With support from the California Arts Council, the Foundation for New American Musicals (FNAM) will expand its outreach efforts, increase its internet/social media presence, professionalize and increase fundraising efforts, continue to pay administrative contractors and vendors such as Constant Contact, telephone and webhosting services, etc.
The Pathway provides the first high school in-school show writing programs. Pathway provides in-school multi-week musical theatre show writing residencies in which student teams write 10-minute musicals — book, lyrics and music — that are performed in a showcase done by industry professionals. ShowSearch is a juried competition and mentoring opportunity for high school and college age writing teams. Musi-Cal provides a bi-monthly showcase opportunity for SoCal writing teams to present works-in-progress to a live audience to better inform their process.