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Newsletter:  Choosing a Musical
 
OCT
22
2021

The Ease – and Joy!  – of Producing a Pioneer Drama Musical

By Debra Fendrich, Executive Editor, Pioneer Drama Service 

 

As if the challenges of COVID and masks weren’t enough, it seems to be harder than ever to get your spring musical lined up with other play publishers merging, being bought out, still working remotely, or trying to operate without a functional website.  We’re hearing horror stories of waiting days for someone to return your call, weeks to find out if you can get the rights to a particular show, and a month to receive your scripts.  We find all this as appalling as you do!

Pioneer Drama Service provides helpful, attentive, and immediate customer service to all our customers, no matter how big or small the theatre.  Our office is fully staffed Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.  to 8 p.m.  Eastern time.  We welcome both your phone calls and your online chats during these hours.

In addition to our gold standard customer service, producing a Pioneer Drama musical is simple, straightforward, and budget-minded.  Choose from over 200 musicals, all specifically written for success at the amateur and educational level.  They feature ensemble casts with flexible choruses, plenty of female roles, and simple set and costuming requirements.  But that’s just the beginning!  Here are a dozen more reasons directors love working with Pioneer Drama!

  1. No applying for rights!  Since our musicals don’t have exclusive rights, you never have to wait to find out if a show is available.
  2. Work on your timeline, not ours.  It’s totally up to you to determine how many weeks you rehearse before you perform.  We have no rules or restrictions on when you purchase your materials.
  3. License ANY musical for in-person, streamed, or recorded performances.  These rights are even interchangeable in case your plans have to change midway through rehearsals.
  4. Know your costs upfront.  Royalties are fixed, so they don’t fluctuate based on the size of your house or your admission price.  Our prices are consistently the lowest on the market, with scripts no more than $8.50 each and royalties no more than $95 per performance.
  5. Choose between traditional or electronic parts.  Everything from scripts to director’s books and from piano scores to music tracks are available either way.  You can even mix and match!
  6. Order studio-produced music tracks both with and without lyrics directly from us for any musical.
  7. Help your actors learn the lyrics quickly!  We are the only company to offer Lyric Learner™ Powerpoint slideshows for all our top-selling musicals.
  8. Don’t wait!  Materials are either shipped or emailed to you within one business day of your order.  Need it even faster?  Get all your materials immediately through our exclusive Get It Now! delivery option.
  9. Put away your erasers.  Your materials are yours to keep, so no erasing required.  Cast members can keep their scripts as a memento of a great production.  Or, re-use your scripts and music again another year by simply contacting us to arrange the rights for your new production. 
  10. Receive permission quickly and easily to change genders or make other small changes to the script to help it fit your cast and community.
  11. Preview musicals with our instantaneous delivery E-view Program.  Not only do you receive the complete e-script, you also receive the sample music tracks at no extra charge, and they remain in your E-view library permanently so you’ll never lose them.
  12. Take advantage of our Musical Perusal Program to peruse the script and piano score for up to three different musicals for 30 days.  As long as you produce one of the shows, this Perusal Program won’t cost you a penny!

While you won’t find Broadway classics at Pioneer, you’ll soon discover that your audiences — packed with friends and family of your cast and crew – will be as big as ever and happy to watch something fresh and new!  Read our popular archived article, Give My Regards to Un-Broadway, to learn more about why skipping the familiar musicals can open up “a whole new world” for you!  You will love the ease — and joy! — of producing a Pioneer Drama musical!


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Cover for The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree

The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree
When his crew jumps ship upon sighting the pirates in the distance, Captain Jennings is left with a makeshift crew.  As the lady pirates take over, you’re in for swashbuckling comedy.
Cover for Flapper!

Flapper!
It’s the Roaring Twenties complete with raccoon coats, goldfish swallowers and gangsters!  A young flapper is planning a wacky birthday party, however, trouble’s in the air!
Cover for The Rainbow Fish Musical (Small Cast)

The Rainbow Fish Musical (Small Cast)
Now you can bring the magic of everybody’s favorite fish with the shimmering scales to your stage with a wonderful message of friendship and belonging!
Cover for Peter Pan--A Musical Adventure

Peter Pan — A Musical Adventure
Soar away to Neverland in this magical adaptation drawn from the beloved novel with fresh, original music!

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