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NYMF 2015 Grand Jury Announced

Michael Cerveris, Billy Porter, Donna Lynne Champlin, and more will help determine 2015’s Next Link Shows.

Billy Porter will be among the members of NYMF's 2015 Grand Jury.
Billy Porter will be among the members of NYMF's 2015 Grand Jury.
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The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the grand jury of theater professionals who will help select shows to be produced at the 2015 festival as part of the Next Link Project. The project accepts submissions from writers with or without representation.

This year's jury will include Tony Award-winning actor Michael Cerveris, OBIE and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Donna Lynne Champlin, Tony Award-winning producer Jane Dubin, Tony Award- and Drama Desk Award-nominated actor Hunter Foster, Fox Stage Productions Creative Director Isaac Robert Hurwitz, CAA Agent Joe Machota, Director of Theatre Arts Program at The National Black Theatre Jonathan McCrory, Tony Award-winning actor Billy Porter, Outer Critics Circle-nominated director and choreographer Josh Prince, Tony Award- and Drama Desk Award-nominated actor and writer Tony Sheldon, and Motown The Musical director Charles Randolph-Wright. Additional jurors are to be announced.

In order to submit for the Next Link Project, you must have a completed script and 75% of the score recorded. Shows that are submitted for the Next Link Project are also automatically under consideration for NYMF's Developmental Reading Series.