The National Centre for New Musicals (NCNM) is pleased to announce the following five musical pieces selected as part of the inaugural 2024 season.
Read the full media releaseTHE PRYCE ACADEMY
Book, Music and Lyrics By: Mazin Elsadig & Philip McKee
Additional Music By: Juan Ayala & Jennifer Ayala Moore
At an elite prep school in present day North America, a progressive new curriculum asks students to start a business that is both ethical and profitable.
THE PRYCE ACADEMY CREATIVE TEAM
OUT
Book By: Kalos Chu
Music By: Ian Chan
Lyrics By: JuHye Mun
OUT is a coming-of-age drama-comedy musical that weaves together stories of three queer Asian kids in their mid-20s.
OUT CREATIVE TEAM
THE 7 FIRES
Book By: Dillan Chiblow
Music By: Landon Doak
Lyrics By: Landon Doak with Dillan Chiblow
Inspired by the Anishinaabe 7 Fire prophecy, 7 strangers meet in the woods where they receive dreams from their Ancestors, a story of reconnecting, prophecy and resurgence.
THE 7 FIRES CREATIVE TEAM
CLOWN RIOT
Story By: Christo Graham & Tyrone Savage
Music and Lyrics By : Christo Graham
Clown Riot tells the spectacular true story of clowns and firemen, brawls and brothels, death-defying escape acts and a mob of angry protestants… all set against the backdrop of 1850s Toronto: a city on the brink of industrial and political revolution.
CLOWN RIOT CREATIVE TEAM
LIMERICK GAOLBREAK
Book Writers: Mike Ross & Sarah Wilson
Composer: Mike Ross
Lyricist: Sarah Wilson
Inspired by the true story of a 19th century prison escape in Ireland, Limerick Gaolbreak is the true-ish story of nine women who hatch a plan to sing their way to freedom.