Theatre Now New York, a non-profit artist service organization and theatre company dedicated to supporting musical theatre writers, has added seven writers to their Musical Writers Lab. The new members will join 27 continuing artists in the Local NYC and National chapters of the group.
"We received submissions from across the country and were energized by the incredibly high level of talent. We're thrilled to welcome these artists; they bring fresh perspectives and exciting possibilities to our community " says Thomas Morrissey, Theatre Now's Artistic Director. "We look forward to supporting the continuing development of their work."
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni included in this list! See the full list here.
Carrie Caffrey '21 (lyricist, book writer) & Earl Marrows '21 (composer) (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) are a team of new musical theatre writers based in New York City and Sydney, Australia. Their songs have been featured in the Lincoln Center Broadway's Future Songbook Series, Off-Broadway in Rattlestick Playwrights' Theater's Village Song, at Tisch's New Studio on Broadway, 54 Below, NYMTF, and at venues internationally including London's Bread & Roses Theatre, Musical Theatre Radio, York University in Toronto, and the Under the Arch Incubator in St. Louis. During the pandemic, their work was also featured digitally in numerous cabarets like York Theatre Company's "In the Pipeline" Series and Allen & Gray's New Voices Concert Series. The duo's projects include stage musicals For Show (O'Neill NMTC semi-finalist), Hell on Earth, and Born For Today. Caffrey & Marrows are both graduates of the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. They are proud members of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and New Play Exchange.
*We apologize for any omissions. Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu