TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)TheatreWorks is a non-profit, professional theater company based in Menlo Park, California and founded in July, 1970. The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres and employs some 300 artists annually, including Equity and non-Equity actors, directors, designers and specialty artists...
is a non-profit, professional theater company based in
Menlo Park, CaliforniaMenlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
. Since 2000, TheatreWorks has been dedicated to the development of scores of new plays and musicals, earning national recognition and acclaim for the company and their new works program.
2002 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Memphis (musical) Memphis is a musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro . It is loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips, one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s...
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Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro; Music & Additional Lyrics by David Bryan |
| The Mistress Cycle |
Book & Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
| My Antonia |
Book by Scott Schwartz; Adapted from the novel by Willa Cather; Original Music by Stephen Schwartz |
2003 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| A Little Princess |
Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley; Music by Andrew Lippa |
| Striking 12 Striking 12 is the music group GrooveLily's off-Broadway holiday musical, based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl".The cast recording was released in 2004 by PS Classics.- Track listing : # Violin Ascension# Overture...
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Book by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda |
| Caraboo (now called Caraboo, Princess of Javasu) |
Book by Marsha Norman; Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
| Jerry Christmas |
Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
| Baby Taj |
By Tanya Shaffer |
2004 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Coyote Creek Flat |
By David Ford |
| Malaya (now titled The Peninsula)l |
By Chay Yew |
| Party Come Here |
Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum |
| The Water |
Book by Jeffrey Hilton & Tim Werenko; Lyrics by Jeffrey Hilton; Music by Georgia Stitt |
2005 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| The Funkentine Rapture |
Book by Lee Summers & Ben Blake; Music & Lyrics by Lee Summers |
| Laughing Without an Accent |
By Firoozeh Dumas; Developed with David Ford |
| Piece |
Book by Tara Smith; Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan |
| Vrooom! |
By Janet Allard; Developed with Michael Bigelow Dixon |
| Wheelhouse Groovelily is a trio, a pop band made up of Valerie Vigoda , Brendan Milburn , and Gene Lewin . The band was originally formed in 1994 as "The Valerie Vigoda Band." Groovelily's music combines classical music, musical theatre, jazz and rock...
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Book by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, & Valerie Vigoda |
2006 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| American Klepto |
By Allison Moore |
| Asphalt Beach |
Book by T.C. Smith & Peter Spears; Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
| Big Red Sun |
Book & Lyrics by John Jiler; Music by Georgia Stitt |
| The Drunken City |
By Adam Bock |
| Mezzulah, 1946 |
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| Something’s Wrong With Amandine |
Book by Winter Miller; Music & Lyrics by Lance Horne |
| Emma |
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Paul Gordon |
2007 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| The Burnt Part Boys |
Book by Marianna Elder; Lyrics by Nathan Tysen; Music by Chris Miller |
| Equivocation |
By Bill Cain |
| The Shining Lives |
By Melanie Marnich, Writing Arthur; Book, Music, & Lyrics by David Austin; Story development by Jennifer Maloney |
2008 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Creating Claire |
By Joe DiPietro |
| Girlfriend |
Book by Todd Almond; Music & Lyrics by Matthew Sweet |
| Touch(ed) |
By Bess Wohl |
| Unlock’d |
Book & Lyrics by Sam Carner; Music by Derek Gregor |
2009 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Auctioning the Ainsleys |
By Laura Schellhardt |
| Ernest Shackleton Loves Me |
Book by Joe DiPietro; Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda; Music by Brendan Milburn |
| Makeover |
Book & Lyrics by Darrah Cloud; Music by Kim D. Sherman |
| The North Pool |
By Rajiv Joseph |
| The Sparrow and the Birdman |
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| Tales From The Bad Years |
Music & Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk |
2010 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Variations on a Theme |
By Anna Ziegler |
| Red Clay |
Book and Lyrics by Jeff Hughes; Music by Scott Ethier |
| How to Write a New Book for the Bible |
By Bill Cain |
| Fly-By-Night |
Conceived by Kim Rosenstock; Written by Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock |
| Great Wall |
Book by Kevin Merritt; Music and Lyrics by Kevin So; Story Consultant – David Henry Hwang |
2011 Festival
| Title |
Notes |
| Little Rock |
By Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Developmental Production) |
| The Giver |
Based on the book by Lois Lowry; Music by Scott Murphy (Staged Reading-Musical) |
| Upright Grand |
By Laura Schellhardt (Staged Reading-Play) |
| Wild with Happy |
By Colman Domingo (Staged Reading-Play) |
| Up North |
By Joe Tracz (Staged Reading-Play) |
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