Four writer-participants for a DreamWorks Theatricals emerging writers program have been selected to help develop new musical adaptations of DreamWorks Animation films for the theatrical licensing agency Music Theatre International’s catalogue
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The program is sponsored by DreamWorks Theatricals and MTI in partnership with NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion team. Beginning this month, the selected writers – Krista Knight, Joriah Kwamé, Veronica Mansour, and Kate Thomas – will participate in projects intended for the MTI catalogue.
The program also provides access to various industry professionals and agents via roundtable discussions, master classes, and individual meetings to advance career development. Drew Cohen, CEO of MTI, said in a statement that the work of the new participants will “in turn “inspire a new, expanded generation of theater performers, theater writers, and theatergoers.”KRISTA KNIGHT achievements include a Juilliard School Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program fellowship and the Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville .
KATE THOMAS is a two-time Kleban Prize Finalist, two-time Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, and 2021 PMCA Emerging Playwright Competition Winner. Her musicals and plays have been developed with, among others, Prospect Theater Company, New York Theater Festival, Open Jar and New York Theatre Barn.
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