Wild Man of the Wynoochee 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 class="p1">It’s SWEENEY TODD meets Sasquatch: step into the wild world of this thrilling new musical!</p> <p class="p1"><strong>LOGLINE</strong>: In the wilds of turn-of-the-20th century Pacific Northwest, a nature-loving hermit accused of the murder of his nephew fights for his way of life and the safety of his loved ones after finding himself the target of a sensational manhunt. (Inspired by true events surrounding the real life Wild Man, John Tornow).</p> <p class="p1"><strong>CAST SIZE:</strong> 6 actors (4 male/2 female) playing 14 roles (expanded version for bigger cast in progress)</p> <p class="p1"><strong>SETS</strong>: 4 locations (production with unit set possible)</p> <p class="p1"><strong>RUN TIME:</strong> approximately 2 hours; 2 acts</p> <p class="p1"><strong>MUSIC: </strong>elements of folk, rock; HADESTOWN meets FLOYD COLLINS</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 <b>HISTORY:</b> <span style="font-weight: 400">In May and October 2023, we had developmental readings with Equity Actors at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend, Washington (located on the Olympic Peninsula, where the events of the story take place). We have a final reading at KCPT in May 2024 and the full production in October 2024.</span> <strong>FUTURE PLANS: </strong> We are looking to make connections and seek out opportunities to build a future runway for the project. BIOS: (biographies for the members of your team) Visual Text <strong>JESSICA WELSH</strong> (book, lyrics) - is a UK-raised, LA-based writer for film, television and the stage. She has written projects for most major studios, including 30+ episodes of TV. Most recently she was a staff writer on the Peabody-winning/ Emmy-nominated series STILLWATER for Apple TV+. Her feature screenplay SHANIA! was selected for the 2021 Black List of “most liked” un-produced scripts in Hollywood and is currently set up at Sony. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University as an English major/Film minor and holds a certificate in Lyric Writing from Berklee College of Music, where she received the Matt Marvuglio Scholarship awarded to promising certificate students. She is a member of the Writer’s Guild, Animation Guild, Dramatists Guild and BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Jessica-Welsh.com | IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm8973363/ <strong>LINDA DOWDELL</strong> (music, lyrics) - With roots in both jazz and classical music, Linda Dowdell toured the world from 1988-98 as musical director of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project as well as the Mark Morris Dance Group. She is the composer/lyricist of the award-winning musical SPIRIT OF THE YULE, a retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, set in the Pacific Northwest. Additional awards include Meet the Composer, ArtsWA, the James Irvine Foundation, and BMI’s Harrington Award. Bandleader of Friends of Brubeck, a jazz quartet. Performances with Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, commissions from Northwest Women’s Chorale. Her music has been described as “an eclectic vein of high jazz; she plants words with exceptional clarity and to great effect” (Financial Times); “...elegant, free-wheeling, economical” (The Sunday Times, London); “...an unflagging, unflinching, buoyant sense of rhythm” (Boston Globe). Currently musical director at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend, WA. AUDIO DEMO 1: (you can include up to three audio demos but please make sure they are MP3 and NOT .wav or .aiff) Demo-1-No-Roof-Needed.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 2: Demo-2-Let-The-World-Roar.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 3: Demo-3-Something-Small.mp3 VIDEO DEMO: (if you have a video demo/trailer/pitch, include the full LINK here)
