Who’s Got Me? YOUR LOGO: (to change your logo image, use the X to remove the current image) TITLE OF YOUR MUSICAL: CREDITS: (i.e. Book by Jane Writer, Music by Joe Piano, Lyrics by Amy Poet): YOUR WEBSITE: (if you or your musical already have a website, include the full web address here, starting with https://) CONTACT EMAIL: (the email a producer should use to contact you about your musical PITCH PARAGRAPH: (a paragraph that gives a summary of your musical - to whet the producers' appetites!) Visual Text <p style="font-weight: 400">Who doesn't like tap dancing?</p> <p style="font-weight: 400">“Who’s Got Me?” is a 1930's style show-in-a-show musical. Bouncing between Peoria and New York City in 1938, the story centers on a family of small-town cabaret performers who attract the attention of a big-time Broadway producer with their musical comedy about a family of small-town cabaret performers who attract the attention of a big-time Broadway producer. Sparks fly when the producer surprises the family by casting his untested daughter as the female lead. As in "Kiss Me, Kate," the lives of the real-life actors intersect with the problems of their on-stage characters. Complications ensue and misunderstandings multiply jeopardizing the production as the clock ticks down to opening night.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400">"Who's Got Me?" is coming off a sensational World Premiere production in December. It played to sell-out houses and standing ovations with some audience members coming more than once. It received rave reviews. One review captured the essence of the show's appeal and what I hoped to achieve. “If you’re looking for an entertaining respite from the chaotic and tragic news cycle, “Who’s Got Me?” is an engaging and romantic romp full of wonderful songs and enchanting dance numbers."</p> <p style="font-weight: 400">Looking for additional regional theater, campus or four-wall productions/co-productions or producers/co-producers to the move the show forward with the ultimate goal of Broadway. Enhancement/production funding is available.</p> For those looking for shows in an earlier stage of development, please visit the "For a Moment in Time" tab on my website. <p style="font-weight: 400"></p> HISTORY/NOTES: (a spot to talk about what level of development you have reached, and/or what you are looking for next) Visual Text <div id="comp-j66uhbjn1" class="c9GqVL QxJLC3 comp-j66uhbjn1 wixui-rich-text" data-testid="richTextElement"> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><strong><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_24 wixui-rich-text__text">PRODUCTION</span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"> <span class="color_24 wixui-rich-text__text">HISTORY</span></span></strong></p> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">World Premiere Production, Jewel Theatre Company December 6-23, 2023 at the</span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"> Colligan Theater in Santa Cruz</span></p> </div> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">Staged Reading, August 2019 as Mountain Community Theater's choice for its New Work Weekend</span></p> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">Excerpted at Musical Cafe's Fall 2016 Showcase, </span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">November 12-14 at The Piano Fight in San Francisco, CA.</span></p> <div id="comp-ltni8o11" class="comp-ltni8o11 wVoM4K wixui-image-button"> <div class="JOvy1A"><a class="wixui-rich-text__text" href="https://www.jeffreyscharftheatrical.com/_files/ugd/7e267f_7b029a0c073149c08a601f76c28b1ba3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read REVIEW from Good Times Santa Cruz</a></div> </div> <div id="comp-ltni8o14" class="comp-ltni8o14 wVoM4K wixui-image-button"> <div class="JOvy1A"></div> <div class="JOvy1A"><a class="wixui-rich-text__text" href="https://www.jeffreyscharftheatrical.com/_files/ugd/7e267f_db7e8874317b43c69dbb22af51482cc7.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read REVIEW from Santa Cruz Sentinel</a></div> </div> <div id="comp-ltni8o17" class="comp-ltni8o17 wVoM4K wixui-image-button"> <div class="JOvy1A"></div> <div class="JOvy1A"><a class="wixui-rich-text__text" href="https://www.jeffreyscharftheatrical.com/_files/ugd/7e267f_9b897702d23e43a080aeab7925960f6e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOWNLOAD the Playbill</a></div> </div> <div id="comp-ltnil48w" class="c9GqVL QxJLC3 comp-ltnil48w wixui-rich-text" data-testid="richTextElement"> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"></p> </div> BIOS: (biographies for the members of your team) Visual Text <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">Jeffrey Scharf is a playwright, bookwriter, lyricist, songwriter and screenwriter. His newest show "Who's Got Me?" was produced by Jewel Theatre Company at the Colligan Theater in Santa Cruz, CA in December 2023. Other produced musicals include “David Copperfield, The New Musical” which had a sold-out run at the Colligan and “Reunions” (music by Jimmy Calire) produced in Ojai, CA. His holiday show “The Three Tales (Gifts) of Christmas” was commissioned and produced by the Elite Theatre Company. "For a Moment in Time" (music by Glenn Richard Treibitz) had a well-received stage reading at the Garry Marshall Theater in Burbank in 2023. His “Banana Slugs Fight Song” is heard in the movie “The Baxter.” Other works include book and lyrics for “Houdini Among the Spirits, the movie script “The Best Laugh” and the ten-minute plays “Postcards from the Ledge” and “M-Urgency Room.” </span></p> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">He is a co-writer of “Life in the Slow Lane” recorded by Roberta Donnay and <a class="wixui-rich-text__text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gANp9OWrvVQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“I Don’t Want to Know” recorded by Spencer Day.</a> Non-theatrical writings include a long-running career as newspaper columnist for the Santa Cruz Sentinel.</span></p> <p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">Jeffrey is a member of the Dramatists Guild and NMI.</span></p> AUDIO DEMO 1: (you can include up to three audio demos but please make sure they are MP3 and NOT .wav or .aiff) Latch-On-To-Our-Coattails-1.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 2: All-Im-Asking-Is-a-Chance-1.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 3: Takin-It-Slow-1.mp3 VIDEO DEMO: (if you have a video demo/trailer/pitch, include the full LINK here)
