THEatre ACCELERATOR
SPRING 2021
NEW REALITY EDITION
In the New Reality Edition, storytellers explore how AR and VR can be used to help create and/or distribute their musicals. As participants in the inaugural class, teams receive cutting edge technology to assist in their experimentation and investigation along with access to some of the top professionals in the emerging field today.
THEatre ACCELERATOR has always emphasized utilizing technology to assist and improve the storytelling process, but this cohort is taking that mission one step further putting cutting-edge new reality tools into the hands of our creators to help artists discover new ways to develop and share musicals.
SING TANK LIVE!
THEatre ACCELERATOR culminates in a lives Shark-Tank-Style pitch session where participants present their shows to theatre and tech industry veterans.
This supportive, dynamic pitchfest provides valuable feedback which guides the shows towards the next step in their trajectory.Wonder how to tell a story in virtual reality? Want to get a sense for what pitching a show looks like? Just really love musical theatre? Tune in below!
The Shows
Absolute Zero
Book and Lyrics:
Dorie Clark
Music:
Marie Incontrera
Alice's Wonderland: A Hip Hop Musical Adventure
Book, Music & Lyrics:
J Quinton Johnson and Julia Riew
Story Treatment:
Linda Chichester and David Coffman
Shapeshifters
Book, Music & Lyrics:
Truth Bachman
Director, Developer:
Zhailon Levingston
Seeds
Book, Music & Lyrics:
Adam Gubman
The Consoling Mechanism
Book, Music & Lyrics:
Josh Franklin
Whisper Darkly
Music & Lyrics:
Andrew Gerle
Book & Additional Lyrics
DJ Salisbury
The Mentors
Deborah Barrera
FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FIREMUSED PRODUCTIONS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Matt Conover
VICE PRESIDENT, DISNEYLAND
DISNEY PARKS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Jim Glaub
OWNER / FOUNDER
SUPER AWESOME FRIENDS
Tyler Heaton
SPACIAL MEDIA INSTRUCTOR / DESIGNER
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE
Tyrick Wiltez Jones
ACTOR
JEAN LUC, WINTER LIGHTS
Dr. Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARIST
WRITER FOR BUFFALO: A NEW MUSICAL
Brian Moreland
CREATIVE PRODUCER
SEA WALL/ A LIFE
Jason Ma
MUSICAL WRITER
GOLD MOUNTAIN, THE MUSICAL
Stephanie Riggs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR / IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIST
5TH WALL FORUM/ WORLD EXPERIENCE ORGANIZATION
Ashley Marie Samudio
ACTRESS
LUMINA, WINTER LIGHTS
The Judges
Deborah Barrera
FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FIREMUSED PRODUCTIONS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Rowen Casey
MUSICAL WRITER
AT THE RIVER I STAND
Cindy Citrone
FOUNDER / CEO
CITRONE 33
Robert Diamond
CEO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
BROADWAYWORLD.COM
David Hornik
GENERAL PARTNER / TECH INVESTOR
AUGUST CAPITAL
Alani iLongwe
MUSICAL WRITER
AT THE RIVER I STAND
Ciera Iveson
DIRECTOR OF NEW WORKS
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE
Frank Kavanaugh
FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FORT ASHWORTH INVESTMENTS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Jason Ma
MUSICAL WRITER
GOLD MOUNTAIN, THE MUSICAL