By Adam Hetrick
30 Oct 2009

The Yale Institute for Music Theatre, which developed the new Andy Warhol-inspired musical POP!, will begin accepting applications for the 2010 workshops on Nov. 1.

Veteran director Mark Brokaw is the artistic director for the Institute, a joint venture between the Yale School of Drama and the Yale School of Music that seeks to develop the work of graduate and recent post-graduate students. Beth Morrison serves as producer for the institute.

The institute is open to current graduate students, those who have graduated from an accredited degree-granting institution (undergraduate or graduate) within the past five years or current Yale students. The two-week workshops will take place in New Haven from June 13-27, 2010.

Three productions will be selected for the workshop, with each member of the writing team receiving an honorarium in the amount of $1,000, as well as round-trip transportation and accommodation for the duration of the workshop.

Submissions will be accepted beginning Nov. 1 through Jan. 11, 2010. Applicants will be notified of their selection by March 1, 2010.

In its inaugural year, the Yale Institute presented the musicals sam i was with book, music, and lyrics by Sam Wessels; POP! with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs; and Invisible Cities with score and libretto by Christopher Cerrone.

POP! is on schedule to be presented in late November at the Yale Repertory Theatre under Brokaw's direction, starring Leslie Kritzer, Randy Harrison, Doug Kreeger, Emily Swallow, Cristen Paige, Brian Charles Rooney and Danny Binstock.

For submission guidelines and applications, visit YaleMusicTheatreInstitute.