On April 25 and 26th, 2025, MusicalWriters presented a New Works Cabaret at Theatre Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

Watch a full recording of the Friday night show (April 25) below.

This cabaret featured 3 works each by eight different Musical Academy members, all female or non-binary. The program was as follows:

Selections from Wolf Ballad by Lindsay “Fiskars” Cutting

“Lone Wolf” Performed by Brett Warner
“No Stoppin’ Me” Performed by Daron Cockerell and Rachel Davies
“The Wolves of Lamar Canyon Pack” Performed by MusicalWriters Ensemble

Selections from This Side of the Door by Ash (they/she)

“Outside” Performed by Jason Philip Solís
“Knock Knock” Performed by Elijah Ponce
“Looking Back” Performed by Kya “KJ” James

Selections from When Two of Us Meet by Emily Simonian

“Hands Start Shakin’” Performed by Sienna Riehle with Ensemble
“A Different Dream for A Girl” Performed by Hailey Good with Ensemble
“When Two of Us Meet” Performed by MusicalWriters Ensemble

Selections from Freedom by Chari Smith

“Home/What Have I Done?” Performed by Brett Warner, Samantha Padilla and Gideon Ethridge
“Who Is This Man?” Performed by Paloma Magaña, Meghan MacLellan and Kelsey Oudshoorn-Lynn
“Let My People Go” (vocal arrangements by Joshua Hegg) Performed by Gideon Ethridge and Joshua Sherman with Ensemble

Spotlight on Original Works by Amanda Dills

“No Daughter of Mine” from No Saint | Performed by Rachel Davies with Ensemble
“Whelp, That Didn’t Work (The Oregon Trail Song)” from Battle Crown: The Legend of Princess Pink | Performed by Rowan Gilvie
“Drought” from A Year of Nothing | Performed by Lexi Nieto, Brigitte Wilson, Joshua Sherman, and Ben Meaders

Selections from Brilliant by Dani Tapper

“Fill This Home with Love” Performed by Sarah Powell
“He’s My Brother” Performed by Natalie Hinds
“Soar” Performed by Daron Cockerell

Selections from Redemption Song by Rebekah Holland

“Mr. Wrong” Performed by Ben Meaders
“Chair Exercise” Performed by Rachel Nicole Poole
“Step on a Crack” Performed by Lauren Urso Gray

Spotlight on Original Works by Elle Tyler

“Why Can’t I?” from The Door | Performed by Robert Bradford Smith
“The World I Wanna See” from Nadia Half Dreaming | Performed by Melania MacDonald
“Time Goes By” from Getting Through April | Performed by Lexi Nieto, Brigitte Wilson, Joshua Sherman and Ben Meaders

MusicalWriters Ensemble:

Andrea Fernandez Tom, Anthony Ortega, Ben Meaders, Brigitte Wilson, Elijah Ponce, Gideon Ethridge, Hailey Good, Jacy Schoening, Joseph Kaminski, Joshua Sherman, Kae Styron, Katie Buck, Kelsey Oudshoorn-Lynn, L Bryce Welborn, Lauren Neaves, Lauren Urso Gray, Lexi Nieto, Lindsay Hayward, Mandy Sanders, Meghan MacLellan, Melania MacDonald, Natalie Hinds, Paloma Magaña, Rachel Davies, Robert Bradford Smith, Rowan Gilvie, Samantha Padilla, Sara Maslowski, Simon Kowalski, Stephanie Sanders