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MARK HOLLMANN
Musical Theatre Songwriting for the Composer-Lyricist
MARK HOLLMANN received the Tony Award®, the National Broadway Theatre Award, and the Obie Award for his score to Urinetown the Musical, which had its start in the 1999 New York International Fringe Festival. It won Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel Awards for best musical in addition to garnering ten Tony Award® nominations. Other shows as composer/lyricist include Yeast Nation (2011 New York International Fringe Festival, Perseverance Theatre, American Theatre Company, and Ray of Light Theatre), Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls (Atlantic Stage and Perseverance Theatre), The Man in the White Suit (New York Stage and Film), The Girl, the Grouch, and the Goat (University Theatre, U. of Kansas), Alchemist the Musical (Seattle Fringe Festival), Jack the Chipper (Greenview Arts Center, Chicago), Kabooooom! (University Theater, U. of Chicago), I Think I Can and Deal with It! (Berkshire Theatre Festival), and Fare for All (Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, NYC).
Musical Theatre Songwriting for the Composer-Lyricist: Explore how to be your own best collaborator as a composer-lyricist. Using students' prior work as well as class songwriting assignments, we will examine the mar-riage of music and lyrics, the art of rewriting, and getting the most out of your bookwriter, director and musical director in the creation of musical theater.
Other fall offerings include The Architecture of Plays, The Artist as CEO, Writing Workshop 1 - First Drafts, Creating Your Own Solo Performance - From the Blank Page to the Stage, and Music Fundamentals for Writers. Additional courses will be announced across the summer.
Deadlines, course descriptions, the application process, fees and faculty can be found by visiting the DG Institute website.
