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Partnership — Musical Theatre Writing Residency

The residency has been devised in partnership with Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep Theatre, and will include facilitated sessions with Dramaturg Jeanie O’Hare (formerly Director of New Work Development at The Public Theater), Music Supervisor James McKeon (Musical Director: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, London), Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director of Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut and David Greig, Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Shonagh Murray joins as Associate Musical Supervisor, with Imogen Stirling, supported by Playwright Studio Scotland, joining as Associate Dramaturg.

The creatives will also benefit from networking opportunities and workshop sessions, both in-person and digital, with industry-leading writers, composers, producers, directors, and other theatre practitioners – including Tony® Award-winning director John Doyle, Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs, Tony® Award-winning producer Rashad V. Chambers, and more.

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.

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Musical Theatre Writing Residency, March 2024

Residencies


Sâmir Bhamra

Sâmir Bhamra, founder and artistic director of Phizzical Productions and creative director of the UK Asian Film Festival, seamlessly blends performing arts and cinema in his groundbreaking work. In 2024, he will debut in the West-end with his musical “Bombay Superstars”. A sought-after director, musical writer and producer, Sâmir champions South Asian and global majority […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Lili-Anne Brown

Lili-Anne Brown, a Chicago South Side native, works as a director, actor and educator, and has performed in, directed and produced many award-winning shows in Chicago and nationally. Recent directing credits include: Dreamgirls (Goodspeed Musicals and McCarter Theater), FELA! (Olney Theatre and Round House Theatre), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Huntington Theatre), The Nacirema Society.…, […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Debbie Hannan

Debbie Hannan writes and directs new work for stage and screen. They are currently Associate Director at the National Theatre of Scotland. From January to July 2022, they were the Acting Artistic Director of Stockroom. They are represented by Independent Talent, and trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and as Trainee Director at the […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

David Paul Jones

DPJ is an Edinburgh-based composer, pianist and vocalist. He has been creating work as a solo and collaborative artist across multi-artforms throughout Scotland, UK and internationally for over thirty years. His music blends contemporary classical sensibilities with digital sound, exploring emotive and atmospheric soundworlds, from acoustic instrumental works, songs and larger-scale vocal works, to cinematic […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Robby Khela

Robby Khela began his career in the music industry after signing with Telstar Records. He supported pop acts Craig David, Blue, Lemar, Girls Aloud and Misteeq on tour and worked with Rishi Rich and Max Martin as a songwriter. His break into the world of acting came through Phizzical Productions after landing a lead role […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Nikki Lynette

Nikki Lynette is a social impact artist & suicide survivor who fuses mental health activism into her musical theater performances, film projects and visual art, creating a lane that is uniquely her own. This Chicago native’s self-produced songs are frequently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more. Her journey with mental health […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Jonathan O'Neill

Jonathan O’Neill and Isaac Savage are an award-winning, Glasgow-based musical theatre writing duo, whose work has been performed internationally as part of festivals and concerts.  Writing credits include: Bon Appétit and Tanya (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); The Great Elf Escape: LIVE (The Ayr Gaiety/Fearless Players); Belongings (The Minster School, Southwell) and Stay (A Play, a […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Andy McGregor

Andy McGregor is a director, composer and playwright based in Glasgow. He trained at Glasgow University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is artistic director of Sleeping Warrior Theatre company – shows he has written, composed and directed for them include Battery Park, Crocodile Rock, A New Life, Spuds, The Rise and Inevitable Fall […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Linda McLean

Linda McLean is an award-winning playwright based in Glasgow. Her plays are produced in the UK and internationally, most notably in the USA and France. In 2023, she wrote Castle Lennox for Lung Ha Theatre Company and the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. During the pandemic she wrote, Go On, a response to Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Isaac Savage

Jonathan O’Neill and Isaac Savage are an award-winning, Glasgow-based musical theatre writing duo, whose work has been performed internationally as part of festivals and concerts. Writing credits include: Bon Appétit and Tanya (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); The Great Elf Escape: LIVE (The Ayr Gaiety/Fearless Players); Belongings (The Minster School, Southwell) and Stay (A Play, a […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Devesh Sodha

Devesh Sodha, aka DEVSO, is an award winning British composer for media. His versatile compositional skills span a wide range of genres, including action, horror, thriller, drama, musicals, and more. From emotive and inspiring melodies to epic and breathtaking cinematic masterpieces, DEVSO’s distinct sound can be heard accompanying major trailers for TV shows, films and […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Sushma Soma

Sushma Soma is an award-winning Karnatik vocalist. Recognised as one of the passionate ‘youths driving positive change through their actions’, Sushma was awarded the Young Artist Award, the highest honour for young arts practitioners in Singapore. Sushma also won the All-India Radio competition for Karnatik Music. Sushma is currently mentored by renowned violinist and musicologist, […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Neel Chaudhuri

Neel Chaudhuri is a playwright and theatre director based in New Delhi. He is a founder-member of the Tadpole Repertory, where he was formerly Artistic Director (2009-2019). His plays with Tadpole include Godspeed (TFA Award for Creative Writing 2009),Taramandal (The Hindu MetroPlus Playwright Award 2010), Still and Still Moving (written in collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre, UK), and Quicksand. Neel […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Imogen Stirling

Imogen Stirling is a Scottish artist. She is a playwright, performance poet and producer. Imogen creates startling and expressive hybrid work straddling the worlds of poetry, theatre and electronic music. Imogen has performed her work extensively around the UK and Europe, with partners including Glastonbury, Latitude Festival, Anniki Runofestivaali, Secret Garden Party and the Edinburgh […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Jeanie O’Hare

Jeanie O’Hare is a writer, freelance dramaturg and creative producer. She was Director of New Work Development at the Public Theater in NYC, and Chair of Playwriting at Yale School of Drama. She trained at the Royal Court Theatre, and worked as Company Dramaturg for the Royal Shakespeare Company, developing Matilda the Musical. Jeanie collaborates […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

James McKeon

James McKeon studied at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester and Christ’s College, Cambridge where he was the organ scholar.  He is currently Musical Director and Associate Musical Supervisor for Moulin Rouge The Musical in London, as well as Associate Musical Supervisor for the German production and the forthcoming Dutch production.  West End shows as Musical […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Andrew Panton

Andrew joined Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre in 2017. He is an award-winning director and educator working internationally across theatre, music and television and was previously Associate Director at Royal & Derngate and Perth Theatres and Assistant Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. For Dundee Rep: Scottish Premieres of Tracey Letts’ Pulitzer Prize winning […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Shonagh Murray

Shonagh Murray is a musical director, composer/writer and teacher based in Glasgow. Her most recent MD credits are A Mother’s Song (Macrobert Art Centre & KT Producing); Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (Kick Ass Theatre Productions Ltd, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022); Orphans (National Theatre of Scotland, Associate Music Director); Bairns in the Woods […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency

Alex Marrs

Alex Marrs (she/her) is a producer and arts administrator living in Glasgow. She is the Programmes & Communications Producer at Cove Park, an international artists’ residency on the west coast of Scotland. She is a co-producer on Austen’s Pride, a new musical.  Previously, she has served as the Executive Producer of Brooklyn-based theatre company Colt […]

Musical Theatre Writing Residency