THE MAINSTREET TEAM

Tim Jerome

President

Vasi Laurence

Co-chair

Nancy Weber

Co-chair

Jerrold Morgulas

Treasurer

Wren Marie Harrington

Board Secretary

Buzz Roddy

Executive Vice President

Adam Smith Jr.

Vice President Operations 

Nancy Robillard

Director of Evaluations

Marnee Hollis

National Affiliate Coordinator

Barbara Bellman

Marketing Director

Cookie Palmer

Evaluation Administrator

Doug Barron

IT Design

Kristen Addessi

Executive Assistant

Emma R. Jerome

Assistant

ARTISTIC ADVISORY

 (partial list)

Lynn Ahrens

Emanuael Azenberg

Gabriel Barre

Patricia Birch

Michael Cassara

Kathleen Chalfant

Graciela Daniele

Stephen Flaherty

Sutton Foster

Sheldon Harnick

George Hearn

Judy Kaye

Nina Lannan

Peter Lawrence

Hal Linden

John Lithgow

Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill

Patti Lupone

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Dina Merrill

Robert Petkoff

Harold Prince

Thomas Schumacher

Thomas Z. Shepard

Tony Walton

Lillias White

Welcome to Mainstreet

MAINSTREET MUSICALS Inc. is a national consortium of theater professionals and their partners.  Utilizing an in-house program of professional script evaluation and a coordinated network of local theater festivals, Mainstreet aims to expand regional exposure of new theatrical musicals thereby stimulating development and production opportunities.

Spring Event Set For May

Affiliates may select one of these three DCA archive selections to present this May:

Mainstreet will begin to post the participating cities and their selections in April.

CHANG & ENG Music by Stephen Hoffman, Lyrics by Mark Campbell Book by Burton Cohen	AFTER THE FAIR Music by Matthew Ward Lyrics & Book by Stephen Cole	SAINT HEAVEN Book by Martin Casella Music & Lyrics by Keith Gordon

12/7/2012 marked the official launch of MAINSTREET FESTIVALS. This ongoing series of “coordinated events” - concert-readings of award-winning new musicals presented in participating cities – will culminate annually in the fall with Festivals featuring the year’s Directors’ Choice Awards (DCA) winners. 

In addition to each Festival, Mainstreet’s Affiliates are encouraged to present events featuring single DCA winners.  In all venues, these presentations will feature casts of local professionals and university performing groups. 

The program’s first coordinated activity, the 2012 Holiday Event (featuring A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL by Albert Evans and Ron Kaehler) was presented in December 2012 in five cities.

Mainstreet Benefits Communities

Modeled on the principle that carefully targeted and centrally coordinated industry collaborations can produce significant benefits for all involved, Mainstreet’s programs enrich the entire Theater Community.

• CREATORS: Guiding new works along effective, lower risk, economically feasible paths through the stages of development that lead to production.
• DIRECTORS: Increasing the number and accessibility of new works ready and available for artistic collaboration.
• PERFORMERS: Increasing the number and quality of locally available performance opportunities.
• PRODUCERS and ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: Expanding the number of new projects ready and available to move from script to initial production.
• COLLEGES and HIGH SCHOOLS: Inspiring and encouraging the next generation of artists, producers, educators and consumers via involvement with contemporary works of superior quality.
• THEATRICAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS: Stimulating awareness of - and appreciation for - other collective organizations throughout the industry.
• AUDIENCES: There’s more to life than watching movies at home! Mainstreet invites you to experience the thrill of seeing “tomorrow’s hits today” ... and at bargain prices.

SUBMISSIONS:

Submit a completed draft of your musical or opera to: Mainstreet Evaluations for comprehensive, constructive critique's by professional Directors, Music Directors and Choreographers.

DISCOUNTED FEE:  Mainstreet's regular fee for Submission is $75.  Submit before March 1st and pay a discounted fee of $25.  Simply type the code: GERSHWIN - in the Discount Code line of the Registration Form.  You may pay by check made out to Mainstreet Musicals and mailed to our office.      Submit between March 2nd and May 1st and pay a discounted fee of $50. Simply type the code BERNSTEIN - in the Discount Code line of the Registration Form.

• Be sure to write the name of your show on your check.

Read the endorsement by famed Director & Producer Harold Prince.

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