Professional Writer Associateship
Joining as a Professional Writer Associate means you can:
- apply for professional commissions, when advertised by MMD exclusively to PWAs
- apply to put shows into our organisational applications to NAMT, annually
- get a listing on the MMD site
- access our workshops and seminars
- access exclusive platforming opportunities
- get a login for the backstage area of our website, packed with invaluable resources and recordings on the craft and business of musical theatre, featuring some of the top names in the industry, like Stephen Sondheim and Nick Hytner.
- get a discount rates on our advice and reading services
- advertise your productions in our monthly What’s On, going to many industry contacts, plus on our website
- feature your YouTube clips, hosted MP3s and album releases on our media blog
- access exclusive notifications of opportunities for developing and/or submitting your work for platforming.
- send collaboration requests to our collaboration mailing list
- take up many chances through the year to meet with other writers, well-known writers and directors and producers at special events in London.
If you are on Facebook you can also join our exclusive Facebook groups to help with your networking.
The subs are £90 (or £45 student rate) and run from 1 February each year. We pro-rata quarterly, so a subscription applied for and bought now will last until 31 January next year.
If you haven't checked them out, then click to find out about what we offer to writers and composers and read our FAQ for how MMD can help.
Can you join as a Professional Writer Associate?
To qualify as a Professional Writer Associate, you need to fulfil at least one of the following criteria. You must be:
- a composer, lyricist or bookwriter who has reached the showcase/performance stage of an industry recognised musical theatre workshop programme, festival or competition in the UK or overseas, i.e.
- NAMT
- NYMF
- Perfect Pitch
- Vivian Ellis Award
- a composer / lyricist / bookwriter whose musical theatre work has been published by an established publishing company in the UK or overseas
- a composer / lyricist / bookwriter whose musical theatre work has received a professional production (London, regional, fringe or overseas, but not self-produced. Please include names of all producers if you are applying under this criterion.)
- a playwright whose work has been published by an established publishing company in the UK or overseas. For the UK these are:
- Samuel French
- Faber
- Weinberger
- Methuen
- a playwright whose work has received a professional production (London, regional, fringe or overseas)
- a graduate of a recognised musical theatre writing course in the UK or overseas. These are currently:
- MA in Musical Theatre (as a writer or composer), Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
- Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Programme, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA
- BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in New York, USA
- ANMT Associate Workshop in California
Do you qualify?
If you qualify, then please apply for associateship. Use the form on the right or write to membership@mercurymusicals.com with details of which criterion or criteria you fulfil and we will let you know how to go about joining.
If you don't qualify
We welcome all musical theatre writers, wherever they are in their careers, and we recognise that writers and composers need support at every step. Therefore you can join as a writer associate in order to access the opportunities that MMD has to offer in order to advance your musical theatre career.
Freqently Asked Question
I am a professional composer/orchestrator with paid commissions, but don't fulfil the above criteria. Shouldn't I still be a Professional Writer Associate?
Musical theatre composers would all agree that there are skills which are specific to musical theatre composition, and which aren't necessarily transferable from a general professional music education. Therefore, if you haven't written musicals yet at the level implied by the criteria above, we would very much encourage you to join as a writer associate for now.
Got more questions about Professional Writer Associateship? Write to membership@mercurymusicals.com
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