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Three Keys to Using Social Media for Musical Writers

Three key tips to guide the use of social media for musical writers (especially ones with a show to promote): Connect, Serve, and Relate.

Member Spotlight: Jocelyn Moen

Academy member Jocelyn Moen is an Australian performer and writer. Here’s a little about her musical writing journey and a few resources she recommends.

Membership Spotlight: Kenady Sean

Kenady Sean is our Academy Community Manager as well as a musical writer herself. She’s currently working on Beyond Perfection, an adaption of the Scarlet Letter, and an all-women show about World War II.

Membership Spotlight: Brent Black

Bookwriter, composer and lyricist Brent Black was the inaugural winner of the Academy Reading Series Pitch Night with his show Khan!!! The Musical!!!

Member Spotlight: Fred Rohan-Vargas

Academy Member Fred Rohan-Vargas is an experienced playwright and composer and recently was accepted in the 2021 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Academy Member Spotlight: David Stidham

David Stidham from Los Angeles, California, is the co-creator and producer of BUCKET OF BLOOD, the inaugural musical in the MusicalWriters Academy Reading Series.

MW Staff Spotlight: Paige Menneci

Introducing our 2021 summer intern Paige Menneci, a singer/songwriter & composer/lyricist whose bright personality shines through all of her creative work.

Academy Member Spotlight: Nicolette Blount

Academy Member Nicolette Blount is making great strides with her show SAVAGE THE MUSICAL. Nicolette is an excellent performer, songwriter, and producer, and has had exceptional success when it comes to building her show’s social media following.

Academy Member Spotlight: David Waldner

An excellent songwriter-turned-musical writer, David Waldner is one of our fantastic members hailing all the way from London, England.

Academy Member Spotlight: David “Dave” Kurkowski

David Kurkowski of Philadelphia was the composer, lyricist and bookwriter for MADAME CURIE, winner of the 2020 Jackie White Memorial International Playwriting Contest.

Musical Writers Development Series Spotlight: Todd Low

Composer Todd Low shares his experience in the MusicalWriters Development Series, our 12-month coaching and musical development program.

Collaboration Story: We Make Each Other Better

Like life partnerships, a successful musical theatre collaboration involves listening skills, flexibility, compassion, respect, and a good sense of humor.

Academy Member Spotlight: Donna Gay Anderson

Donna Gay Anderson is a playwright/lyricist from Louisiana whose works have been developed in New York, Chicago, Louisville, New Orleans and North Carolina.

Institute for American Musical Theatre Offers Online Courses for Writers

New York City’s Institute for American Musical Theatre “Creators” program has announced a diverse array of online courses in musical theater writing for the 2020-21 season. (MEMBER PERK: Members of MusicalWriters Academy are eligible to receive a $50 discount on each course!)