AMERICAN HARMONY PRIZE
Curtain Call is proud to announce the establishment of what we hope will become an annual award to celebrate diversity in the musical theater: The American Harmony Prize. The goal of the American Harmony Prize is to showcase new works of musical theater that explore our country’s many ethnic, religious and gender identifications. To do so, the prize will be awarded each year to the writers of a new musical that delves into a different specific segment of American society.
The inaugural American Harmony Prize (the funding of which was made possible by the Puffin Foundation) will showcase a new musical that dramatizes an aspect of the experience of Black Americans. In addition to a cash award of $250.00, a condensed version of the winning musical (approximately one hour in length) will be performed as a part of Curtain Call’s series of new musicals in concert, in The Kweskin Theatre, Monday evening, February 25, 2008
In order to qualify for consideration, a musical cannot have been professionally produced (Equity Dinner, LORT, Production, Special Production, SPT, Stock, etc…) or published, but it may have been performed in readings, concerts, workshops and non-professional productions.
Submissions will be accepted via mail from Monday, August 6, 2007 until Saturday, September 22, 2007. Submissions postmarked after Saturday, September 22, 2007, will not be eligible for consideration. We are not able to receive electronic submissions at this time.
Submissions should be mailed to: Curtain Call, Inc., 1349 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT 06905, Attn. American Harmony Prize.
Short-listed applicants will be asked to submit additional materials after Monday, October 1, 2007. Additional materials postmarked after Saturday, October 13, 2007, will no longer be eligible for final consideration. The winner of the American Harmony Prize 2008 will be announced Friday, December 12, 2007, on this website.
Writers who have participated in Curtain Call’s series of new musicals in concert include John Allen, Mana Allen, Scott Blakeman, Marc Castle, Jerold Goldstein, Jeffrey Lodin, Fred Stark, Robert Taub, Richard Vetere, Norman Weiss, Scott Zesch and series curator William Squier.
Past performers have included Mark Aldrich, Bridget Beirne, Ellen Bernfeld, Scott Blakeman, Charma Bonanno, Derek Corriveau, Natalie Cortez, Nicholas Dalton, Carl Danielsen, Beth Dunnington, William Thomas Evans, Jeff Fardner, Jerold Goldstein, Carolee Goodgold, Michael Greenwood, Susan Haefner, James Hindman, David Ippolito, George S. Irving, James Jackson Jr., Eddie Korbich, Michael Miller, Marcus Neville, Kiera O'Neil, Amy Oestricher, Dan Sharkey, Maureen Silliman, Tom Sourada, Robert Taub, Deborah Tranelli, Elisa Van Duyne, Andrew Varela and Ted Yudain.
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