The Academy of New Musical Theatre
Elise Dewsberry, Artistic Director
Elise has been involved in the development of new works
for over fifteen years: as an actor/singer, as a director,
as a dramaturge, and as a writer. While living in Toronto, Elise served
as the Assistant Artistic Director of the Muskoka Festival; the Co-ordinator
of the festival’s
annual Musical Theatre Writer’s Colony, the Associate Dramaturge
of the Canadian Stage Company; the Resident Dramaturge of the Smile Theatre
Company; and was the co-founder of Toronto’s Script Lab. Elise
spent many years touring Canada with Nine Months – a one-woman
musical which she commissioned from writers Carl Ritchie and Stephen Woodjetts.
Elise and Carl also co-wrote Any Body Home?, which was produced
by the Cordova Bay Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia,
and published by Dramatic Publishing. Most recent performances: Now
and Then a Hero (Secret Rose, Colony, and Lonny Chapman Theatres); Red
v. Blue, ANMT's 2008 15 Minute Musicals; Spellcasters at
the Secret Rose; and Queen Mab's Alarmingly Mandatory Bridal Shower at
the Noho Arts Centre. Most recent directing: The Ring (Stages
Festival 2011); Love Bytes; ANMT's 2006, 2009, and 2011 15 Minute
Musicals; At Home In Mitford; and The Water. Elise
is ecstatically married to cellist Stephen Green, and they
are the proud parents of community organizer Rebecca Rose.
Scott Guy, Executive Director
Under Scott's tenure, the Academy has developed over 50
musicals for producers across the country, and over 100 independent musicals
by ANMT writers. Scott's current and recent writing projects include:
Musical version of Pirates of the Caribbean for Disney; script consultant
for a musical by Placido Domingo, Jr., book/lyrics of Manson's Girls
for UC/Irvine; Master Smee's Finishing School for Gentlemen Pirates and
Ladies is Welcome Too with music by Jacques Offenbach; and Hunger at
2009 Stages Festival in Chicago, with music by 2009 Richard Rodgers composer
Karlan Judd. Television credits: Six Emmy nominations, and over 100 produced
television scripts for Warner Bros., FOX-TV, Disney, Discovery Channel,
PBS, etc. www.scottguy.biz.
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