I'm looking for a playwright/librettist/sci-fi writer to collaborate on a=
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musical theater work/pop opera with a "cyberpunk" theme and setting.
 
Ideally I'd like to work with a writer who is familiar with the cyberpunk=
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genre, has a strong sense of character and narrative/dramatic structure,=20
vivid imagination, and an edge to her/his thinking.
 
I would be the composer and probably the (co-)lyricist for the project. I=
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write songs in an R&B/funk/jazz/pop vein. My credits include one produced=
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musical (Babylon Sisters, 1990), an unproduced straight play, and=20
miscellaneous music and theater experience as songwriter, keyboardist,=20
arranger, dramaturg, lighting designer, etc. I live in Chicago and have=20
access to developmental and workshop facilities here.
 
I have some specific plot and character ideas that I will share with you =
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you think you're interested and fit the profile. I'm not sure yet whether=
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piece would be all music (in which case you would be writing some sort of=
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treatment) or a book musical with dialog (which you would write). One of =
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issues to discuss.
 
[To avoid misunderstanding: I use the term "cyberpunk" as a literary and =
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genre (Neuromancer, Blade Runner ...), not to describe the music =96 I do=
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write punk or techno, nor do I write "showtunes". And: I'm thinking of a=20
fantastic, futuristic, borderline surrealistic show =96 not "America Onli=
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The Musical".]
 
If interested, please e-mail me directly: [log in to unmask]
 
Greetings
Norbert
 
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