New Musicals Inc. is  accepting applicants to its 2020-21 Musical Theatre Writers Workshop.

Musical theater writers, lyricists and composers are invited to audition for the famed workshop and hosted by Academy for New Musical Theatre. This workshop is in its fourth decade of helping musical theater writers hone their craft.

Throughout the decades, the writers’ workshop has trained more than 400 writers who have gone on to create hundreds of successful musicals all across the country and the world.

Book writers, lyricists and composers interested in joining the Core Curriculum for the 2020/21 season are invited to audition by taking park in the Sept. 26-27 and Oct. 17-18 sessions from 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. on each day. Participants can attend in-person auditions in North Hollywood or via video conferencing.

“Fortuitously, we’re ready to host this workshop 100% online,” Executive Director Scott Guy said. “We have been offering our curriculum via online video conferencing for a while now. Over the last few years, we have had participants from San Diego, St. Louis, Detroit, Pittsburg, New York and even as far away as Switzerland, Singapore, Bangkok and New Zealand.”

“We’ll put applicants on collaborative teams in September and give them assignments that are due in October,” said Elise Dewsberry, artistic director of NMI. “After the October session, we will evaluate whether or not the core curriculum is the right place for everyone.”

The curriculum studies both contemporary and historical musicals, giving writers and composers the chance to create traditional and new musicals while also studying contemporary variations of ballads, charm songs, comedy songs and musical scenes.

“In the past 25 years, the 15-minute musicals have been produced in a live professional theater,” Guy said. “But this year we’ve migrated the musicals to soundstages, green screen and individual remote locations. We try to retain the live element in each of our shoots. Who knows what will be happening in the summer of 2021? All we know is that the show must go on.”

For those interested, reserve a space for September auditions either online or in-person which will take place at 5628 Vineland Ave., pending health and safety orders.

Current college students and recent grads can inquire about the possibility of student discounts.

For information, visit nmi.org/curriculum/.