Vlog #37 – RECAP

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Elise Dewsberry
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Colorful musical theatre writing desk featuring a clapperboard reading “How to Get NO Feedback from Elise, Vlog #37 Recap,” surrounded by scripts, music sheets and writing books.

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Elise Dewsberry’s How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog #37 – RECAP.

The 37th installment of New Musicals Inc. Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry’s video blog, How to Get NO Feedback from Elise, celebrates three years of advice for musical theatre writers and invites viewers to help shape what comes next.

In this episode, Elise looks back at 36 installments covering everything from character development, plot structure and storytelling to song placement, dialogue, feedback and the challenges of writing a musical. She revisits her recent six-part assignment series and asks viewers which topics deserve a deeper dive, what new subjects they’d like her to tackle and whether they’d prefer to follow the series on YouTube, Facebook or as a podcast. After three years of sharing her insights, Elise wants to hear from the writers themselves. What’s working, what’s missing and what should she cover next?

Don’t miss Elise’s Assignments:

Assignment: Character Diction
Assignment: Character Identification
Assignment: Transitions
Assignment: After the Song
Assignment: Tense

To see more from this series, subscribe to the vlog at http://nmi.org/nmi-resources/elises-video-blog/

About Elise Dewsberry

Elise joined the Academy for New Musical Theatre (the former name of New Musicals Inc.) as Associate Artistic Director in 2003; joined Founding Artistic Director John Sparks as Co-Artistic Director in 2010; and became Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc. in 2013. Elise also serves as a Los Angeles Ovation Award Voter, and is the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com, and is the author of a series of video blogs called How to Get NO Feedback from Elise available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/

About New Musicals Inc.

New Musicals, Inc is a non-profit developmental and educational community for anyone who wants to learn how to develop musical theatre! On this channel, we show off the work of our members and co-creators and provide video instruction on every aspect of the craft of musical theatre writing and development.  https://nmi.org/

Elise Dewsberry
Elise Dewsberry
http://www.nmi.org/
Elise Dewsberry Artistic Director, New Musicals Inc. Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc., Elise has been involved in the development of new works for over forty years: as an actor/singer, as a director, as a dramaturge, and as a writer. While living in Toronto, Elise served as the Assistant Artistic Director of the Muskoka Festival; the Co-Ordinator of the festival’s annual Musical Theatre Writer’s Colony, the Associate Dramaturge of the Canadian Stage Company; the Resident Dramaturge of the Smile Theatre Company; and was the co-founder of Toronto’s Script Lab. Elise spent many years touring Canada with Nine Months – a one-woman musical which she commissioned from writers Carl Ritchie and Stephen Woodjetts. Elise and Carl also co-wrote Any Body Home?, which was produced by the Cordova Bay Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia, and published by Dramatic Publishing. Elise joined ANMT as Associate Artistic Director in 2003; joined Founding Artistic Director John Sparks as Co-Artistic Director in 2010; and became Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc. in 2013. Elise is also the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com, and publishes a monthly blog on the craft of musical theatre available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/.
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