The PRISM Festival of New Queer Musicals is a collaborative development festival dedicated to uplifting and celebrating Queer musical theater artists. Produced in partnership with The Makers' Ensemble, The Brick Theater, Brooklyn Art Haus, and Judson Arts, PRISM creates space for emerging and established Queer artists to develop bold new musicals in community. Centered on process, experimentation, and artistic exchange, the festival fills a vital step in the musical theater development pipeline, offering writers, composers, lyricists, directors, performers, and creative teams the time, resources, and support to deepen and refine their work while engaging directly with audiences. Each year, PRISM showcases a diverse cohort of new musicals that expand the possibilities of the form while reflecting the breadth, complexity, and joy of Queer experience. Through performances, developmental opportunities, and cross-organizational collaboration, PRISM serves as both an incubator for new work and a celebration of the artists shaping the future of musical theater.
PRISM HISTORY
2025
Be Like Bone by Storm Thomas
Directed & Choreographed by nicHi douglas
Music Directed by Rose Van Dyne
Music Supervision by Storm Thomas
SEE/UNSEE by Lila Blue
Directed & Developed by Jillian Jetton
Music Directed by Noga Cabo
Dramaturgy by Ren Dara Santiago
Hong Kong After Midnight: The Disco Disco Musical
by Trevor K. Band & Amos Wong
Directed by Dante Green
Music Directed by Yan Li
I Saw Them by Laura Galindo
Directed by Alex Bush
Music Directed by Laura Galindo
2024
Cloud City by Nate Weida & Ben Holbrook
Directed by Andrew Scoville
Music Directed by Nate Weida & Laura Galindo
A Trip to The Moon by Adam J. Rineer
Directed by Jason Aguirre
Music Directed by Sheela Ramesh
Dramaturgy by Jesse Cameron Alick
Lottie & The Deep Blue Sea by Beth Golison
Directed by Cam Pileggi
Music Directed & Additional Orchestrations by Kyle Brenn
Dramaturgy by Noah Latty
Choreography by Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
An Incomplete List of All the Things I'm Going to Miss
When the World is No Longer:
Written, Directed & Music Directed by Dante Green
Dramaturgy by Jordan Laffrenier
Choreography by Liana Zhen-ai