The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has revealed the slate of directors and music directors for the 35th annual Festival of New Musicals, which takes place October 26–27 2023 at New York City's New World Stages.
The industry-only event showcases 45-minute concert adaptations of new musicals in the final stages of development for producers and artists from around the world.
The schedule and list of musicals and participants for the festival can be found on the NAMT website. Musicals include:
- Fallout by Dmitry Koltunov and David Goldsmith
- Fountain by Christopher Anselmo and Jared Corak
- Fountain of You by Tasha Gordon-Solmon and Faye Chiao
- Mija by Anna Gilbert, Gaby Moreno, Evynne Hollens and Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
- Never Be King by Charlie H Ray and Sam Columbus
- The Oscar Micheaux Project by Alphonso Horne, Jesse L Kearney, Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
- Wonder Boy by Jaime Jarrett
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria by Brandy Hoang Collier, Clare Fuyuko Bierman and Erika Ji
Directors for this year’s Festival will include Rebecca Aparicio (Latinx Playwrights Circle), Dev Bondarin (associate artistic director, Prospect Theater Company), Catie Davis (Beetlejuice), Bo Frazier (Chicago's tick, tick…BOOM!), Kimille Howard (artistic director, Lucille Lortel Theatre’s NYC Public High School Playwrighting Fellowship), Jess McLeod (Woolly Mammoth BOLD resident director), Leora Morris (Alliance Theatre's Ride the Cyclone) and Abbey O’Brien (Waitress, Jagged Little Pill).
Music directors will include Kurt Crowley (Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme), Andrea Grody (The Band’s Visit), Jesse Kissel (Chicago, The Visit), Lily Ling (How to Dance in Ohio), Anessa Marie (White Girl in Danger), Patrick Sulken (Little Shop of Horrors), and Alyssa Kay Thompson (1776).