
About the Conference
The National Music Theater Conference is the nation's premier program for the development of music theater, including book musicals, song cycles, operas, and hybrid pieces. Each year, NMTC rigorously reviews hundreds of submissions from a national submission pool before selecting a small number of exciting new works of music theatre to undergo an intensive development process with leading directors, music directors, dramaturgs, and actors, culminating in public script- in-hand staged readings. In keeping with the ethos of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the National Music Theater Conference strives to create a supportive, collaborative environment in which emerging and established artists alike are encouraged to explore, experiment, and take risks with their work-in-progress. This year’s selections join a long legacy of works that began their lives here in Waterford, including Avenue Q, Teeth, In the Heights, Violet, Nine, and more.

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It’s 1971, and two very different women find themselves in competition over one’s longtime wannabe-rockstar boyfriend in a love triangle that will have major consequences for everyone. Thirty years later, their estranged daughters—half-sisters Minnow and Saira—reunite to solve the mystery behind their father’s breakthrough hit in this uplifting pop-rock comedy about love, loss, and legacy.
July 5 7:00pm
July 9 7:00pm
July 11 7:00pm



In this gripping folk thriller, best friends Gracie and Nora are eager to escape the hustle of LA for a weekend at Oasis—an exclusive wellness retreat hidden among California's isolated sequoia groves. But as the self-help routines become seductively dangerous, their friendship and courage are put to the test. This electrifying mystery-box musical radiates with a folk sensibility and Americana-infused score as it asks the question: How far would you go to heal?
July 6 3:00pm
July 10 7:00pm
July 12 7:00pm