We are thrilled to announce a new residency for musical theatre writers to take place 4-17 March 2024 at Cove Park. The Musical Theatre Writing Residency is a two-week international exchange programme for emerging and established book writers, composers, and lyricists from the UK, India, and the United States. 

The residency has been devised by Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep and will include facilitated sessions with Dramaturg Jeanie O’Hare, Music Supervisor Nigel Lilley, Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director of Goodspeed Musicals and David Greig, Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. The programme also includes networking opportunities and workshop sessions, in-person and digital, with industry professionals – such as director John Doyle, Broadway producers Mara Isaacs and Rashad V. Chambers, and more.

Applications to take part in this residency are being accepted from UK-based teams of up to three collaborators who have a musical theatre idea in need of development and would benefit from the residency experience to take it to the next stage in its creation. The participating artists from India and the United States will be selected separately through nominations from our international partners.

Visit  www.musicaltheatrewritingresidency.uk for more information and how to apply.

Deadline: 20 October 2023 at 5pm.

The Musical Theatre Writing Residency is presented by Cove Park and Dundee Rep Theatre in partnership with Capital Theatres, Citizens Theatre, Macrobert Arts Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts – Mumbai, National Theatre of Scotland, Octopus Theatricals – New York City,  Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, and Traverse Theatre. Associate partners include A Play, A Pie and a Pint, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland
and Tron Theatre.

This pilot residency is majority-funded as part of the British Council & Creative Scotland Partnership: Connect & Collaborate.