Where New Plays & Musicals Begin Their Professional Journey
CreateTheater® is a developmental theater company for new plays and musicals
supporting writers and musical theatre writers through the process of
Create → Develop → Produce.
Whether you’re drafting your first scene or preparing for a New York Showcase, we give you the artistic support, producing strategy, industry access, and professional community you need to bring your new work to life.
WHAT WE DO
CreateTheater supports new work through a clear artistic process:
Create
Writers generate and shape new plays and musicals through structured writing groups and workshops.
Develop
Scripts are refined through feedback, collaboration, and industry insight.
Produce
New work is presented in readings and festival settings with actors and audiences.
Why CreateTheater?
CreateTheater is a developmental theater company
designed to support new plays and musicals from first draft to public presentation.
Writers move through a connected process—Create → Develop → Produce—where each stage builds on the last.
Along the way, artists engage in a professional environment that includes:
structured feedback and accountability
collaboration with writers, actors, and directors
insight into how new work is evaluated and produced
opportunities to share work with audiences
This is not a collection of separate programs.
It is a continuous pathway that supports writers in developing their work, building relationships, and preparing their scripts for real production opportunities.
Current Opportunities
Production-Ready Writers Groups
Ongoing weekly and bi-weekly groups for writers developing new plays and musicals.
Musical Theater Development Workshops
A four-part workshop series focused on the craft and development of new musicals. Attend one or all four
CreateTheater New Works Festival Reading Series
Opportunities to hear new plays and musicals performed by actors. Is yours ready?
The CreateTheater Musical Writing Lab
Writing a new musical? Check out our new 12-month Musical Theater Writing Intensive starting June 1st
The Experts Theater Company (ETC)
The Experts Theater Company is the artistic home of CreateTheater—a community where writers and collaborators develop and present new work together.
Members participate in the full Create → Develop → Produce process while building ongoing creative relationships within the company.
Members may:
- Participate in writing groups
- Develop scripts
- Present work in NYC Readings and Festivals
- Receive subsidized space in our non-profit Festival
- Network with other artists and Industry Professionals
ETC is your artistic home – not just another program.
Start Developing Your Work Now
Join a Writing Group, explore current opportunities, or connect with the CreateTheater community today.
What are you waiting for?
Upcoming Events
Write a Producible Play Webinar with Producer Patrick Blake
Sunday, May 30th 12 noon ET
CreateTheater’s Musical Writing Lab
The Libretto Lab starts June 7th
Producing Workshop: Raising Money for Your Show
Sunday, June 7th at 12 noon ET
This Week in the Inner Circle
Columbus, OH loves MALADIES!
“Sherman’s voice and the gorgeous execution of it here will stick with me for a very long time…”
The Columbus Underground
Writing a New Musical?
Here’s some takeaway gems from last weekend’s workshop from Skip Kennon, Linda Bonadies & Cate Cammarata
Is Your Play “Producible”?
Make sure that your play is developed and ready to go before you submit.
Make it easy for them to say “yes.”
Recent Blog Posts
Create Theater Gives Online Readings
In the midst of the 2020-2021 health crisis, theater lovers have to find new ways to get their fix! Last Monday, mine came in the form of a live play reading given by Create Theater. Live streaming of the event was through the ZOOM platform. The play in the reading...
CreateTheater And Prism Stage Announce Their New Play Development Partnership
CreateTheater's Executive Producer Cate Cammarata and Judith Estrine, Artistic Director of Prism Stage Company, have announced a new Play Development Partnership in order to develop new plays in NYC. The new CreateTheater/Prism Stage New Play Residency is accepting...
“The Bone Harp” at SUNY Cortland’s Dowd Fine Arts Center
“The Bone Harp” hitting SUNY Cortland’s Dowd Fine Arts Center (WSYR-TV) — It’s a partnership with New York producer Cate Cammarata and the musical theatre program at SUNY Cortland. That’s what’s coming together with Cortland’s musical theater program and their...
Creating Theater in 2023
A Watershed Moment COVID-19 will prove to be the watershed moment in defining the history of the 21st century. Apart from our communal human experience of the virus and its reverberations across the human spectrum, the arts and in particular theater must learn to surf...