THEatre ACCELERATOR

Spring 2020 class applications open!

Taking the Starving
Out of Artist

NO ONE

CALLED AHEAD

A New Musical

About Apples and Oranges Arts:

At Apples and Oranges Arts, we accelerate new and emerging stories through our THEatre ACCELERATOR program. By applying Silicon Valley models to the musical development process, we help artists identify their audiences early on to find their product market fit and build out their Minimum Viable Musical.

We believe in pushing the boundaries of theatre as an art form. Every day we innovate new and exciting ways for theatre-goers to enjoy content ranging from streamed, digital content to interactive and immersive mixed reality experiences.

We know that people learn through doing – for years, we’ve been educating artists by applying a wide range of experiential teaching techniques. All of our projects, including Bridge2Broadway and ShowbizU, demonstrate how we foster challenging and safe environments where people learn by doing what they love.

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THEatre ACCELERATOR

Applying the model that accelerates technology start-ups, THEatre ACCELERATOR treats storytellers as founders creating an opportunity to interact with experts in storytelling, branding, production, distribution, and mentors in the business of show business, technology and finance. The program explores audience fit and market potential as they relate to, and inform, creative development of musical theater works.

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What Past Participants Have to Say:

Tor Hyams & Lisa St. Lou

Stealing Time – Fall 2017 Class

After participating in the THEatre ACCELERATOR program, we were better equipped to structure our shows. Based on the discussions of show theme and logline, we have found our writing is now particularly honed to our central message. The course was instrumental is creating efficiency for our process.

Jason Ma

Gold Mountain – Spring 2017 Class

THEatre ACCELERATOR provided me with clarity, a new understanding of how my piece fits into the musical theater eco-system, and the tools to create momentum, messaging and ultimately, interest and opportunity for Gold Mountain.

Lauren Gundrum

Pharmabro – Spring 2018 Class

Apples and Oranges changed the way I evaluate new ideas. I still start from a place of what is artistically interesting to me, but I’m also thinking about the potential audience and what kind of production will best serve the story as I write. These tools are incredibly valuable in helping identify where a show belongs, how to market it, and how to develop it so that it can actually reach an audience.

Kristin Bair & Kevin Hammonds

Up and Away – Winter 2019 Class

The process that the THEatre ACCELERATOR asks you to undergo in order to develop your five-minute “Sing Tank” pitch helps you to understand your show so much better, because you are forced, again and again, to advocate for what makes your show special, compelling, and worthy of producing.

How can you help?

Don’t just hope for new musicals, make them happen. By supporting Apples and Oranges Arts, you are growing the next generation of composers and book writers and enabling them to make a living doing what they love.

In addition to helping artists, you also get to help yourself to all kinds of perks like insider knowledge via the exclusive donor newsletter, access to premium tickets for Apples and Oranges Arts events and invitations to developmental readings of shows going through Phase II of THEatre ACCELERATOR!

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