THEatre ACCELERATOR
SPRING 2020

NAMT FESTIVAL PITCH DAY

Apples and Oranges Arts, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Broadway Tech Accelerator, presents a live, virtual Shark-Tank-style pitch session in which four writing teams from NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals present their shows to theatre executives and investors from around the country. See which show got selected for a virtual reading!

SING TANK PITCH DAY

THEatreACCELERATOR  culminates in a live 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 talk about a show you have in development? Want to get a sense of what pitching a show looks like? Just really love to cheer on new musical theatre? Check out the video below to see how our teams did!

The Shows

Bleeding Love

Book:

Jason Schafer

Lyrics:

Harris Doran

Music:

Arthur Bacon

Come Find Me: A Christmas Musical

Book, Music & Lyrics:

Holly Reed 

Music:

Kelvin Reed

Dorothy

Book, Music & Lyrics:

Charles Strand

Glamour & Grit

Book & Lyrics:

Ariana Johns

Music:

Darryl Curry

Great Wall

Book:

Kevin Merritt

Music & Lyrics:

Kevin So

Creative Consultant:

David Henry Hwang

Halona & Ophelia

 Book & Lyrics:

Hanako Greensmith 

Music & Lyrics:

Sandra Okuboyejo 

Ladyship

Book, Music & Lyrics:

Laura Good & Linda Good 

Medusa

Book, Music & Lyrics:

Wes Braver & Rachel Dean

Simon And Jorge Pay Their Student Loans

Book, Music & Lyrics:   

Jesse Gage

Saint Stephen & The Children's Crusade

Book, Music & Lyrics:

Sam Sultan

The Girl Who Left Home

Book & Lyrics:

Mallorie Ortega

Lyrics:

Steve Greist

Music:

Alex Winkler

The Passage

Book, Music & Lyrics:

David Darrow

Tinderella: the modern musical

Book:

Rose Oser

Lyrics:

Weston Scott

Music:

Christian B. Schmidt

 

The Mentors

Deborah Barrera

FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FIREMUSED PRODUCTIONS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Drew Cohen

President & CEO
MUSICAL THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

Paul Gordon

WRITER / COMPOSER
EMMA / JANE EYRE

Deadria Harrington

CREATIVE PRODUCER
THE MOVEMENT THEATRE COMPANY

Matt Humphrey

CO-FOUNDER
CURTAIN CALL

Renee Kaplan

CEO / FOUNDER
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP / FUTURE WORKPLACE, INC

Van Kaplan

PRODUCER
MATILDA / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Frank Kavanaugh

FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FORT ASHWORTH INVESTMENTS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Michele Lynch

CHOREOGRAPHER
EVERYDAY RAPTURE / GRUMPY OLD MEN

Brian Moreland

CREATIVE PRODUCER
SEA WALL/ A LIFE 

Dessie Moynihan

VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE PROJECTS
THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION

Luke Rodehorst

TICKETING & LIVE EVENTS
GOOGLE

John Schwab

CO-FOUNDER
CURTAIN CALL

Kyle Wright

DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL PROJECTS
THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION 

The Judges

Deborah Barrera

FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FIREMUSED PRODUCTIONS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Alice Brooks

CINEMATOGRAPHER
IN THE HEIGHTS (2021) / HOME BEFORE DARK (2020)

Elise Dewsberry

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
NEW MUSICALS INC. 

Arvind Ethan David

PRODUCER
JAGGED LITTLE PILL / PRODIGAL ENTERTAINMENT

Kathy Evans

FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RHINEBECK WRITERS RETREAT

Deeksha Gaur

CO-FOUNDER / CEO
SHOWSCORE

Donna Lynn Hilton

PRODUCER
GOODSPEED MUSICALS

Brandon Ivie

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
VILLAGE THEATRE

Frank Kavanaugh

FOUNDER / PRODUCER
FORT ASHWORTH INVESTMENTS / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Jonathan Ledden

FOUNDER / INVESTOR
BAY LAKE VENTURES 

Brian Moreland

CREATIVE PRODUCER
SEA WALL/ A LIFE 

Meredith Reed

MARKETING DIRECTOR
MUSIC THEATRE WORKS

James Rocco

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

Kyle Wright

DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL PROJECTS
THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION