New Musicals Australia
# New Musicals Australia

New Musicals Australia is a music theatre workshopping program founded in 2010 by Century Venues with the support of the Australia Council Music Board.

## History

New Musicals Australia was founded in 2010 by director and producer Kris Stewart, who also founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

## Panel

The program selects a number of original musicals by Australian composers, lyricists and bookwriters to be workshopped and presented to a selected panel of theatre professionals. This panel is also involved in the selection of musicals to be workshopped and includes:

* Stephen Schwartz (Patron), composer and lyricist
* Peter Casey, musical director
* Kellie Dickerson, musical director
* Rodney Dobson, performer
* Neil Gooding, producer and director
* Roger Hodgman, director
* Karen Johnson Mortimer, director
* Jennifer Murphy, director and educator
* Guy Noble, musical director
* Peter Ross, producer and director
* Darren Yap, director

## Venues

New Musicals Australia is operated out of a collection of entertainment spaces owned by Century Venues.

