Drama Club
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Drama Club creates brave musicals with LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and emerging artists.
DIAMOND tells the mostly true story of "Diamond" Dorris Payne, an international jewel thief who has been in the industry of thievery for decades. She was caught most recently at the age of 86 years old.
March 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
DIAMOND tells the mostly true story of "Diamond" Dorris Payne, an international jewel thief who has been in the industry of thievery for decades. She was caught most recently at the age of 86 years old.
Welcome 2025 Camper Brandon Filette! Brandon Fillette (he/him) is a versatile music director, composer, and writer with over a decade of experience in theater and music. He has collaborated with Off-Broadway institutions like Ars Nova and Playwrights Horizons, as well as independent artists.
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Welcome 2025 Camper Brandon Filette! Brandon Fillette (he/him) is a versatile music director, composer, and writer with over a decade of experience in theater and music. He has collaborated with Off-Broadway institutions like Ars Nova and Playwrights Horizons, as well as independent artists.
Say hi to 2025 Camper Joely Zuker! Joely Zuker (she/her) - ASCAP, Maestra, Dramatists Guild - is a New York-based songwriter, composer, lyricist, bookwriter, arranger, and producer. She has completed the New Musical Inc.'s CORE Curriculum and General workshops.
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say hi to 2025 Camper Joely Zuker! Joely Zuker (she/her) - ASCAP, Maestra, Dramatists Guild - is a New York-based songwriter, composer, lyricist, bookwriter, arranger, and producer. She has completed the New Musical Inc.'s CORE Curriculum and General workshops.
In the future, where westernized society is hellbent on fixing the ills of mankind, people are impatiently awaiting an instant fix for everything - including their grief. An exclusive and highly competitive group therapy run by an artificially intelligent therapist, Joy, brings five people together.
March 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In the future, where westernized society is hellbent on fixing the ills of mankind, people are impatiently awaiting an instant fix for everything - including their grief. An exclusive and highly competitive group therapy run by an artificially intelligent therapist, Joy, brings five people together.
Welcome 2025 Camper S. Todd Townshend! S. Todd Townsend is a passionate creative, a dreamer, a visionary and a recent
graduate of BerkleeNYC with an MA in Writing and Design for musical theatre. Todd
came to the program with a PhD from Drexel and an EdD from Wilmington University.
graduate of BerkleeNYC with an MA in Writing and Design for musical theatre. Todd
came to the program with a PhD from Drexel and an EdD from Wilmington University.
March 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Welcome 2025 Camper S. Todd Townshend! S. Todd Townsend is a passionate creative, a dreamer, a visionary and a recent
graduate of BerkleeNYC with an MA in Writing and Design for musical theatre. Todd
came to the program with a PhD from Drexel and an EdD from Wilmington University.
graduate of BerkleeNYC with an MA in Writing and Design for musical theatre. Todd
came to the program with a PhD from Drexel and an EdD from Wilmington University.
Say hi to 2025 Camper Luke McLemore! Luke is a graduate of the University of Georgia where he studied Marketing, Art History, and Music Theory and BerkleeNYC’s Master of Art program in Writing and Design for Musical Theater.
March 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say hi to 2025 Camper Luke McLemore! Luke is a graduate of the University of Georgia where he studied Marketing, Art History, and Music Theory and BerkleeNYC’s Master of Art program in Writing and Design for Musical Theater.
Meet 2025 Camper Kim Kilby! Kim Kilby obtained her Master of Art in Creative Media & Technology in the BerkleeNYC Writing and Design for Musical Theater 2024. Throughout her youth, she performed musical theater, light opera, opera, and plays on many prominent Atlanta stages.
March 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Meet 2025 Camper Kim Kilby! Kim Kilby obtained her Master of Art in Creative Media & Technology in the BerkleeNYC Writing and Design for Musical Theater 2024. Throughout her youth, she performed musical theater, light opera, opera, and plays on many prominent Atlanta stages.
Big Quarterly, a hip-hop gospel musical, spotlights the legacy of Peter Spencer – a former slave turned pastor who founded the nation’s first wholly independent Black church and sparked the Big Quarterly–a joyful reunion for freedom in Delaware that exists to this day.
March 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Big Quarterly, a hip-hop gospel musical, spotlights the legacy of Peter Spencer – a former slave turned pastor who founded the nation’s first wholly independent Black church and sparked the Big Quarterly–a joyful reunion for freedom in Delaware that exists to this day.
Welcome 2025 Camper Matthew Nassida! Matthew Nassida (He/They) is a multi-hyphenate Neurodivergent theatre creative based in Manhattan, NY. In 2020 he received his BFA in musical theatre performance from Northern Kentucky University and in 2023 received his MFA from NYU's Tisch.
March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Welcome 2025 Camper Matthew Nassida! Matthew Nassida (He/They) is a multi-hyphenate Neurodivergent theatre creative based in Manhattan, NY. In 2020 he received his BFA in musical theatre performance from Northern Kentucky University and in 2023 received his MFA from NYU's Tisch.
Welcome back 2024 Camper for 2025, Caroline Game! Caroline Game (she/her) is a musical theatre writer and performer from Atlanta, GA, now based in New York City. Her current projects include Riverbend (musical, Drama Club Camp Writers Retreat), Hourglass (musical) and Freely Given (play).
