and can offer that insight alongside her dramaturgical observations.

Ally has a wide and varied interest in all theatrical works and promises to approach your writing with an open heart and curious mind. Ally holds a BFA in Theatre Performance with Concentration in Musical Theatre from Baylor University. She is a 2021 LMDA/Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive Fellow, former Concord Theatricals intern, and currently volunteers as the Bulletin Co-Editor for the Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas. For more about Ally, visit allyvaritek.com.

Lexi Nieto

Lexi Nieto

Actor / Designer

Lexi Nieto is an actor, singer, host, and artist currently based in NYC. Her partnership with MusicalWriters.com spans from stage to (laptop) screen as she performs in as many new works as she can while also designing publicity graphics for the aforementioned new works! She also creates graphics & video content for MusicalWriters.com social media.

To learn more about Lexi, visit her website at lexinieto.com!

Holly Reed

Holly Reed

Consultant / Coach / Contributor

Holly Reed is the owner and Creative Director of Reed Creative Group, a boutique graphic and web design company. She is past owner and CEO of MusicalWriters.com. In addition to bringing over 20 years experience in creative direction, marketing and brand consulting for the non-profit, startup, and entertainment industries, she is also a speaker, writer, and coach to aspiring entrepreneurs and dreamers of all sorts.

Holly (book/lyrics/music) and her husband Kelvin Reed (music) are thrilled about the trajectory of their upcoming show TRUE NORTH: A Magical New Holiday Musical. Holly and Kelvin were commissioned to write “That’s What Friends Do” for Girlhood the Musical (CPA Theatricals) and Camp McAuliffe, which is now Camp [MySchool] the Musical, a fully customizable grade school musical.

Holly is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild and holds a BFA in design and music from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is co-founder of the Ally’s Wish Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in North Texas devoted to granting a last wish to young, terminally ill mothers with children. For a peek into Holly’s personal life and interests, visit WhimseyJane.com.

To contact Holly about key art design, website design, or other branding and marketing services, email hollyr@reedcreativegroup.com.

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Carol de Giere

Carol de Giere

Founder/Contributor

Carol de Giere is the author of “Defying Gravity: the Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked” and “The Godspell Experience: Inside a Transformative Musical.” Ms. de Giere is also the founder and editor of several online newsletters including “The Schwartz Scene” for which Mr. Schwartz sometimes writes updates about his projects and experiences. She is the founder of MusicalWriters.com and serves as an ongoing contributor. A former librarian, Carol holds master’s degrees in library science and writing. She lives with her husband in Connecticut where they enjoy walking, reading, practicing yoga and meditation, and nature photography. Keep up with Carol at caroldegiere.com.
carol1@caroldegiere.com

Dan Sander-Wells

Dan Sander-Wells

Contributor

Dan Sander-Wells is a freelance music director and arranger based in New York City. A graduate of Westminster Choir College, he holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the institution. His music direction experience ranges from high school to professional performers in theaters across the country. Highlights included music directing the 50th anniversary revival of Raisin starring Freddi Walker-Browne and conducting for Kate Baldwin’s Live Out Loud cabaret show at the Laurie Beechman Theater. As an arranger, Dan’s work can be heard on a variety of shows such as Here I Am (music and lyrics by Suzanne McCoy) premiering Off-Broadway at the Battery Park Theater in Fall 2023 and For the Record (music and lyrics by Richard Uhrlaub) premiering at the Colorado New Musical Festival in Fall 2023.