For the Record(s) 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!) Set in the late 1960s through mid-1990s, the original new musical <strong>For the Record(s)</strong> captures the little-known, sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous dynamics of relinquishment and adoption. Protagonist Joshua Greenman is a young man of Mexican-Italian ancestry, but raised by devoted adoptive parents to believe he is of Jewish origins - until he discovers shocking secrets revealed at summer sleepaway camp. He must overcome obstacles from his parents and government institutions - and from within - to learn the truth about his origins, his identity, and the covert, coercive system that forced his teen mother to surrender him for adoption. He struggles to find a competent therapist, then locates a search and support group who band together to change laws and stand by each other through gut-wrenching emotional challenges. FTR is a heartfelt, at times funny pop/rock/klezmer/salsa/blues/gospel-style musical with a diverse cast and timeless themes about family lost and found. HISTORY/NOTES: (a spot to talk about what level of development you have reached, and/or what you are looking for next) <blockquote>FTR is presented in two Acts and includes 16 songs. The show has experienced two table readings, most recently after being selected as a top-two finalist at the October 2023 MusicalWriters, Inc. pitch night. The first three scenes were performed at the Colorado New Musical Festival in August 2023, and a full staged reading is scheduled for Friday April 26 at the Untangling Our Roots Summit in Denver!</blockquote> Based on valuable feedback from directors, actors/singers and audiences, I have reduced the number of characters to 16, added a few short transition scenes and welcome all wisdom on how to refine and improve the show. I am seeking well-resourced individuals, theatres and organizations who share the show's passion and vision to engage in development next steps (a sizzle reel? a cast recording? a local or regional theatre production? beyond?) on the path to touching hearts, educating minds, and reaching this show's significant global built-in audience. Please have a look at additional song clips and the glowing reactions from audience members and actors on the show's website. Thanks for considering FTR! BIOS: (biographies for the members of your team) <div id="bgLayers_comp-jaiar6cd" class="MW5IWV" data-hook="bgLayers" data-motion-part="BG_LAYER"> <div id="bgMedia_comp-jaiar6cd" class="VgO9Yg" data-motion-part="BG_MEDIA">Rich Uhrlaub, M.Ed.</div> </div> <div class="" data-mesh-id="comp-jaiar6cdinlineContent" data-testid="inline-content"> <div data-mesh-id="comp-jaiar6cdinlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"> <div id="comp-jbuj39b0" class="c9GqVL QxJLC3 comp-jbuj39b0 wixui-rich-text" data-testid="richTextElement" data-angle="0" data-angle-style-location="style" data-screen-in-hide="done"> <h6 class="font_6 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_15 wixui-rich-text__text">Rich has worked in the public and private sectors in corporate training/organization development; digital marketing and wireless sales; and risk management/claims administration. He is a longtime member of Denver's Lighthouse Writers Workshop and a member of the Musical Writers Academy and New Musicals Inc. He is a contributing author of <em>Finding Our Place: 100 Memorable Adoptees, Fostered Persons, and Orphanage Alumni (ABC-CLIO)</em> and <em>Adoption and Mothering (Demeter Press)</em>. In the NMI Core Curriculum Program, Rich was the book writer of "For the Good of Humanity," the 15 Minute Frozen Embryo Musical performed at the Broadwater Main Stage in Hollywood. Rich studied piano under the (then) Denver Symphony Orchestra's Kathleen Joiner. Relinquished and adopted shortly after birth, Rich has been a national conference speaker, legislative liaison, and volunteer leader in the adoption search, support and advocacy </span>community for over twenty years. This project is born of that passion.</span></h6> <h6 class="font_6 wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_15 wixui-rich-text__text">"Much is at stake as the adoption experience reverberates throughout (adoptees') lives and influences them and the people they come into contact with in very fundamental ways."</span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_15 wixui-rich-text__text"> - Rafael Javier, Ph.D. in </span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_15 wixui-rich-text__text">Handbook of Adoption</span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="color_15 wixui-rich-text__text">.</span></span></h6> </div> </div> </div> AUDIO DEMO 1: (you can include up to three audio demos but please make sure they are MP3 and NOT .wav or .aiff) Baby-Fever-Mp3-Demo-3.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 2: Real-Mother-Final-v1.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 3: Testify-Final-v1.mp3 VIDEO DEMO: (if you have a video demo/trailer/pitch, include the full LINK here)