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Welcome back 2024 Camper for 2025, Caroline Game! Caroline Game (she/her) is a musical theatre writer and performer from Atlanta, GA, now based in New York City. Her current projects include Riverbend (musical, Drama Club Camp Writers Retreat), Hourglass (musical) and Freely Given (play).
Hourglass is a time-bending, genre-blending musical spanning three generations of women and beauty standards. When Dawn begins losing her memory, she takes her daughter through moments of her life that she's never shared before...
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hourglass is a time-bending, genre-blending musical spanning three generations of women and beauty standards. When Dawn begins losing her memory, she takes her daughter through moments of her life that she's never shared before...
Say hi to 2025 Camper Dylan MarcAurele! Dylan MarcAurele is a NYC-based writer. Highlights: 2024 NAMT Festival; 2024 JMF Writers Grove at Goodspeed; 2024 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project in Nashville; 2023 Richard Rodgers Award; 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant Winner!
March 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say hi to 2025 Camper Dylan MarcAurele! Dylan MarcAurele is a NYC-based writer. Highlights: 2024 NAMT Festival; 2024 JMF Writers Grove at Goodspeed; 2024 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project in Nashville; 2023 Richard Rodgers Award; 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant Winner!
A ridiculous musical comedy about queerness and conformity in suburban communities through the guise of 90s “dog movies”, a la BEETHOVEN and AIR BUD.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A ridiculous musical comedy about queerness and conformity in suburban communities through the guise of 90s “dog movies”, a la BEETHOVEN and AIR BUD.
#musicals
#newmusicals
#newmusicaldevelopment
#queermusicals
#inclusivemusicals
#experimentalmusicals
#residencyprogram
#musicals
#newmusicals
#newmusicaldevelopment
#queermusicals
#inclusivemusicals
#experimentalmusicals
#residencyprogram
Welcome 2025 Camper Spicer Carr! Spicer Carr (He/Him) is a New York City based Composer-Lyricist, specializing in Musical Theater, Opera, and Theatre for Young Audiences. As a queer, autistic writer, Spicer seeks out similarly underrepresented voices.
March 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Welcome 2025 Camper Spicer Carr! Spicer Carr (He/Him) is a New York City based Composer-Lyricist, specializing in Musical Theater, Opera, and Theatre for Young Audiences. As a queer, autistic writer, Spicer seeks out similarly underrepresented voices.
Say hi to 2025 Camper Mika Kauffman! MIKA KAUFFMAN (bookwriter/co-lyricist, they/ze/he) is a multi-hyphenate queer, trans and neurodivergent artist, primarily a musical theatre writer, director, choreographer, dramaturg, and producer.
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say hi to 2025 Camper Mika Kauffman! MIKA KAUFFMAN (bookwriter/co-lyricist, they/ze/he) is a multi-hyphenate queer, trans and neurodivergent artist, primarily a musical theatre writer, director, choreographer, dramaturg, and producer.
Bug is no stranger to haunted things. After all, the occasional cold spot or mysteriously slamming door is to be expected when your house is almost as old as the dirt it sits on.
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bug is no stranger to haunted things. After all, the occasional cold spot or mysteriously slamming door is to be expected when your house is almost as old as the dirt it sits on.
Say hi to 2025 Camper Xander Browne! Xander Browne (he/they) is a queer Black comedic composer/writer based in Brooklyn with a degree in Directing from Columbia University. His work explores the various intersections of religion, sexuality, race, technology, and conservation.
March 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Say hi to 2025 Camper Xander Browne! Xander Browne (he/they) is a queer Black comedic composer/writer based in Brooklyn with a degree in Directing from Columbia University. His work explores the various intersections of religion, sexuality, race, technology, and conservation.
Welcome 2025 Camper Amara Brady! Amara/AJ (She/They) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from the Windy City (Chicago). She works to show the humanity and divinity of Black women and femmes and connect underserved communities with experiences that mirror their own.
March 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Welcome 2025 Camper Amara Brady! Amara/AJ (She/They) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from the Windy City (Chicago). She works to show the humanity and divinity of Black women and femmes and connect underserved communities with experiences that mirror their own.
Once upon a time in Cinderella's kingdom before Cinderella is...ya know, Cinderella, there lived a baker named Amelia. She’s been just scraping by at her families bakery since her parents untimely death, and the morning after the ball, she finds out she's about to be evicted!
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Once upon a time in Cinderella's kingdom before Cinderella is...ya know, Cinderella, there lived a baker named Amelia. She’s been just scraping by at her families bakery since her parents untimely death, and the morning after the ball, she finds out she's about to be evicted!
Say hi to Camper Raiah Rofsky! Raiah Rofsky (she/they) is a composer and copyist located in New York City. Her music has been produced and performed at Phoenix Theatre Company, Joe's Pub, Rattlestick
Theater, and Prospect Musicals, and more.
Raiah is an alum of the NYU Tisch GMTWP.
Theater, and Prospect Musicals, and more.
Raiah is an alum of the NYU Tisch GMTWP.
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say hi to Camper Raiah Rofsky! Raiah Rofsky (she/they) is a composer and copyist located in New York City. Her music has been produced and performed at Phoenix Theatre Company, Joe's Pub, Rattlestick
Theater, and Prospect Musicals, and more.
Raiah is an alum of the NYU Tisch GMTWP.
Theater, and Prospect Musicals, and more.
Raiah is an alum of the NYU Tisch GMTWP.