KCACTF Musical Theatre Award
KCACTF Musical Theatre Award
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- $500 for music
- $500 for lyrics
- $500 for book
- O'Neill Music Theatre Conference Fellowship. The creative team will have the opportunity to be in residence at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, as official observers. During a two-week fellowship at the Conference (Late June into early July), the team will have the opportunity to write, participate in master classes, observe new music theatre works by noted artists in development and to have professional development seminars with the Conference artistic staff. The Fellowship provides travel, room, board, and tuition for the residency.
- The Dramatists Guild Award provides the creative team with active membership in the Guild.
Rules and Regulations
- The musical must be entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program.
- The musical must be original and copyrighted.
- The writing team (composer, lyricist, librettist) may be faculty and/or students; the students must fulfill the eligibility requirements as set forth in rule 5 for the
- The play must be produced by a college or university or, at minimum, publicly presented in a "rehearsed" or "staged reading" format following a significant development process. The play must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.
- A panel of artists from the field, selected by KCACTF, will make the final determination as to the award recipients. All collaborators agree to send the following entry materials by December 1:
- A completed manuscript of the book, lyrics, and the score of the music;
- A professional-quality recording of the score either in CD, via web-link , or MP3 recordings (or variants.)
- A professional-quality recording of the score.
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