A NEW MEDIUM

While our training began in writing for stage musicals, we have been so fortunate to have the opportunity to explore other mediums such as scoring short films and writing sample material for children's animated TV. We are currently brainstorming an original concept for a musical animated television show, and we can't wait to share more with you as we continue to explore the art form. 

Last year, we were asked to participate in a songwriting challenge through the ASCAP Musical Theatre Festival. We flew to LA and met Disney executive Jay Stutler and Sony executive Joe D'Ambrosia, who led a morning session/talkback, giving advice on the industry and writing for children's animation. At the end of the session, they gave us our prompt. 

We were given a brief for a pre-existing show called SuperKitties, centered around four kitten superheroes (their superpower is kindness)! In this episode, there is a villain named Mr. Puppypaws, who has hypnotized the town baker into making only doggy treats, only for him. 

The songwriting challenge was exciting, but a bit wild. We arrived at the Wallis Theater on Monday morning not knowing what we were going to write. We were guided to the Postmaster's Office (pictured above), where we had four hours to write our new song. By 3PM, we were back in the theatre, where we performed our freshly written song live for the first time. 

We got great feedback from Jay and Joe, and we had a blast making the song. This entire experience taught us so much about the differences of writing for the stage and screen, and made us more excited than ever about continuing to exercise this writing muscle.