We are looking for Veterans with compelling personal stories to tell. From anywhere on the globe.
So Proudly We Hailed is a musical webseries featuring veterans’ stories in their own words. This project is hosted by New Musicals Inc., a non-profit workshop which develops musicals for digital platforms and stage. This project is supported in part by the Helen and Jose Colton Foundation, the Peter Glenville Foundation, and the California Arts Council.
Honorees’ stories will be workshopped and filmed as musical video shorts.
You don’t have to be a writer or musician. You’ll join a creaƟve team of composer, director, actor, dramaturg, to develop your story, based on your own words.
Each story will be approximately 10‐15 minutes long. These will be filmed as singular, one person musical monologues (in English).
We will register the piece through the Screen Actors Guild New Media Agreement. New Musicals Inc. will develop and produce each episode. Each honoree will receive $1,000. Copyright will remain with the Veteran; you will own your work.
Deadline: March 1, 2022.
To apply: www.nmi.org/veterans
Veterans, please submit:
∙ Brief description of your story (100-200 words). This can be fairly casual prose…no need to write your story; just jot down the highlights of your story, or just chat into a phone. You can be from any section of the armed forces, in any nation.
∙ Optional: also send us a video or audio telling of the story if you like. Don’t worry about the quality of recording. A phone is fine.
∙ Brief paragraph of your personal history (100-200 words).
∙ Personal note. (100-200 words) Why do you want to tell this story? Who should hear your story?
Application form and previous episodes can be found at: www.nmi.org/veterans Deadline for submission: March 1, 2022
Questions? email us at admin@nmi.org