YOKO'S HUSBAND'S KILLER'S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA
TIMELINE
The show is selected by the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle for their "First Draft: Raise Your Voice" commission. Submission materials included a title, a brief description of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and a threatening artist statement.
table-read at 5th Avenue Theatre
Seattle, WA
accepted into The Civilians R&D Group
29-hour reading at Opera America with The Civilians, with additional funding from the 5th Avenue Theatre and NAMT via the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals
New York, NY
60-hour workshop at the Eugene O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference
Waterford, CT
45-minute presentation at NAMT's 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals
New York, NY
The writers spend the next year writing the show. Between regular meetings in New York and a few writing retreats upstate, the team find time to write multiple drafts and also watch of all the Ocean's movies together.
29-hour reading at Playwrights Horizons, funded by the 5th Avenue Theatre
New York, NY
The writers continue to work on the show and meet regularly both in and outside of The Civilians R&D Group. In spring, they receive an almost overwhelming amount of good news regarding some upcoming opportunities. They begin to ramp up for "The Summer of Gloria."
The Orchard Project Performance Lab
Saratoga Springs, NY
three-week developmental workshop at the 5th Avenue Theatre
Seattle, WA
MAY 2021
JUNE 2022
DECEMBER 2022
JUNE 2023
JULY 2023
OCTOBER 2023
2021 - 2022
NOVEMBER 2022
EARLY 2023
JULY 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023
The writing team proudly accept The Vivace Award for musical theatre from the Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation, alongside other Idea Award winners Jesse Jae Hoon, Grace McLean, and Beth Henley.
DECEMBER 2023
The show is selected out of 350 applications as one of the 25 finalists for the Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship.
JANUARY 2024