York Theatre Company

Beware of any theater company not based in the UK or Canada that spells theater as "theatre". That "theatre" company is either very pretentious or very professional and very well-established. For the York Theatre Company it is definitely the latter. I saw one of the shows in their Musicals in Mufti series, I Remember Mama by Richard Rogers, at the Theatere at St. Peters Church at 619 Lexington Ave. It was on book, with piano accompaniment, with minimal staging, and on 30 hours of rehearsal. All the same, it was tremendously professional. The performers were stunning. http://www.yorktheatre.org/

In Toronto when I mentioned doing something with musicians involved or with more that 4 performers, the  theater companies treated me as if I had invoked the name of Mephistofeles himself. Here in NYC these things are happening all over the place.

Now, let's say you have a musical - or at least something that uses singers and actors and musicians. Does the York Theatre Company accept manuscripts? Wonder of wonders, yes they do! Here are the conditions (found on their website):

-The York Theatre Company is one of the only theatres in the country that accepts unsolicited scripts - we receive scripts from around the world, from both established and emerging writers.
-York's mission concerns musicals only; we do not accept submissions of plays
-A completed script, as well as a sound recording of at least most of the songs.
-Only when the submission process is open.  The process is currently CLOSED.  Please check back periodically to see if the process is open or closed.  Any scripts received while the submission process is closed will not be considered.

York Theatre Company
DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES
The Theatre at Saint Peter's
619 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Anyone have a musical lying in a desk drawer? Well I do, and I'll be checking their website periodically.