KEATON & THE WHALE by Molly Reisman and Emily Chiu
GMTWP Alums Molly Reisman (Cycle 27) and Emily Chiu (Cycle 26) were the recipients of the inaugral Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist, commemorating the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017), who was a Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Book of a Musical (Wanda's World), and the playwright/librettist of Class Mothers '68, which earned Pricilla LOPEZ a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Molly & Emily were selected from over 50 blind submissions for their contribution to the full-length musical KEATON AND THE WHALE, which was Molly's thesis musical during her second year at The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. In addition to a check for $2,000 to help pay cost-of-living expenses, Ms. Reisman and Ms. Chiu receive development assistance from the 2019 New Works Development Program of Amas Musical Theatre, culminating in the work being rehearsed and performed by New York theatre professionals in an Amas Lab production. Amas was the development home for several of Mr. Weinberger's musicals, and which produced the World Premiere of Wanda's World and the New York Premiere of Tea for Three.
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